LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 71, 15 December 1875, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

fT'liliSS AIiKNCV. j BLENHEIM. December 11. Dos -ph W;ird, late M.11.K. for Wairaii, is coming forw ml for Cheviot. At a meeting held at Ivaikoura by Harper, of Canterbury, who is also a candidate for the Cheviot district, a ivso'iilioii thill was proposed in his t.avor, was negat veil hy a large majority in favor ol Ward. WELLINGTON. December It. Brandon, late member for Country Districts, addressed tlie Ivaiwarra electors. While slid considering Provincialism (lie Lest form of Government for the people, he considered it would lie impossible to re-instate it, and said something must, be put in its place. Shire Councils and Bond Boards he thought the best substitute. He received an unanimous vote of eoulideuee. Gilluit addressed the Karori electors, ami received a vote of thanks. Thornton's .swimming baths were opened this afternoon by His Excellency, i'lie.o were several swimming and diving matches. The Governor distributed prizes. It is supposed that owing to tliedamage caused by Hoods, the Unit races cannot be resumed before Wednesday. The Provincial Gazette lasi nigh! n dilics that 2b,000 acres of Bangitnmaii .Block, Wairarapa, will be open for selection after the 6tb January. Customs duties for past week—£272l A change has been made, in tlie competition for choice of representatives for the prize tiring. Instead of companies having to lire for first choice hy 11th December, and second tiring for men to goto Wanganui by January 20, there will he no fixed date for lirst tiring. Arrived—Ship Commissariat, from London, ( .)B days out; hud a rough passage ; 20 cabin passengers ; lost one overboard, B. Cowan, and in getting lifeboats ready. William Morgan was also lost oveiboard ; all attempts to save them failed. Cleared—Ship Ilaleionu. Total value of cargo, £(51,7711. The whole length of nil way, from Foxton to Kai Iwi, is now either under contract or advertised for, wilh (he exception of a gap of seven and a had' miles s-mlli of Kangitikei river. For lies gap plans are sufficiently forward to pul it in hand, ■wheno er circumstances permit. NEW PLYMOUTH. December 11. Atkinson, Kelly, and Carrington, pub fished their address to-day. No oppo-i tion is expected. Atkinson has called a meeting of the (‘lectors for Wednesday. AUCKLAND. December 11. Flood washed away half a chain of the Mercer railway formation near Bnekhmd’s. Tlie passengers had to return to town. BLUFF. December 11. Captain Frazer, of the steamer Express, has put in a claim for salvage of the Taintii, claiming third value of tlie ship, as he was asked to tow her into port. CIHHSTCHUBCH. December 10. Beeves addressed the electors of Selwyn last night Ho spoke in favour of modiliealion of the present Provincial form of Government. He said the battle ground on which the question of local government would be fought out next session was centralisation against decentralisation, and he would always he on the side of the latter. He supported free .State secular education, compulsory as far as practicable, funds to bo provided out of the consolidated revenue of tlie colony. He advocated the assessment of rims’, rather than olfering them to existing holders at an increased price. He was in favor of triennial Parliaments, and a property tax when further taxation became necessary, He would oppose the system of nominated boards Had an inclination towards an elective Upper House for a comparatively long term. A motion pledging the meeting to support Beeves was carried by a largo majority. Cheers were given for Vogel, Grey, and Beeves. It is not likely that there will be any opposition to Beeves. Wakefield has announced bis intention to address the electors of Christchurch in the open oiv at Cathedral Square this evening ; but it is now x-aining heavily. Leonard Harper has been most favorably received by the clectois of Cheviot district at Kaikouras and Aniuri. Ward not likely to oppose him.