LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 73, 22 December 1875, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

fI'KKSS aoicxcv. | 15LENHE1M. Dacemb -r 18. Mr Gem-go Henderson is a Candida!.- I’m Wairau, and has issued his address. PORT CHALMERS. December IS. Sailed —-Ship Timam, for Louden, wilh 20 pass -ngers. and a cargo of won!, grain, sundries, and gold. The cargo is value i at £127.050. DUNEDIN. Dcceinb 'i- IS. Scarlet fever has broken out, at Anderson's P< ly. The school has b.-eu closed, and examinations mdeliniteiy postponed. Slops were taken last evening to form a. Church Society of the diocese of Dunedin. A number of resolutions were carried, but. as the mealing could not agree as to the committee of management, (be meeting adjounid. A man named Hidden has entered an action against Street, Clerk of the R..M. Court, £SOO damages, for false imprisonment. Ilelden was arrested and imprisoned for a debt which be had paid, hence (he action. December 18. The nominations for Gaversha n look place to-day. The- following weie nominated : —S-alou, Leary,and Roberts, Chow of bands for Seaton, Provineialisl, 7 ; Leary, Abolitionist, 2. Leary is looked upon as most likely to get in. WESTPORT. December 18. Auction sales, ex St Hilda, from Wanganui : eat Ho, 280s to 500s ; sheep, IPs ; lambs, 12s (VI. CHRISTCHURCH. December 18. At llio Christchurch nomination to-day, the show of hands resulted ns follows ; lliehar Ison. 50 ; Stevens, 50, Andrew?. 20; Moorhonse. (j ) ; Wakefield (! ; Treadwell, 1. Wak'dield proposed himsi-lf, and Ti cad well seconded him. W.akelield In his speech attacked Moorhonse very vi«»lent'y about t’e- Mnrimotu Land Purehas : and in the middle of it Moorhonse got, up, looked straight at Wakeliehh mil sairl Yon are a filthy liar.” WakeHold could not obtain a rehearing for a long time. AUCKLAND. December 18. Opposition to Whitaker, in Waikato, is spoken of as likely. It is expected tint City' West, Newton, • and Parnell will be unopposed. In distributing Hie Grammar School prizes, Sir George Grey made a very eloquent speech, advocating combination of the education feeling with culture of the mind, on the ground that men were more acta tui by their feelings than their roa son. The water is still 18 inches on one part of the Mercer rai'wav. but it is falling. GRAHAM STOWN. December 18. A rumour Hi at Sir George Grey will • stand for the Thames and City West is received with disfavor. Mr McDonald, the now candidate for the Thames is air out-and-out Abolitionist. It is stated that Sheehan will contest the Thames, in the Provincial interest, and that Sir GeorgeGrey will not stand. TIMARU. December 18. A crowded meeting was held last night to urge forward the beginning of the breakwater on Sir J. Cook’s plan, A very strong feeling against the Provincial authorities’ delay in the matter was shown. It was resolved—That as no satisfactory answer could be obtained from the Superintendent, he be memorialised to apply to the Governor in Council to commence the work. An influential committee was formed to circulate the memorial and raise money to keep up the agitation. Another breakwater meet ing is to be held at Waimatc to-night, and others are tofollowelsewhere. The district is fairly aroused, and will not rest till the harbor works are put in hand. The regatta was an unqualified success. Ten boats competed, and there was not a hitch .all day. 3,000 people witnessed Hi!? racing, which was excellent. The flower show was also largely attend- 7 ed, and the exhibits were excellent. December 17. A public raeeeting at Waimatc last night unanimously passed a resolution—That, as no satisfactory answer could bo obtained from the Superintendent, re breakwater, the Governor in Council be memorialised to cause the works to be commenced. A similar resolution was passed re Waimate hospital.

Tv/iaity-Ti 1'! Ii aimivcisiuy r> r provi v.-iis (•(■lcliratci lyrsl.cn lay; weal liar gjun’o iL’ general holiday everything pnwsed oh will) groat eclat. Special services wit hji ll tho Cathedral wall were conducted hy the Primate, supported hy a majority of the elorgy. Before it commenced u heaotiI id silver erozier and pastoral slafT were pi'esented to tho Primate. Over 2,000 pcop'e present. ffiUOU people went on excursion to Alcaroa regatta. Anniversary spoils at Christchurch were attended hy IO,0(K) person*. 'i’hespoits were universally yood ; (lie, champion 2 mile walking ■was won hy C. Bowley, healing Jacobs easily, (inn; loniin 40secs ; one mile and ( two mde miming was won hy 11. Black, h'aliny P-.mlecosl. easily; time for one M 1 I°--1 "in, oil I-i *es ; two miles, tlmin, While (hj e memhers of the Christehnreli Khv Brigade were preparing the fireworks in the allernoon for torchlight procession, liiemiiaterials accidentally ignited. A great poi'lion id the I ire works and two rooms of tin- building were destroyed before the lire was extinguished. The torchlight procession was a grind success. The visiting- brigades were afterwards entertained at dinner hy the Chrislehureh brigade. The Aholilionist j»ortlon of the electors ol Selwyn district, al'ler much trmilile, snecee-le.il in obtaining a candidate, Fitz)oy, a rnnholder. to oppose Beeves, hut the r.-tnrn of the latter is considered certain. NEW PLYMOUTH. I Jecemher 21. (tomir one cnniiF.si’axtiKXT). Major Atkinson address >d a 'a ye meetin,y on Saturday, hut there were only about •id Eymont electors pres ait. The Lima

specially .l a jus ( onvey;hii;(>. Tli. 1 Major loft for J’atea, on Sunday, atl ended hy an orderly. Mr Ivess is can vas dii"' f he Coast, and has announced meet ings. Ho will receive a good sprinkImy of votes. I )issalisfac! ion has hi-en expressed at the late member's inattention lo local svanls. WELLINGTON’. December 21. Tie road from Masferton to Manawa'ii Coi'n'e throne'h the Seventy-mile Lush is completed. Mr Ifastwell will p'opaldv drive a cuch anil four through this wet k. Wanganui. I lecembor 21. The claim preferred by Dr Duller on behalf.’ of the Wangaehn natives for damage to land by railway works, and descend ion of burial places! has- boon settled by arbitration. Award made of £775. NELSON. December 21. The nomination took place to-day. Messrs Curtis and Sharp were returned unopposed. INVERCARGILL, 1 Jeeomber 21. Sir Dillon Hell is standing for Malanra The Hhdl; Hail way has heen sin cessfully altered from the broad to narrow gunge. DUNEDIN. December 21. The Dunedin elections took plac ■ on ■Monday. No business was doing, the excitement being in tens'-. ■ The result of the poll was as follows : Maeandrew, 8111 ; Strait, 805 ; Larnach, 848 ; Reynolds, 47(! ; Maeassey, 40!) ; I’ish, 238 ; Maeandrew, Stoat, and Larnach were put forward i.y the Anti-Central League, and were thus olecle 1. The difference Lotw.-cn Reynolds and (hose elected has caused immense surprise.

LATER EUROPEAN' NEWS. BLUFF. The Arawata arrived yesterday. London, November DO. 'Che English Government has bought from the Khedive of Egypt all his Suez Canal ,shares for £4,000,000, cash down. The Khedive held 177,000 out of a total of 4(10,000 shares in the company. Tin* journals unanimously approve of the purchase, which has caused much agitation in political and financial circles. The insurgents of Her/.cvogina defeated the Turks at Gotsehkoego with a loss of 8 >0 killed and 600 wounded. The Times recommends, Austrian press opposes Austrian occupation of Bosnia. The Austrian forces on the Turkish frontier have been reinforced. Montenegro despatches an envoy to Northern powers, to explain the difficulty of preserving neutrality. The Spanish reply to the American note of the 2nd November concedes legal privileges to American citizens in Cuba, and this amicably settles the Arne.iican difficulty. It is proposed to prosecute Count Yon Arnim for treason. The Government is sending a special messenger to Cairo to examine into Egyptian finances and advise the Khedive. The French press, though regretting the chock given to French influence in Egypt, admires the decisive action of England, and considers it unlikely to load to political complications. The Gorman and Austrian press approves of England’s action in the matter. Opening rates at wool sales were well maintained. December 3. Sir Julius Vogel sailed in the Somersetshire. Sir Alfred Stephen has been gazetted Governor of New South Wales. Mrs Childers has been killed by inadvertent inhalation of chloroform. The City Inundation fund amounts to £14,000.