LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 77, 8 January 1876, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

P'KKSS AOKNCV. ] WEDLIXGTOX. .launary (1,If Is stated on authority that Grey,being //mo fiwin. now member for Auckland City West, is thereby disqualified from election for any oHier constituency until be resigns his present seat ; but ho cannot do that, there being no Speaker. Any person, it is said, may be nominated for several districts before i>lei‘lion/or aiijf but after election for one be cannot legally be nominated or elected fur another. Henderson, of Progdcn’s, has received notice that Ids tender, VU.7U7, for the Waingongoro coolract Waitara-Waiiganni railway, has been accepted. January 7. It is understood that Vogel after his' arrival at Melbourne, will go to Sydney to confer with Hie fiovernmeiit there as lo action to be taken by Hie two colonies, re Frisco mail contract, and other matters. Corrected Wallace ref urns—Joyce, 8b ; P.isstiau, 7(>. GR.ULVuSTOWX. January 7. Pulling as far in known, for lies I: Imva is—■,short la ml ; Howe, 77b ; Grey, 7bl, , Vogel, bin. Coromandel: -I, lb), 7b, Taupo : b, 17, b. Ohineiiriri : 41, (ill, Db. Total : 82b. t) 77, 158f. .Mitchell (details omitted), J24. The only rel urn to com ; in is that from Mercury P iv, where there arc probably a hundred electors. Tim return of Grey and Rowe is certain. Toon; was great cxeitem mt during the day, but the greatest good ieeling prevailed. There was no rowdyism. Rowe was cheered and drawn through the streets in a carriage, the. horses being taken out. Vogel’s return could, it is said, have been guaranteed if he had lie n card ai i the field. Mr (’., O'Neil had no show from beginning, owing to his late appearance in the, held. Mercury Pty returns come in. Tlmy are Grey !), Vogel 1. Consequently Givy and Rowe are returned. James Mac Kay has lodged a protest, against the return of Hit G. Grey oa tlic ground that as he was already member of House, he was ineligible for election for another district. vfl FOXTUN. ' ” The nomination ior Alanawalu di.stirct took place to-day, Waller Johnstone and Dr Puller were proposed, idle show of hands was in favour of Dr Puller, A poll was demanded for Johnston. Polling next Monday. TAD RANG A.

January 7. Flection Fast Coast—Read, did; .Morris, PJG ; Kelly Rio ; Make! 11 and Whakatune not yet to hand. AUCKLAND. January (I. Eden election-—Poll resulted in Tole, (Greyite) 2GJ ; Taylor did. Marsden- nomination at Wbangarei today.- Show of bands—Sir K Douglass (Greyite), 2d ; Muuro (old member) 11 ; Bradley, 8. Taranaki cricket team played the United Cricket Club to-day. Tue game was decided in one innings. Taranaki only scored 27 ; the United team made oG for live wickets. WESTPORT. January G. The return of Dr Henry is considered safe, only one return to eome in. Polling at present, 478 for Henry ; 484 for U’Connor. Henry had majorities at Westport and Charleston. O.AMARU. Jannaiy G. A- nmn was found dead on the beach between two others-,-who were asleep. The two men were taken into custody. Two empty flasks were found-hv them. RI-V FRTOA. January G. Wilson 1 retired- last night in favor of Hodgkinson—There are now only three candidates McGillivray, abolitionist Hodgkinson, nltra-provhvcia’list; Makintosh, in- favor of denominational education. WAXGAA’U-I. (From- our Corresoundontji Wanganui election—Bryce, God : Vogel. 3?»7 : Watt, 187 ; Phnrazyn, 20 ; Field, Iff Tins is exclusive of the Maxwelltown returns but the latter cannot effect the result. January o. R.uigltik-ei election—Ba!lance. 201 ; Bull, 127. Majority for Bailanee 74. ' K-.AIAPDI. J mi nary G, Hori Kerei Taiaroa re-elected member of the Assembly for Southern Maori triet, unopposed.

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. MELBOURNE. December 21) A Bill was passed providing lor the increased assessment without division, and the Government assented to it the Same night. In the Intercolonial cricket match, \ ietoria scored !.'!(! in the first innings Kelly with 71, (looper ;U), they heing the only double tignr s. New Smith A ales had six wickets down with 8/ runs, Baiinerman making 43, not out. Twelve thousand j. 'ople attended on the ground on Boxing Day. Elliot, Manager of the Bank of Australasia, has accepted the Gene i d Manager ship of the .National Bank ot New /calami. Marian I Irani was committed tor trial ior causing the death ot an inlaid through neglect. A London telegram stales that brandy is rising. SYDNEY. Deco nicer 2!). spread of lever is causing appr. - hensioii. There is a scarcity of water in the suburbs. Eire at Mold’s freezing estahlishnien 1 . lie is insured for dMO.O'db in the New Zealand Dllie**. loss ab mt iid.tUHh While 1 lying the foundation stone of the Protestant Hall, Newcastle, adistnrbanee took place between thw Catholics am I f trangemen. The cable was safely landed on Christmas Day at Kangaroo Island. The steamer Edinburgh returned to Xormanville. LATEII KUKOLKAX NEWS. CABLED BAMS. HOKITIKA. .lannary 5. LONDON, via Singapore. The rumoured earlier assembling o Parliament is authoritatively contradieted. Lord Derby, in rep'y to question, said the Government would not oppose any arrangi incuts for placing the Sue/. Cana l under the management of an International Syndicate, though they would not propose it. The object of England’s action was purely defensive, and was intended to prevent. a preponderance, of larger foreign influence in the Canal. In rep’y to a deputation, L ml Derby said he was quite prepared to advise the Xhc live to abandon any scheme nfanne.:afion in Abyssinia if such existed, hut tinGovernment was at present not informed on the subject. Ho sai 1 fnrth t tlnT he hj -lieved the recent vio'ation of Zanz : l»ar territory of Egypt, if authentic, must b dim io some misunderstanding. If Zanzibar requested England’s interference th m England would endeavour to preserveg >od fe'ations betwee.n Egypt and Zanzibar, and prevent injustice by either si le. American Congress opened on the (sth. President ({rant’s message disuppmv si of the present reeognitio 1 1 of hj Iligerent rights of Ihe Cuban insurgents, hut if pacification was not soon accompli died (he President would propose the necessary measure in the present session. He rethe resmnp'i.ni of Urn specie payments in 1874, free and secular education, the taxation of Church properties, and the reimposition of the lea and coifea duties. At St. G 'urge’s festival at St. Petershnrgh, the Czar, in toasting tin' E npresses of: Austria and Germany, referred to (he (dose alliancs of the three empires, the side i bjcct of which was the m nnteiianeo of pcac ■. December 20. In bis speech Lord Derby said he believed that the powers were pacific, hut he thought that a solution of the Eastern jpms!ion was far distant, and that temporary expedients were alone possible. Military operations at Perak continue. December 20. The Powers have invited 11 re consignatories to the treaty of Paris to support their schemes of reform in Turkey. The ‘Times’ urges the adoption of a . scheme which is equivalent to rescinding the treaty, and placing Turkey under tutelage, and the Times wotild approve of tlie result. Lord Carnarvon in a’despatek to Governor Barkley at the Cape virtually withdraws the proposal for a conference, believing that the discussion it has proYoked has accomplished the object. The French Assembly has terminated the election of life senators, 57 of whom belong to the Left. The Prince of Wales has been enthusiastically received at. Calcutta’. The s.s. China arrived at the Galle from Australia on December 23.