LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 86, 9 February 1876, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

( I’ItKSS ACF.NC V, j NAP HO if. February hj. Hawke’s Bay races. First day. The following are the winners Maiden [Midi—Wanganui. Hail way Stakes Fish hoi A - . Hawkes’s Bay Stakes—-Hercules. Selling b’.aee—Never Miss. Hack Mace—lnnngiu DCN KILN. .February b. S-ven new eases of scarlet h-ver have ‘broken <ait. near the Fever Hospital. Dn the Town Belt ic-ar the Hospital there Were three rents v.-hieh laid heen neeilpied by scarlet fever patients, and the children in the neighborhood wi-rc allowed to play in these tents, hence the spread of disease. TIM Alt F. February ">. Bailwav demons! rat ion yesterday was very successful. A train containing nearly dttli people came from (’bristelmrch, doing the hundred miles in about S'-veu Imnrs. A banquet was given at t he; Oddfellows’ Hall in the afternoon. 720 sitting down. The speeches took a strong political turn, and a great deal of confusion and dissatisfaction masned. G RAIIAAISTOWN. February b. James Norton, formerly in the Gnstoms jit Auckland and the Thames, walked off bMgPiliainstnwn wharf at onr o'clock this morning, and was drowned. He had just, landed Loin (lie steamer. The night was dark. He gave no cry, and could not be fe-en. WELLINGTON. February 5. Arrived—Ship t ’ommomvealfii, from London. 27 day s out. She brings i ( > passengers, all well. An attempt is being made to form a Theatre Company, and to erect a new one at tlie Te Aro cud of the town. A large amount is already subscribed. February 8. 'l’he mimes of a number of leading citizens have b -en placed upon the Vogel reception committee. About Doll lias been subscribed. So far it is intended to have a public holiday if possible to receive Vogel on the wharf by a large turn out of people, and if at night escort him to his house by torchlight procession. Hi any case, there will be a torchlight procession by tire men. Then a <rr;ind ban-qiu-f, it price of aitniissmn to enable nil classes to he present. Should (lie funds subscribed be insuflicient to defray' expenses incurred ; several gentlomon have promised to contribute towards making tip any deficiency. Smat, wlio perpetrated the Unit onthige. was bi-ought before the it.AI. this .morning, and committed for trial upon two charges of attempt to murder. The principal evidence was given by Young and Theist. Young looked very pale and the wounded arm hung downshrivelled and powerless. Smat never once raised his eyes and looks to be shrinking away. Arrived—Otnki, ship, from London 98 days. Immigrants all well. Crusader ship—from Boudon 98 days. Passengers all well. Jessie Osborne immigrants landed from quarantine to-day. LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. MELBOURNE. January 27. The harvest will, from all accounts exceed recent expectations. Sugars are iinnei, and sold by auction at lOs advance. Balance withdrawn for higher rates. Oats Id higher. Ale Donongh and Earnsluird. of the Marionette troupe, wore arresti-d on board the Omen going, to. New Zealand, for having in their possession a quantify of printing belonging to John Bennett, Sir Redmond Barry proceeds by the u.-xt Californian steamer to Philadelphia. Wheat lets iiiUaneed. Sales took place bs 2d. The demand for candles continues. Maize, -Is 2d.

Weather verv hot. SYDNEY. January 28. The officers of the Telegraphic Department gave the electricians aboard the Duke - f Edinburgh a dinner. A railway porter named Lawson was ; in over and killed on the Bathurst line, being found in front of the train by passengers. Subscriptions for sending home a shipment of frozen meat coming in rapidly. The drought lias not yet broken up, but light rains have taken place in various parts of the country. The steamer Hero leaves for Auckland On February 8. BRISBANE. ■ t January 27. The mail steamer Normanby arrived at Townsville to-day. January 28. Welcome rains have fallen. A man was found alive in the hush at A! ary borough, who had subsisted eleven days on grass tree. HATER EUROPEAN NEWS. LONDON. The Russian Press stigmatises Great Britain as a country not content with acquiring territory in all parts of the world, but wants to pocket the key of the whole of the south east of Europe. A scheme is afloat in Russia to guarantee the entire neutrality of the Suez canal, with which Germany agrees. Spain is powerless to subdue bloodshed in Npain. Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia has been exiled to Caucasus for four months, in consequence of an intrigue with a ballet dancer, who has been arrested. Relations between Prussia and Denmark arc critical. The army mobilization scheme in England is causing great commotion in military circles. SINGAPORE. The P. and 0. steamer Gambicr just arrived twenty-four hours behind time. In Per.fk a party were surprised by the Malays. The latter were beaten ofl, but Major Ilawkins, of .Bengal Staff Corps, and two or three others were killed. Dr Town'scnd and others wounded.

Great uncertainty still exists as to ou 1 ' relations with China. Tin* Japanese are preparing'for war wit hj CoIVJI. Fighting between the Dutch and A chances is still going on. The Dutch are successful.