LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 90, 19 February 1876, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[ PRESS AOKNCV. ] WELLINGTON. February 10. The Superintendent and Provincial Secretary intend .shortly to take their usual annual tour through the province. On this occasion they will first visit Wairarapa, and from thence proceed through Mana■vvatu Gorge, to West Coast. The Hon. Major Atkinson, Secretary of Crown Lands, will probably accompany them. Dr Hector has just sent out to the Botanical Gardens a case of struck cuttings of the cork oak, procured with difficulty' l from Kcw Gardens. It is believed the climate of New Zealand is well adapted to the growth of this valuable tree. Vogel brought them out in the Somersetshire ; they are bedded out in the Botanical Gardens. ‘ The folio wing arc the officers to be in 1 charge of the Colonial Firing .-—Colonel 1 Lyon (in command) ; Colonel Pack, of Christchurch ; Major Stnpp. Taranaki;

Major Tnnmr. Batoa ; Major Noake, Wangamii ; af: 1 Giptain 13aii!it.*, Bicton. W. if. T. S!cwai'fl, As aslant Engineer for I V. nuvsi.-.w i, North J r'uf, was y teid-iy f’ouail near IP .e.vn camp, shot through the elmsl, aiill died (liis e o/mng at 7. !; D .supposed ihat he committed suicide. February 18. The Vogel banquet last night unprecedented success. A large number of people, who purchased tickets, were unable to sit at, tables and had to drop in afterwards as they could. About. 330 sad down. One tire brigade attended in full uniform. The idayor was in the chan, silling members and members of Ministry sat on the rigid hand of Vogel upon entering 1 loom. Vogel was received with utmost, an plan seed so ail through his meeeh. and upon sitting 1 down received dea.mdng and prolonged applause. lie touched upon what he had, dime at home, and on question of abolition he said that, though it was not an iinmixvd good, the credit and finance of the colony rendered it necessary, (hat it must without delay I><* cNUTi-tl .ajn! iij ortlcr to <2o wo effectually, 'he sincerely hoped that the ablest men of bulb sides '.'/ mild join hand in hand in working out details of any scheme to take the place of pro vincl a! sm. On the whole, tile speech was a most conciliatory character. LYTTELTON. February 11). Arrived Shipping Company’s ship liangitikei from London, with 3b2 immigrants, all wall, after a passage of 7-1 days from port to port, or (J7 days from hand to land. Slit; anticipates the advances regardingl her which are coming l by the mails. The Duke or Edinburgh sailed for London this afternoon. Auckland February 1 ii. Arrived--Ship Ardrar, ILi days, from Loudon, with seven passengers, and a splendid shipment, of sheep, nil well. NEW ELY MO UTIL February 17. Ih nresenlaiive.s for Prize Firing—-Elder and (filbert, both A.C’s. Sales of land for January valued at £238!. Owing to the Government not taking nolice of a petition relative to the, very heavy charge mi the railway wharf at Waitara, iite captain of the Go-ahead refused to land goods th ee, and carted them to the railway station at his own expense. Great complaints that, no Sunday trains rim. 'flic matter has bemi represented mure (ban mice to (he Government, but no notice taken of it. Mr Davis C.E., of ITogdeu and Sons, is lying dangerously ill. Cavalry fired for district prizes yesterday. !‘. Curtis, 58; G. Sampson, 48; F. Sampson. -12; C. Barriba 11, do. In competitive fire for choice of representatives, 11 1 0 scores were I —Elder, 18.4 ; Gilbert, 182. Elder tied for the championship at the Thames last, vear. NELSON. February 17.

The cable si earners Hibernia ami Duke of Ed’mgliurgh are now lying at anchor. Tiny ivj)')ri, line weallmr and no mishaps throughout. Ahoid, sixty miles from the landing place tiieeable was cntaiul buoyed, and the steamers sail this afternoon for Schroder's Mistake, where, weather permitting, they will at once commence paying out tin 1 shore end, which is very heavy, weighing ten tons to the mile. They hope to complete the connection within fourteen hours after starting. The Lady Barkley and Tui are still away ; the latter having Lemon and Shapley on board. The General Government despatched the Wallace in search of them. The cable si "amors sailed at 1 o'clock for Schroder's Mistake. Strong X.W. bree/e blowing now, and it is thought they will have to wait for the, weather to moderate before commencing to land the shore end. Constant communication was kept up with Australia on the passage, and they were informed on the, way of the splicing of Cook Strait cable. No signs yet of the Barkley or Tui. February 18. The; landing of tbe cable was successfully completed yesterday evening. Edinburgh anchored half mile, from landing place in six fathoms, with water gradually shallowing. A rope was taken from her stern and fastened to a large tree drifted on the beach. Boat with cable then started hauling itself shorowards by the rope, another followed to assist in bearing weight of cable, then another, and so on, till ten floats bearing cable intervened between ship and shore. A gang of men then laid hold of cable and dragged it into the test house, fifty yards from the beach. A number of excursionists from Nelson were present who loudly cheered the completion of the work. Just as the whole thing was finished the Tui, wit.V Lemon and Shapley aboard, entered the inlet. Steamers were so start at twelve last night, and expected to effect the tunction by two this afternoon. Land line between landing and Nelson completed yesterday. Steamers will relurn to Nelson to-nitht, wait till Tuesday, and then proceed to Wellington. MARLBOROUGH. February 17. Marlborough Faces.—Weather line and warm, but Aery dusty. The attendance was large, exceeding that of any previous meeting. Hurdle Race, of £25 ; two miles and a quarter—Ewart’s Lurlu, 1. The race Avould have been won by Bickering’s Whalebone, but the riders fell and Lurlu won easily. Maiden Blatc, of £2O. Henry RedAvood’s John Storcl, 1 : Dick Turpin, 2 ; Sir Walter, 3. Sapling Stakes, of £3o.—Clia.v RcdAvood’s 'Doncastor, 1 ; 11. Redwood’s Songster, 2 ; Stevenson’s Blenheim, 3. Doncastor Avas never headed, Avinning by four lengths. . The Trotting Race was Avon by McTvor’s Sea King. Blenheim Handicap, of £2s—Raynor’s Banker, 1 ; Majcnta, 2 ; Ilapbazaid, 3. Banker won by a Icngdh.