LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 420, 26 April 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(Pov Press Agencv.) WELLINGTON. April 25. One of the fiist proposals that Government'will make to Parliament next s-.-ssion, wii! he to raise a four million Jo-.:'. They have received a cable mess:; ge from London, advising thorn tii.it rer nt New Zealand five per cents, stand higher in lire market than they, ever stood lu-l'mv, and that New Zealand security general.y, arc very finr.. It is autiioritacively stated that survey and road parties on Mountain Road, Taranaki, have not been stopped by Natives, and reports to that effcci are without foundation. An officer of Government visited the camps yesterday, and found them midis tn rbed.

Lists of nominated immigrants to he forwarded Home by out-going - mail, will contain upwards of 200 nominations. The New Zealander says that .Mr Shaw, who has been appointed District Judge of Taranaki, will not enter upon his new duties until the end of May next. While discussing the question of charitable aid in the City Council, several members dwelt strongly upon the necessity for a home for old people being provided. Some Italian fishermen had a drunken row, and one got his nose bitten off, and another his stomach cut open with a razor, two terrific gashes being given across the abdomen. Witli the exception of the wounded man, the offenders have not yet been apprehended.

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report on condition of higher education in the colony, find it will be impossible to conclude their labors before July, and they have obtained extension of time. A substantial interim report will, however, be prepared in time for presentation to Parliament. The Commissioners will continue theii sittingsin Wellington some time, and at the beginning of June will visit Otago. A private letter from a Chief at Parihaka to Wellington resident, states that Maoris at Parihaka recently - held a meeting, and formally resolved that on no pretence whatever would they resort to violence over Waimate affair.

The Colonial Insurance Company held its first annual meeting- this afternoon. Reports show that profits of company during last twelve months wore £6,719. Report considered satisfactory, and adopted.

Cargo shipped here per Stad Haarlem, for London, consisted of 805 bales wool £14,478 ; and 458 packages sundries, value £*2,300. Total value, £16,787.

Total quantity and value of wool shipped from this port to London during present season amounts to 32,914 packages, c ,n----taining over eleven million pounds ; value £503,46 2. Pleiades has now on hoard about 1,400 bales wool, 1,100 packages tallow, 160 cases preserved meat, 700 sacks wheat, and a lot of sundries. She is expected lo sail early next month.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report, under date London, 22nd hist.—Wool : The next sales wih commence on 6th May. Up to date 315,000 bales have arrived. There lias been a little private inquiry. Home markets are lightl} 7 stocked. Wheat market flat. Adelaide is worth 475, and New Zealand 44s per 490 lbs. Tallow is dull of'sale. Mutton, 355, and beef, 33s per cwt. Leather market quiet—best sides, 9s 94d. OAMAKU. Grain market active. Quotations f.o.b. —Wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; oats offering freely, beat feed 2s, milling 2s 2d; barley, 4s 9d to ss, no enquiry; Hour, £9 to £10; bran, £3 10s io £3 J2s, pollard, £4 10s; potatoes, £4.