TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 1 April 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

(per united press association.) This Day. .

Canterbury Produce

Christchurch, 30th. —Business in the grain market during the week has been moderately active, and prices for all lines continue exceedingly firm. Wheat—Considerable sales have been at current rates; prime milling is quoted at .4s 5d to 4s ;6d, and for extra quality 4s 7d. Oats continue firm at Bs to 3s Id for milling, and 2s lid for feed. As the quantity coming forward is not large at the moment prices will be likely to harden. Barley—Farmers are. now beginning to thresh out. Good samples are quoted at 4s 3d to 4s fid ; feed sorts are largely bought np. Bye grass, 4s 9d to 5s for best dressed seed ; cocksfoot, 4£d to 4-|d. Fresli butter, Is per lb; cheese fid to lOd per lb; beef 2d to fid per lb; mutton, 2d to 4d per lb; lamb, 2s fid to 3s per quarter ; ham, Is per lb ; bacon, 9cl per lb. ' {

THE EXHIBITION.

Christchurch.—The promoters write that the main transept of the building, 333 feet long, 95 wide, 26 high, has been put np in the short space of 43 hours. The Art Gallery will be lighted by electricity in the evenings, and some other parts.

TOjP MYSTERIOUS^ Auckland. —The 'Horn Major Atkinson and the Hon. Mr Bryce suddenly left Matamata at s'o’clock a.m. yesterday, to catch the Waikato down train, and- reached Auckland lasfrnight. It is supposed that an urgent telegram recalled them, and their mysterious .movements caused considerable comment. It is stated that Major Atkinson’s trip to the northern districts will be abandoned, and both Ministers will leave by steamer on Monday for Wellington.

Poisoned.

Christchurch. —A gardener at Rangiora, named W. Thomas, killed himself by drinking half a pint of the solution used in galvanic batteries. He had been suffering from sciatica, for which he Was using the battery. It ia supposed he drank the stuff by mistake.

Oil Factory.

Dunediu. —An oil factory for the manufacture of linseed, colza, and salad oils, &c., of which Mr Singer is the proprietor, is to start operations here next week. It is the first of the kind in the colony, and the proprietor expects to be able to claim the Government bonus. ~ •

Gone Wrong. Dunedin.-—There was, somewhat of a flatter in commercial circles in Dunedin to-day over the levanting of a Timarn storekeeper who deals largely with Dunedin merchants. He leaves heavy liabilities. He.is,,.understood.. to have departed by the ’Frisco boat.

WOOL PRICES. Napier.—At Messrs -Headley and Lyons’s fifth wool sale there was a large catalogue, comprising 857 bales and pockets, chiefly scoured merino. The bidding was animated, and prices ranged tip to Is for merino, and Is 5d for cross-bred s.’ --

KiDing the. Ova. Dunedin. —The Acclimatisation Society hero have beeivmost unfortunate in two recent shipments of ova, one of Loch Leven trout, the other of salmon . The, former were all -dead on arrival, although the packing was good. The latter shipment, consisting of ISOjOOO from the north of England, reached Melbourne by the John Elder on March 15th. On the society’s officer sent from here going on board, he fonnd that the officers knew of the ova, and he was referred to the butcher. That individual showed him the ova, in the cattle pen, amongst potatoes, coal, baskets, and ropes, the ova having been removed there from the ice-house when

the ice gave out. The eggs were all dead on arrival at Port Chalmers, An interesting I’act was also mentioned at the society’s meeting, that the New Zealand paradise duck had been successfully hatched out in England.

Boat Race. Christchurch. The interprovincial four-oar race between Canterbury and Otago takes place orr Wednesday next. The Canterbury crew is a good one, but the Otago crew having a superior boat is slightly the favorite

Hotel Robbery. Balclutha.—During last night £3O was stolen from the bedroom of Mr Parmenter, of the Criterion Hotel. He suspected two swagsmen, who left by the morning train for Dunedin.

Expected Surplus. Wellington.—The revenue for the year is not yet ascertained, but it is known that the receipts have exceeded the Treasurer’s estimate. The full return will be known in a day or two.

Valueless Cheques. j 1 Napier.—W. H. Clayton for obtaining £5 and passing a valueless cheque was sentenced yesterday to two months’ hard labor; also for paying for a pair of boots with another valueless £5 cheque he was sentenced to’ four months.