TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 280, 12 June 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

LONDON. ■ 1 . May 26. The Derby—Princeßaltigany’s Galpin, 1; Claremont, 2; bay colt, by Maccaroni —Repentance, 3. i ■ Captain Richard Mayne (who commanded the Eclipse), owing to the severe nature of the wounds he received'in the New Zealand war, has received from active service, and transferred the command of the ironclad Invincible to Captain Jago. The Colonial Office, in reply to a question from Mr. Whalley, declared that it was premature to state whether the Government contemplate establishing a settlement in New Guinea. MELBOURNE. The Treasurer stated that the present loss on inland postage was £lOO,OOO. An outbreak of typhoid fever occurred at Kew, and several deaths have taken place. Business is dull. Breadstuffs are unchanged. Hennessy's brandy is advancing. Lurline won the Queen’s Hundred in Adelaide easily. NAPIER. June 10. Jury gave verdict after long deliberation last night, affirming the legality of Sutton’s purchase, but, as understood by plaintiffs, only so far as concerned the purchase from the grantee. The plaintiffs intend to apply for an injunction to restrain Sutton from occupying any portion of the disputed land, and will move for a writ to determine individual claims of original grantees. Theimmigrants per Countessof Kintore are being rapidly engaged, all the single girls were engaged a quarter of an hour after the opening of the depot. Mr. Vogel has placed his resignation in the hands of his colleagues to be used if necessary. The Kaikora Hotel, with 40 acres of land, was sold for £1160; Hickey is the purchaser. WELLINGTON. June 7. Regarding the measure the Government will be prepared to lay before the House of Representatives, with a view to the abolition of Provinces, the Tribune, though not professing to be inspired, says that the following sketch of what is not an unlikely program re may be hazarded : —“ The clauses will be so drawn as very easily to permit, without any rude dislocation of several parts of the measure, the inclusion of the provinces of the Middle Island as welland, if the majority of the House of Representatives is in favor of total abolition, the Government will not, upon grounds of public policy, oppose such amendments to the Bill. It is well known that it was only because there was reason to doubt the existence of any sufficiently strong feeling in the Middle Island upon the subject. That the Premier’s resolution of last session did not at once propose to go to the whole length. Total abolition, it may readily be believed is quite in accordance with the views of the Government. It was, and is, simply a question of expediency or time.” In dealing with local Government the measure will be tentative. Where details are so numerous and opinions so conflicting it is impossible at single heat to frame a bill to meet the varied exigencies of the, case. It is presumed the measure will extend generally the powers of the existing Road Boards, besides chalking out a plan for the amalgamation of every two, three, or half-dozen of them into County Boards, to which will be givenlicense fees or other miscellaneous receipts in the It is not clear whether endowments from Central Government will be paid to Road Boards or to County Boards* but the Government will not take up any hard and fast position at the outset. The great recommendation of the bill, the Tribune says, is its simplicity, and the elastic basis upon which it is framed, so as to permit the introduction any chance circumstances may require. The butchers threaten to raise the price of meat another penny per pound, or eightpence for roasting beef. The writ is issued fqr the election of a member of the House of Representatives for Wairau. R. Pharazyn, member of the Provincial Executive, is spoken of as a probable candidate for the representation of Wanganui in the General Assembly. Barry and M'Dowall are the successful tenderers for the construction of the new hospital; price, £20,214 AUCKLAND. June 10. Mr. Sextie, a mining agent, was found dead in his bed; it thought that strychnine was the cause. CHRISTCHURCH. «. June 7. The storm subsided on Saturday night, aud yesterday it was quite calm. The lower parts of the city are extensively flooded, and great damage has been done by the wind. One blue gum tree, seventy feet long, near the centre of the city, was blown down. All the rivers, both north and south, are flooded, and the railway

lines are much damaged. The extent of the damage is not yet known. A fire broke out this morning, which destroyed the stables attached to Manning’s Brewery. The other buildings adjoining were fortunately saved. The damage is not great. NEW PLYMOUTH. June 7.

At the winter prize firing for the Rifle Association prizes, the highest aggregate scorers were —Hoell, 52; Collins, 51; O'Key, 48. The highest scorer is also winner of the Stapp medal.