TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Issue 1587, 4 June 1872, Page 2 (Supplement)

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Auckland, May 27. Sailed.— Hero, for Sydney, with the San Francisco mails. The Hero will keep a sharp look out, and burn rockets and blue lights, in the hope of obtaining tidings of the City of Melbourne. Napier, May .27. A mob of natives broke into a hotel at West Olive, assaulting the inmates, < drinking the liquor, and destroying property to the value of £200. Weixhtgton, May 27. According to information received by the San Francisco mail, the Agent-Gene-ral in England has made arrangements for the shipment of 2200 emigrants to New Zealand during the months ot April and May. They are to be distributed as follows : — 150 are to be sent to Auckland ; • 150 to Wellington ; 400 to Napier ; 130 | to PictoD (via Wellington) ; 500 to Can- , terbury ; and 600 to Otago, besides about | 300 to be sent to various parts ot the | colony under the auspices of Messrs | I Broaden. Of the total number, 1400 are i ' to be British, 600 Germans, and 200 ; i Scandinavians. The Germans are to be i sent in equal proportions to Canterbury I ! and Otago, and the Scandinavians to , I A Washington telegram of tte 20th ' April states that the Postal Committee . 1 of Congress had reported the Postal Ap- ■ propriations Bill with amendments, dou- , bling the China and Brazil steam ship | service and subsidies. j The enquiry into the complaints ot the i compositors in the Government Printing 1 Office takes place to-day. The Wellington Independent says that the Invercargill and Mataura Railway will be contracted for in a few days. ' In the Appeal Court to-day Mr ' emythles resumed his address. Mr I Tracers was heard on the other side. Mr ! Smythies will be heard in reply to- ! morrow. 1 Information has been received that the ; Immigration and Colonists' Aid Society haB ratified Colonel Fielding's purchase of 100,000 acres in the Province of Weli lington. Nelson, May 27. The following is the result of the polling for the election of a member of Assembly for the city :— D. M. Luckie, 1 307 ; J. O. Richmond, 156 ; A. Saunders, i 74. i HoKiTrKA, May 27. ■ Arrived. — Rangitoto, from Melbourne. I The sea on the bar is rough. She will be j tendered to-morrow. The" City of Melbourne put back to Sydney with her engines disabled. Christchuech, May 27. A document has been published in the Star, apparently written on a page of a note book, said to have been found on the Ocean Beach near Dunedin, enclosed in a wine bottle, which purports to have been written by the chief mate of the Matoaka, and states that he and several A.B.V (sailors) were in the long boat to the south-west of New Guinea, the passengers all lost. At the races on Friday, the Hurdle Race nita irun Irv Tainbuuriue j the Butcher's Purse by Bismarck ; the Victorian Handicap by Tambourine ; the Cavalry Purse by Ranelagh ; the Flying Stakes by Slander ; and the Consolation Handicap by Miss Flat. DinfEDrsr, May 27. A fire was discovered in the Club Hotel this morning, but it was put out Defore much damage had been done. The goldfields members have held a caucus, at which it was determined to insist on the reconstruction of the Go- | ; vernment. , Mr Branigan had a paralytic stroke on Saturday. A child named Swanston was severely burnt on Saturday. There are no hopes of its recovery. The Otago members of the Assembly j met together : and resolved to use their best efforts to obtain Crown Grants for the various endowments made by the Council. Bishop Moran refuses to recognise as I members of the Church those Catholics ' who signed petitions in favor of secular : education. Mr M c Arthur's motion that 500 acres i of land should be voted for repairing the : r road from Wiuton to • Benmore, was ' carried. An opposition to Mr Reid's Government has been formed under the leadership of Mr T. L. Shepherd. Mr Branigan has been deprived of the use of his right side. Auckland, May 30. The Hon. Colonel Peacock died yesterday at Howick. Mr Sinclair, of the Waikato Land Office, has proceeded to Waikato to ascertain what blocks may be available for settlement from the Kingites in the j event of an amicable arrangement at the i forthcoming meeting with Mr M'Lean. I The Superintendent gives a ball to- ! nihgt. j The Governor and suite have pro j ceeded to the Waikato to attend the j Native meeting. i A new claimant to Norman's estate has j written from Sydney. He claims to be i the eldest son and heir. j An inquest on the body of Pollock, the carter, resulted in a verdict of serous apoplexy. Cheistchttrch, May 30- - The Primate in addressing the Diocesan Synod dwelt forcibly, on the insufficient supply of clergy. He said that in his opinion no plan would fully meet our wants which did not contemplate the employment of men trained in -th& colony, or whose qualifications for the ministry had been tested during a residence of- some months in the colony. The Rev. W. J. G. Bluett is announced I as a candidate for the representation in the Assembly of the district of Coleridge. Mr Cracroft Wilson, C.8., will not be i brought forward. Mr Bluett is supported I by Mr Reeves, and his, chance of election -is considered 'good. .'. . i

Dttjtedin, May 30. Supplementary estimates have been passed for 5000 acres of land for a trarar way to the Otautau, and 1000 acres for the road between Riverton and Wallacetown. Consequent upon the Council yesterday refusing to increase the pay of the police to the rate of 1871, all the men in the depot, with the exception 6f four sergeants, struck. They were given sis hours to consider whether they would return to duty or leave the force. They adopted the latter course. Last night the protection of the town was effected by the corporation officers and the gaol warders. To-day a number of special constables were sworn in. The Government is firm. They have applied for and obtained assistance from I the General Government. A detachment \ of the armed constabulary is to come > down by the Rangitoto. j A public meeting to consider the matter is to be held to-night. The Provincial Council has voted : £1500 as a bonus for a paper manu- . factory; £300 for bottle works; and, £1000 for a sack aud wool-pack factory. The House sat for thirteen hours in j ! Committee on the Education Bill. 7he ; | rate was strongly objected to, and tbere | 'were twenty divisions before it was passed. It was ultimately carried by a ! ! small majority. i The Bill leaves it to the School Com- | mittees to decide whether the Bible shall ibe read. If so, it musb be after the j i secular instruction for the day. | The Government is empowered to j spend £I2jooo on immigration. The Superintendent has sent down a message to the in answe? to the j report of the Select Committee on the, ! ; Oreti contract. He says he reconmended ' .'■ the reference of the dispute to an engi- | neer to be nominated by the Govern- i ment, to which the contraefors were _ agreeable. If this had been done, the j province would have been saved a large j outlay. Mr Reid moved that the costs of the ( arbitration, £3,059, increased by £700, i one-half arbiters' fees, should be paid, i Carried. A proposal to set aside 10,000 acres for the completion of the Oreti line was >. opposed by Mr Holmes, who considered j that the claim was unjust, and Dr Men- j zies moved for further enquiry, which j was carried on the voices.