CABLE TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 256, 26 December 1872, Page 5

CABLE TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika, December 18. London, December 6. The Left, in the French A sssmbly, demanded a dissolution. The Bonapartist papers favor the monarchical cause,, and announce that they will support a conservative majority. A new Spanish loan of ten millions is announced. The wool sales closed last night ; 62,000 bales were sold, 10,000 being for export. At the closing sales there was a recovery in prices, excepTTfor Rreaay ana Oayo ourw. Tne next series commence on February 13. At a large meeting, buyer* unanimously resolved not to bid for wooi 'offered without the draft being stated. A committee of merer ants has been appointed to take action. Dr Featherston is shipping salmon ova to Dunedin. London, December 7. A meeting was held at Wolverhampton, to bid farewell to the Keys. Messrs. Sclwyn and Hill. Melauesian Missionaries. Mr Selwyn is the new Bishop of Melanesia. The P. and • \ Company have declared a dividend of 7 percent., and report favorably | of tbe use of Australian coal in the Company's steamers, but are silent respecting the Mail service. Stocks are unsettled. Tallow, sixpence lower ; petroleum and oils, unaltered ; .hide, have receded a fa thing j leather was sold largely at a decline. The grain trade is firm ; supplies continue larje. Incessant rains prevent wheat sowing. Parts, December 7. A committee of thirty members was chosen to consider the Government constitutional proposals. They assembled on Monday. M. Thiers expressed regret at the constitution of the committee, which renAefed a partial renewal of the Assembly impossible. He will net modify the Ministry until the report is presented ; then if hostile to hid viewß, he will oppose it in the Assembly. December 8. ! The situation at Versailles is less straight- | ened. The president of a committee of 30 | (M. Larcy), and vice-president (M. Andriffet), had a friendly conversation with. M. Thiers yesterday. Berlin papers say that r Germany is indiiferens to the internal conflicts in France. December 9, Contrary to, expectation, the Ministerial changes in the French Cabinet are announced. Goulard,, Minister of the Interior; Leon Say, Finance} Gourton, Public Works. It is believed these changes will terminate in a crisis. New Zealand Consolidated -Fives, 102. Discount, 4. December 12. The Overland Telegraph line is again interrnpted. The late cable messages have not arrived,

Melbourne, December 12. The conflict between the two Houses is settled, the Council giving way. The Education Bill is now passed as it originally left the Assembly. In the I iscases of Stock Bill,' the Council also gave way. The Bill for the increase of the Judges' salaries by LSOO eack, was strongly opposed. A small faction of the Assembly sat till seven this morning, but the Bill eventually passed. ' Tbe prorogation is fixed for next Tuesday* A New .Zealand despatch, relative to the Mail Service, has been forwarded to Sydney A reply has been received from Commodore Stirling declining the Victorian offer of assistance- in the South Seas.' Mrß. F. Kane, 'Secretary to the Board, of Education, 'died on Sunday. " > A Chamber of Commerce' Meeting passed' , resolutions in favor of the Sue?; mail route. The prompt action of the Government in re. ferencetothe Imperial offer was approved of, and tbe advisability of communication : with America admitted. A public meeting was h»ld in reference to sending the islanders kidnapped by the Carl to their resptctive homes. A deputation waited on the Government, who stated that Colonial Legislature had declined to act . without Imperial sanction. The schooner Katheran was wrecked on King's IslanJ ; crew saved. She was insured in the Derwent office. The Bangalore, with the outward mails, I left Galle on Nov. 25th, and is expected in 1 I Melbourne oo- Sunday or Monday,

The Education, debate in Sydney, was adjourn- d to Tuesday. A large fire took place in Hunter street;, Newcastle. Several buildings were destroyed, i The Chief Justice of South Australia has been sworn in acting: Governor. It has been resolved to abandon the Infantry Force in Sydney. Some of the Adelaide fields will yieM thirty bushels of wheat per acre. - Locusts have not much affected the crops. Falloon, charged with complicity in the Carl murders, has been further remanded at ' Sydney. Dr Murray gave evidence. A heavy thunderstorm this morning interrupted the Sydney and Adelaide lines. The FTero sailed this day for Auckland. Commercial. — A fair amount of shipping business has been transacted during the week, and large sales of wheat for export. New Zealand, 5s 9d. Latest quotations : Adelaide, ol<?, 5s Id 5 new, -s 10d. Kerosene has advanced to Is 1 1 4 d. Sugars not so firm, and, cargoes arriving, the dealers are stocked. Patna rice, Ll9, in bond. Oats, 3s 2d to 3s 4d ; feeding oats, little doing. Shipping— Arrived, 11th — Zephyr, from Kokitika. Sailed, Bth— Maid of Erin, for Buller. Failed, 10th — Susannah Booth, for Wellington. 6th — Australia, for Timaru ; Margaret Campbell, for Oamaru. '7th — Woodville, for Dunedin.

Naskby, December 17. The drought still continues ; and the miners remain idle in consequence. Great anxiety exists as to when the Government purpose calling for tenders for the sludge chaunel and Manuherikia water-race. Auckland, December 17. By the capsizing of the boat a Thames waterman named Mason, and two others were drowned, A party have started to work the iron* stone. The Provincial Council was prorogued this afternoon. The Superintendent, in bis speech, said the failure of the Council to vote L2OOO prevented the compliance with' the Council's desire for the transfer of the control »f tbe police from the General to the I'iovincial Government. • He had become convinced that responsible Government was a mistake when the Superintendent was elected by the people, as causing divided authority. It was an error in judgment on his part ever conceding it. A vote of thanks was given to the Hon. Mr O'Rorke for his services as Speaker. December 18. The Nevada arrived at 3 p.m. She left Honolulu on November 25. Passengers — ] Messrs W. Philcox, Murdoch, Oeo. Winter, D. Meyer, J. D. Brower, B. Keesing and daughter, J. Paris, Miss 'lurnbull, Mrs Tnrnbull, and 5 children, Mr Phillips and daughter, Joseph Rayner, and 11 in the steerage for Auckland. Wellington, Dicember 18. The Provincial Government and City Council have found road work for 150 of Mr Rrogden's navvies, who were going to be sent to Invercargill, as owing to the non-acceptance of the Upper Hutt Contract, Mr Brogden has no work for them here. Mr Dransfield has been re-elected Mayor.