TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 395, 30 September 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

(From the Dunedin Dailies. ) Wellingtoh, September 26. The " Evening Post " says :— " It is currently reported, and we know the report is well founded, that very serious charges have been preferred to the Government against a member of the Civil Service, holding a high position. The charges are relative to conduct in an office which he formerly filled in connection with administrating intestate estates? 1 H.M.S. Blanche and the yacht Blanche sailed on a cruise yesterday. Mri Gully, the artist, accompanied his Excellency the Governor, to make sketches of the, West Coast scenery. September 28. It has been raining the whole day, and blowing hard from the N.W. The Hutt river has overflowed the road. The water went down last night, but has risen again to-day. There have been many nasty slips along the Hufct road. Auckland, September 26. Messrs Henderson and Macfarlane, owners of the barque Alice Cameron, 156 days out' to Manilla, from Sydney, not having heard of her, have claimed insurance to the amount of £8,000. The policy is held by the Victoria oSSlco. They are ra-insured. with the New Zealand. South British, National, Standard, and National of South Australia for £500 each. The Waipa is now flooded higher than at any time this winter. There is a great extent of crops at Kopua and other settlements under water. , The " Southern Cross " draws attention to an announcement from its Raglan correspondent to the effect" that Tawhiao has resolved to permit railways to "be constructed South of the confiscation boundary; upon Condition that the Government pays the natives sixpence for each lineal' foot of railway tn^de into the Maori territory. The " 6foss ' r shows : that this payment would be afr I;he rate of £132 per mile, or £17 10s per acre, allowing a strip a chain wide for railway purposes. It considers the demand too nigh, but it thinks it might be made to cover a yard instead of a foot. It looks upon this resolve on the part

of the Maoris as a final cessation of their opposition to railroad and bridge-making ; and. urges the Government to embrace the opportunity to make arrangements with the Maoris as to details. This is the most hopoful news received for many years. • ! Mr. Alexander Saundcrs reports as follows: —Sales: Steam Packet, £3 15s j City of London, £1 3s 3d. Buyers : Bank of New Zealand, £17 15s ; South British, £2 10s ; Crown Prince, lls 6d. Sellers : National Insurance, £1 10s ; Fiji Bank, £2 14s j Long Drive, £0. September 28. The ironwork of the Waikato bridge at Ngaruawahia will be landed from the City of Auckland shortly. It weighs 133 tons. The Swedish ship Condorea, 1067 tons, Capt. Neiglish, bound from Sydney to San Francisco with 1600 tons of coal, has put in dismasted. She left Sydney on the 15 th inßt,, and encountered a N.W. gale on tho 21st, in tab. 35.4 long. 167.30 E. On the 22nd, at nine in the morning, while the ship was hove-to, the maintop-gallant mast was cut away. Soon after, all the masts came down on the deck, leaving only the lower part of the foremast standing. The third mate was aloft at tho time, and came down with the wreck, but yet marvellously escaped injury. The tJaptain was slightly injured. Jurymasts were rigged, and the ship came to Auckland for repairs. New Plymouth, September 26. | Major Atkinson has resigned his seat in the [ Provincial Council and Executive. He adresses his constituents on Monday. A whirlwind passed over Bell Block, doing Considerable damage. I Gbetmotjth, September 27. The steamer Waipara, with Judge Eichmond, the Provincial Secretary, and the Stephenson-Burford Troupe, and others on board, from Hokitilca, attempted the entrance, but took ground on the North Spit. Endeavours are being made to land the passengers. September 28th. The passengers by the Waipara reached town by boat after undergoing great hardships. That vessel is still ashore, the steorage gear being injured. The cause of the accident was its fouling and the extinguishing , of the fires. Lytteltw, September 28th. The ship Merope, 92 days out from Plymouth, has arrived with 321 immigrants. She {also brings tho British Expedition for observing the transit of Venus, which consists of Major Palmer, of the lioyal Engineers, Chief Astronomer ; Lieut. Darwin, 8..E-, Assistaht Astronomer and Photographer ; Lieut. Crawford K.N., Assistant Astronomer ; add three non-commissioned officers of the Royal Kngineera, The aitc for observing the transit will be selected when the party have viewed the various localities, the selection being left to Major Palmer's decision. It will probably be near Christchurch. Blttet, September 26. The Albion, with the English mail, left at 6 p.m. on the 21st, and arrived at the Bluff at 8 this morning. She made the run in four days 12 hours. London, September 16. G-ooi-go EWtarick, the Derby winner, has been scratched. Great "Yorkshire Handicap : Erne's Louise, first ; A. C. Barclay's Bertram, second ; C. Alexander's Thunder, third. September 18. Berkeley's appointment as Governor of Western Australia has been contradicted. September 19. The Queensland mail was delivered on the 17th, and the San Francisco (Mikado) yesterday. The Turkish loan of sixteen millions has been subscribed at 43f . Considered a great success. Wool sales : The prices continue firm. | Corn market languid. Arrivals : Carlisle Castle, from Melbourne ; Inverness, Anaze, from South Australia. PaiSs, September 18. The trial of the accomplices in the escape of Bazine has terminated. The Governor of the fortress has been acquitted. Vilette and Plantin have been sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Two others received slight sentences. September 19. MacMahon has returned to Paris. His reception in the Northern departments was cordiaL Madbid, September 19. The Carlists allege that the Czar of .Russia has written to Don Carlos expressing sympathy. Berlin, September 19. The Germans have expelled the Danes from Schleswig. New York,, September 16. A sanguinary disturbance has occurred in New Orleans, where the white population ousted Governor Kellogg, and installed a new Governor. President G-rant upheld Kellogg, and ordered the rioters io disperse. September 18. The insurgents at New Orleans have submitted. September 19. Governor Kellogg, has been reinstated in New Orleans.