AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4281, 19 April 1879, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

[eettteb's tslbsbaks.] SrDHBY, April 18. Hew Zealand wheat, 4s 3d to4j6d; oats, 3*6dto3i9d. Mblbotjbse, April 18. Dr. Bryan Dojle to-day charged several fees tntli the robbery of £1100. The case •TO remanded, owing to the doctor's intoxietioß in Court, for which he will be proee<at*L SiSed— Hero for Sydney. fePECIAL TO "eiX)BK."3 Sydkbt, April 18. Potatoes show a heavy advance. There v • pood market for New Z< aland. Laid Loftus's mission to Australia unjocbtedly includes a federation platform. Mr Bsarle, the TJnder-Eecretary, was unable to veept oar Governorship. fhe American representation at the Exhib&ien will be extensive. HEW ZEALAND. [PBESS AGEKCT.J Auckland, April 18. M fa&ucga, a boy named Arthur Dotrell, gtejttrt old, was kicked by a horso which he a&msred to frighten off the road. The boy •<&?» fee courje of the afternoon. JtifMe police cosrt to-day David Ooldaten was ebtged trite a breach of the Municipal Act for mßmg lottery tickets to throw for jewellery. Ss defendant is proprietor cf Falitca, in which erdopes were sold at Iβ each. L'etective Jeffry ftposed to dra-wirg a ticket. Detective Brennan afeo took a chanceand won a P'pe. The Bench Micted a fine of 20s and costs. WisLiiiNGTOX, April 18. Id the case vf Trarere and Duucan v Had field, &4 jury agived to the issues, and the law points $f the case w2l now b:> argued out in Banco. The Education Board decided to utilise the -Rrrices of Mrs Holmes to teach the school teachers drawing during Saturday, co that they mybeabls to taach the children under them. Wα Holmes has high testimonials for efficiency. TbeStad Haarlem arrived about seven this lysyiiiyr, i,nd at once cams alongside one of the vSmrlTs. The immigrants have all gone to the isaßgration barracks. A large gmg of painters wrt«tonce sent to work painting the vessel ijuLJe&Bdoat^iJe. lasfeeMiprems Court this morning the action utaag heard of Travers and Duncan v Had"&ML TMs acti-.n i * brought by the plaintiffs ac tasteeinthe estats of the lite Jas. Gilliffan, -tawmpd Gα dpfcnda: t to complete his contract efana is& with Gilliean before his death for .•fia pardau of 1 Si 8 acres at Tawera for £ 1300 D. Ua defeadaut objects to completing , the contact, en tfee grounds that the abstract of title *s» cot delivered in the agreement. The case is psetefcg. U» foliowicg tenders were received at the Works office here for the Wanganui irtarf atd redaiaatioii contract (formation en!j) of the l atca and s?a»a*atu railway :— Accepted- J. Saunders, for .£23,51*. Dedined —Cwnfoot and >tenhonse, Christchurch, for Joseph Oibbs, Wanganni, for W. B-»we, Wanganui, JE24.578; D. "WiMa, Ingifwood, ; 8. Brown, WelBBgtaa, J&K737; W. J. B±ssdl, Wanganui, Bsrfrj and McDowell, Wellington, . Ettkedik, Apr"l 18. authorities here are cenrejsJTiEg a: plications for employment of iiagie girfa. »d as «>on aa a ship arrives the <wpot n atoDoeroshed. Tha Westland, which eayefcortk h« expeckd has no less than epty-two nogie -women on board, and these aesifl sa'isfy tl» market for a time, at least. fly Has Bea frascisco mail to-day there were MWrarded from Bnncnin, under the nominated *i*^ 5U of immieration, applications for 255 Ww* equal to 213 >tatn*e adults. These appli•«B8 were received between March 22nd and *g"l 18;h, and m-ke the retarn ever ■*"»*ded f» a like period. The female immiSetfe lj the Srad Haarlrm, five in number, *e*eߣ&2eil at Taveriham Barracks to-day, at ™* «25 to £33 per ye .r. The men, who are «e«elie..t staple c-f farm labourers, will be fw esgajeznent to-mnrrow. [FE3H OTIS OWN CCKT»-ESrONDKNT.J _, . Timaku, .*prillß. otheete -m civjiewas repaired g*»e»y, and to-day another lot of blocks were WvJ. d "f ut the end of the 3**»*ter now is about four feet at low water. «*e toother fifty f&t live b.«n completed it *««m tea f«t at low tiie. having completed Lis Inspecin he South, arrived here, g*°«e f :r Wellinctin. He expresses beiag greatly pleased -with them on Ciata-burr returns for the »*?*«** *bow -7 1 ch-Jdr. n on the roll aa .£*pma vita «t!3 last quarter: fifty-eight 8?a era-lojf>d a.ud one new school has : he would have been galweer bnfc f-. r the prevalence of typhoid is *t.ll increasing at an alarming 2* n cue l, Q '. e l a t "W isat*, a few days wer* r.o 1, s? th n nine cases -Mwoolb&l! «oason will be opened by the South JSr im T" Fo*tf-ail Ciah to-tnorrow. About jgv*«w mew be-s have already been enrolled. jj?£ ers *r is and Fr&ser deputy capApAli, aiepting wis h<^M at Waimate last . c.CT.ip ! aint made by three C-janty Coun-il that they could r: i?w ' r ' f, 's<?ajQftv a» anything they ■33?"»t -as, to be ou:v->tfd by the othera. S^T re V; ?o back and try to eetabr< .. ;lt , oos the re(st> aTjd jf jtatm. Ib », the mtepayera wonld »{»eeiiii Wire.j SettK- Auckland, April 18. < fei - ? P*y»nif over the monies won took place to-night.

The following amount* were paid over: - Mclvor, S\S* 17s; Xseenaris, J8142 lOs; Butberford, £95-; Mvak, £9s; Walter*, .£BS; Thorp* .£sß: Thorpe. £23; Allen, .£2B; Mordn, Jβ 14. H. Walker, ,£l3; MJcGee, £9 10e; Mc Don Jd* £* 14s ; Day, £2 17i; hockey, Jgl I8s; lenaox Uj. Mr J. M. Clarke was elected chairman of the Bonrd of Education, L,r. Campbell declining to xtand. • ■ '• r " •=■ '• M*ifcai Te Bangi Bahiki, a Botbru* chief, has written a Utter contradicting ihe ntatement thai h» had threatened to expel all Enropeane from Ohiaemutu in consequence of the threatened Government prosecution against Mr Bohert Graham. A letter from Taracaki says the «ttihide oj the Waimate Natives is extremely vicious, and predict* mischief. No surveyor dares to go over the gnnxncL ■ The same fetter (a private one) mentions that Mr Allan Douglas, a Government official reaiding at T«ran»ki. was honored a few days ago by an ictimation of hie promotion to a Danedin office, and such was his joy at tfce good news ih»t he *•* issmedistery afflicted with a paralytic stroke, and is in serious danger of his iUe r The Opera Company contract h«e b*en broken, and the company are left witfeoit any ree»n« ti return to their homes in Sydney, for which purpose they propose to get np a benefit. Wellington, April 18. A gentleman who has been exploring in the Tur&raa ranges, near Masterton, and who intend* making farther explorations, took some specimens supposed to be of gold bearing quartz and alto a specimen of copper ore to the Muteum for Dr Hector to test It appears that the ore can be obtained in thousands of tons. There is, however, some doubt as to th* value of the socalled auriferous quartz, though it has with, stood some tests. An assay will shortly be made in each case. Another person called with a different specimen of copper ore, and uamisakeably very rich, but as hi declined to name be locality where it was obtained, no assay of the sample will be made. A Tolnnteer corps in course of formation at Masterton, and about seventy members have already enrolled thezcselres. The Government h»ve been asked wheth-r 'hey will be prepared to accept the services of the corps. His Excellency and suite will leave for his Southern toor to-morr jw morning at nine sharp in the Hinemoa. This will not in , erf ere with the programme in the itinerary, and he will land at the Blnff on Monday morning. After being closed for six years, Kebble Broe large flour mill is now in full work for Messrs J. and T. Meek, Camaru, grain merchants and millers. Mr Wason'e resignation of his seat for Coleridge is gazetted. According to the Registrar-General's report on vital statistics of the seven boroughs during March, the total deaths were—Auckland, 23; Thames, 5; Wellington, 54 ; Kelson, 3; Christchurch, 19; Dunedin, 36 ; Hokitika. 4 ; Invercargill, 7. The greater number of these deaths were due to dysentery and diarrhoea, 57 of the former and 20 cf the latter, out of which Wellington contributed Sβ casFs of dysentery and 15 of diarrhoea Chris'chnrch ranks next, with 17 i deaths from dysentery and 2 from diarrhoea. The following is a statement of the different sources of postid revenue collected for th» three quarters ended 31st March. 1879:—For September quarter — Sale of postage stamps, .£23,776; money order commission, .£1535; fees for private b>ies and bags. .£29; Imperial postage receipts, .£3000; miscellaneous receipts. { £ '8. December quarter—Sale of pot-tage I stamps, .£24,115; money • order commission, Jβ • 716; fees for private boxes and bags, JSSO; Imperial postage receipts, JB3OOO ; miscellaneous receipts, J879. March quarter - Sale of po tage stamps, JB1834; fees tor private boxe* and bags; £Z6.6; Imperial postage receipts, .£3yoo. Ebbfton, April 18. John Bates Allen, late partner of Hugh. Graham, saw millers and battery owners, died to-day from injuries to his rkoll caused last night through a fall from a horse. Deceased was a very old West Coaster, and widely known and respected. Hokitika, April 18. Dr. Giles held an inquiry tfcis afternoon as to the origin of the fire at Haworth's saw mill on the morning of Good Friday. The verdict was —"That there was no evidence to show how the fire originated."