TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.]

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5723, 26 January 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.]

FRANKLIN LLKCTION DECLARATION OF THi: I'OLL I'm ollicial declaration of the poll foi the district of Franklin took plan' to d.i\ Mr R V. Barstow, the retuimng' oilu it, dcilaiid the state of the poll .it two o'llm k p.m. He said lie vas glad to hue it to say, that the elections throughout the ilistiut hvd been conducted in the moit t>idi'il\ manner, and that veiy few n regular \oti--. had been given. The numbei of \otis toi the several candidates were : — Hamhu . ... . . 4S4 Lusk . . .. 480 Woodward . 276 (Joodfellow ... 2r>3 May 2X1 He theretoie declared that Messrs Hamlin ami Lusk w ere the duly elected members for ri.mklin. Mr Hvm[[\ bneily returned thank? for the high honour confeired upon him, and promised that he would endeavour to promote the interests ot all m the diatiat Mi. Lusk al°o returned thanks, and said that he trusted that the eleetois of the di*ti ict would come to acknow ledge that no mist ike had been made in electing a nonlevident. He trusted that as year by year he came betoie them, he would still letam the confidence they had placed in him. None of the other candidates weie present, and no one of the th rty eleetois piesent u'ptcsented them. A \ ote of thanks to the Returning Otuce* concluded the proceedings.

( i I! AH AMSTOWN. Tuesday. Notwithstanding the hca\ y do\s npour of 1,1111 this ltl> >t lllll _J, 10 IllLll UCllt tO lOlil \\Dik at I'm in The operations weie commenced at the Shoitland side of the Pin 111, but a few natives inteifeied, and the vvoik v\as slut ed to the oilier side of the n\ei In consequence of representations made by the inui, Mi. MeLaieii lias undertaken to pay the wages every second da) in the meantime*. l'i kf — Obtained lo0o^. lOdwt. from about 72 tons including specimens. .\h\iKU — Din e i cached slulo south end ut el urn on Cine leef. Immediately s'ait using and Milking to open communication with upper level Antieipite opening valuable bloek b_v this means

( 'OR(J.\! ANDKL, Tuesday. I'uin dh 1'okvii \. — Sonic good &toue got to-day lioiu the stopes 'J'ho gcneial stufl is looking well. Uviov By- Kt h — "-tart lighting files for the boiler on Thuibday, and the machinery ■\v ill positively move on Monday, ■when the clashing also commences. llo\ \i, Ovk — The manager continues to see gold while breaking down from the leader and stupes Com} 1 1 him. Hkko — The tunnel going through the lull i~> 1 ipully advancing. [ITR I'Kl i> \(.J-M\.]

A U:\ANDRA, Tucsilciy. The continuous i mi makes it vei y untavoiu 'JjIo to imwsting Thuie will be conbiddable lo^s 'J'lic kopua nati\es have ])iircha->ed <i leaping nnchme by co-operation. They are getting m all they can. Yesterday ram fell, and the river is rising fast.

WELLINGTON, Tuesday. On boaid the ' Luna, 24th. -Strong N.W. w md all day. We have been grappling for the White's Bay end of the cable for about 12 hours, but without success. Anchored for the night m Otonnga Bay. 25th. — Left at four this morning for the cable ground. There was a south-east wind, and in a short time freshened so much, that grappling was impossible. Shortly after six a. in. the ' Eginont,' which was hanging on to the Lyell Bay end, signalled, " Can't hold on much longer." The ' Luna ' at once steamed up and found her riding very heavily, and shipping much water As woise weather was eudentl) coming on, and as the ' Kgmo.it ' was ah taily distressed and as it was important the cable should be slipped befoie the vessel was actually m danger, OrdflM IVPIV f/IVPn tn Hli 1 ' Vg'i Jilt, ' to tlllu.V the end of the cable o\ei board ami let go the buoy .iiichiu Thu was promptly done. The ofhcis on bo\id the ' Luna ' took angle observations to ti\ the exact position, and, after waiting about two hour-, the 'Luna' left, the buo^ nding easily and safely, and returned to Wellington to await Hue w eather The numbei of people conveyed by tram on Saturday was 2.S7O. The competing crews from Dunedin, Kaiapoi, and the Thames, will be entertained at dinner to night. The idea of sending a trow turn Wellington to compjfce at the Auckland icgatta, has been abuuloued. A caigo ot totara and led pine was sold to day at lib per 100ft It was of a rather infeiioi quality. It is not expected that the detention of the immigrants by the ship 'Shakspeaie will bj beyond a week The ' Luna' will be oil to resume her cable work at about 2 a.m. to monow. The vreathu seems more favourable this evening. WESTPOUT, Tuesday. Scai eel) has five hours' ram fallen m this district since the 28th ultimo The water, in oiiseijuenee, is nearly exhausted. The thumometer toi two days last week marked 82deg in the shade. I'ICTON. Tuesday. The election it. suited as follows Kenny, the old member, 1S1 ; (iodfiey, 121. DUXED1N, Tuesday. The bieach of m utilise case, Hughes v. Shand, fot which damages to the amount of £3.000 were churned, closed on Saturday night with a \eidict for the plaintiff for £130.