LAST NIGHT TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1524, 6 January 1879, Page 2

LAST NIGHT TELEGRAMS.

[BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] [BHUTBB'S TELKGUAMB TO THE Pjßffgf AGENCY.] AUSTRALIA. Melbourne., January 5. Lord Harris's team, in their second innings, made 160. The Australian Eleven scored the 19 required ta win without the loss of a wicket. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [PBB PBBSB AGENOY/J Wanganui, Jannary 5. An unusually Bharp and long continued earthquake was felt this morning about half-past eight, but no damage was done. Mabton, January 4. Had it not been for a fortunate change in the wind yesterday, when the fire occurred in Russell's shop, the Post office must have been burnt. As it was, all the books, papers, and documents had to be removed. NeIjSON, January 4. The resignation of Mr Sharp, M.H.R., who has left for England, was posted to-day. Wellington, January 4. It is understood that the Government are organising a. detective department for the whole colony. It is probable that Inspector Thomson . of Auckland will bo chief inspector, that there willjbfi three detectives in each of the principal i towns, and that the Government will endeavor ■ to prevent their identity being known to the i public. It is understood that some hitch has occurred! regarding railway freo passes for the Press of" the colony. Mr Maeandrcw positively refuses to authorise the issue of them until such time aa the matter is brought before tho Cabinet, Invercargill, January 4. It is stated that the Government have decided to order that tbc last sentence of the law shall be carried out on the convict Welsh. Judge* Williams advised the Government that there* was no reason why the condemned man should not suffer capital punishment. [ FROM THE CORRESPONDENTS OP TME PRESS. ] Invercargill, Jannary 4. A report circulated that Welsh was to be hung to-day is false. The sheriff, Mr Stuart, says no instructions have been yetireceived. Oamaru, January 4. Shortly before twelve last night, a fire was discovered in the shop of Solomon, music seller, Thames street. The alarm was given, the back door broken in, and the fire extinguished after some trouble, but not before several pianos were damaged, and a large quantity of fancy goods* destroyed. The stock was insured in the South British for £ 1000. Soloman estimates the stock. as worth .£2300.

[Special Wire.] New Plymouth, Jannary 5. At the Government land ssle yesterday, ral sections of rural land, with standing bush, near the Stratford road, sold at from ,£3 to £B' per acre. The silt of graphite has been discovered in> one of the rivers of the Waimate Plains. Wellington, January 4. Some samples of Mokau coal were analysed at the Colonial Laboratory, the result giving 87 per cent, of combustible matter and a little over 2 per cent, of ash. The evaporative power is that one pound of coal will convert seven pounds of water into steam. There are only four cases for hearing at the next civil sessions. The New Zealand Rifle Association have resolved that the secretary should at once- proceed! to Nelson to make the necessary arrangements for the meeting next month. Hunter's farm, in close vicinity to Wellington, and recently purchased by Moeller, Young, anl Saunders, will be laid out in a new township called Brighton, and £4OOO is to ba expended to phu-e it in tramway communication with Wellington. About 180 acres were valued at £IOO iter aero for tho level land, some twenty acres, and the billy at £3O, tho remainder of the land being very rough, was valued at £2 aero. A good doal of dissatisfaction is mani^(,j$ e( j with regard to the alteration in the tariff f f cs at the R.M., Court, tho increase in ntancei being 10Q pre cent.