TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3933, 23 June 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

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AUCKLAND, June 22. The Collector of Customs is distributing fifteen hundred pounds' worth of coin. Mr Chisholm was to-day fined £20 for a breach of the Scab Act. Volunteer Leigh has been presented with the champion belt by Capt. Clarke. Mrs Clarke gives a cup for the prize shot. Mr Buckland reports that fat cattle of rrood quality maintained last week's quotations, 23s to 28s ; fat wethers, 3d to 3. l ,d ; ewes, 2}d to 2kl. "Share Merkct — Bank of New Zealand, £21 15s ; National, 71s ; ditto, buyers, 70s ; Colonial, buyers, 44s ; South British Insurance, sellers, £5 ; National, 33s 6d to 34s ; ditto, buyers, 32s 6d ; New Zeatand, buyers, £5 2s Gd. Caledonian, (double), buyers, £5 ; Moanataira, £9 2s 6d ; ditto, sellers, £9 5s ; Union Beach, sellers, 27s ; Tokatea, 12s ; Qrteen of Beatv, 22s ; Waiotahi, 26s ; Piako, 9s ; Thames Gold Mining Company, buyers, £2 10s. CHRISTCHURCH, June 22. Produce Market :— Wheat, Gs 6d to 7s. Stocks are getting low, owing to excessive shipments to London, and good milling is scarce. Flour is in demand at £1.7. Oats are quoted at 3s 5d for feed ; milling would command a shade more. Oatmeal, £18 to £22. Potatoes, £3. Cheese, 7d per lb. Hams and bacon, Bd. Trade is brisk. DUNEDIN, June 22. At a meeting of the Otac/o Daily Times and Witness Company, held yesterday, it was resolved to accept the offer made to purchase the property of the company. The purchaser is said to be the Hon. W. H. Reynolds, and the price is • about £22,000, being nearly 100 per cent, premium on tho paid-up capital. A conference of tho Chamber of Commerce and representatives in the Assembly for the district, was held this afternoon, in reference to matters connected with railways. The following resolutions were carried : — l. That the Chamber views with the greatest dissatisfaction the delay on the part of the Government in entering into contracts for the completion of the trunk line of railway between Wakatip and Invercargill, and is of opinion that this delay is most detrimental to the interests of the district, and contrary to the promises repeatedly made by the Government. 2. That another communication of the opinion of the Chamber be made to the Government, and that the members of Parliament for the city and the various districts of Otago be requested to give their aid in urging this matter upon the immediate attention of the Government. 3. TJrat this Chamber is of opinion that, of the various routes proposed for the construction of the line of railway to the interior of Otago, that via South Taieri presents the least natural difficulties, and opens out the largest extent of land available for settlement. 4. That a public meeting should be held for the purpose of sending a deputation to Wellington to lay the matter before the Government. Mr. J. B. Bradshaw reports the following quotations : — Bank of New Zealand, £21 15s ; National Bank, £3 11s ; Colonial Bank, £2 4s ; National Insurance, £1 13s ; South British Insurance, £5 ; New Zealand Insurance, £5 5s ; Union Steam Shipping Co. , £8 ss. MASTERTON, June 22. In the Resident Magistrate's Court today judgment was given in the case of the proprietors of the Neics v. those of the News Letter. An action was brought to recover £G0 damages for loss sustained through defendants using a telegram which was missent to them. • Judgment was given for £5 and costs. Notice of appeal was given. OAMARU, June 22. Yesterday a widow named Quarrie, residing at Oamaru, died suddenly. After her death her oldest son Daniel disappeared, and was not heard of until this morning, when he gave himself up to the police at Waimate. A 2 } ost mortem examination was held on the body and a jury summoned for an inquest. To-day, however, the jocKce applied to have the inquest adjourned till Monday, on the ground that the son of the decejised said that he had been the cause of his mother's death. The doctor who made the post mortem examination said that the deceased died from a fracture of the skull. The inquest was adjourned till Monday, and in the meantime Daniel Quarrie will be brought down from Waimate. The affair has created a painful sensation, as the Quarries have been resident here for many years and have always been highly respected. For some years Mrs Quarrie has been addicted to drinking, and when in that state she frequently irritated her son Daniel, who was always a quicktempered boy, and when he saw his mother in drink it annoyed him very much. He is only about 20 years of age, and has been employed for years by MiLane, butcher. WELLINGTON, June 22. [ Last night the Mayor moved in the [Council that steps be taken for the reclamation of tho Te Aro foreshore, and that a special loan of £100,000 be raised for that purpose. The motion was carried, but the amount of the loan was left for further consideration. A report by ICharles O'Neill was read. It recomImends the enclosing of an area of 381 i acres between Taranaki and Harborstreets, which will give a wharf frontage of 1G45 feet, and a building frontage of 12,000 feet. The depth of water along the outer portion will be 20 feet, and the work is estimated to cost £98,500. The scheme is intended as a continuation of the Chamber of Commerce's scheme for extending the existing reclamation to the outer T of the Queen's Wharf. Mr George Thomas reports produce prices : — Flour, colonial, £20 per ton ; Adelaide, £25 ; oats, 3s Gd to 4s ; bran, Is 2d; wheat, fowls', 4s 3d to 4s Gd; milling, 7s ; hams, lOod ; bacon, 9M ; cheese, 7d to 8d ; maize, 5s ; pollard, 7s Gd ; potatoes, £3 10s to £4 per ton. The following tenders were received at the Public Works Office for tho Waipoa bridge site — No. 2 contract, Poverty Bay, Cook County : — Accepted : Sims (Grahamstown), £2957. Declined : P. Laniyan, i' 3313 ; J. Britton, £3494 ; H. Cameron, £3920 ; J. Britton, £39G4 ; N. M'lnnes, £4014 ; A. Watson, £4683 ; all those from Auckland. M. M'Leod (Gis- ' borne), £3884; C. A. Berry (Glsborne), £5227.

(from our own correspondent.) DUNEDIN, June 22. It is said that Judge Johnston will be removed from Christ-church to Dunedin, and that Judge Williams and Judge Johnston's place in Christchurch. The Chamber of Commerce entered into the question of railway communication to-dny with great zest. The members held a conference with the Otago members of the Assembly. There was a large attendance, and the greatest interest was manifested in the proceedings. It was resolved to recommend the Taieri route for the proposed railway to the interior, it being the best in every respect, particularly as opening up land for settlement. Bread has been raised to Is. (3d. for the 41b. loaf, and another rise of a penny is threatened. Mr Clayton, the colonial architect, is now engaged in making a valuation of all the Government Buildings in the colony in this provincial district. He is being assisted by Mr Wales. It is reported that the Olarjo Daily Times and IVihicsa Company have decided to sell those journals for the sum of £27,000. The purchaser is said to bo the Hon. W. H. Reynolds. The price to be given represents about £75 for every paid up share of £40. A curious littlo episode occurred at Clinton when Judge Ward arrived there by the coach on his way to Invercai'gill. A man named Hall was staggering about the hotel door and making \ise of very

abusive language to several of the inhabitants; The Judge noticing .this, sent for a constable, who took Hall in charge, and brought him at once before the Judge, who sentenced him right off to fourteen clays' hard labor. The whole transaction only occupied the time the horses were being changed. Messrs Cargill, Gibbs and Co. have received the following telegram from Helmuth, Schwartze and Co., London, under date June 19 : — Wool sales continue very animated. Prices are as high as in February, cross-breds excepted.