TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5302, 8 February 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[By Cable.] [reuter's telegrams. 1 LONDON, February 5. Lord Augustus Loftus is appointed Governor of New South Wales. The French President has sent a message to the Chambers, expressing his devotion to Parliamentary affairs. February 6. In consequence of the plague three weeks' quarantine is ordered at Malta against all arrivals from Southern Russia. Increasing vigor is manifested in the measures taken against the plague on the frontiers of Germany, Austria, Turkey, the Principalities, and at the Italian ports. BRISBANE, January 7. Governor Kennedy, at the banquet of the Warwick Agricultural Society, insisted on the importance of agricultural education. He also condemned protection, as he considered it the means of robbing the many to benefit the few. Ministers, in recent speeches, promised to open all available lands for sale at fair : prices. Heavy rains have been falling throughout the colony. COOKTOWN, February 7. The blacks are proving troublesome. They speared Captain Sykes. His companions escaped to the boats, pursued by the blacks. SYDNEY, February 7. In the cricket match between the English team and the New South Wales team the first innings of the Englishmen closed for 267. The Now South Wales team have two men out for 53. The fielding of the New South Wales team was bad. The Englishmen's batting was splendid. (Received at 3 a.m.) LONDON, February 6. The British Ambassador at St. Petersburg is recalled. Lord Dufferin succeeds him. MELBOURNE, February 7. At a bush fire in the Colac district five persons were burnt to death, and three others hopelessly injured. [special to the press association.] SYDNEY, February 7. In the return cricket match between the English team (and the Now South Wales team, in the first innings of the former, Lucas made 51, Hornby 67, Ulyett 56, Ennnett 0, Perm 13, Royle 6. At first the Englishmen seemed to defy the bowling, the three first wickets falling for 217 ; then Ulyett was magnificently caught by Evans, and the wickets fell rapidly afterwards. Three men have been committed for trial in connection with a recont case of pugilism. MELBOURNE, February 7. Sir Charles Sladen addressed his constituents at Portland yesterday. He characterised the Council's Reform Bill as truly liberal.

BRISBANE, February 7. Mr M'llwraitlr, the Premier, has selected Mr Mackassan ; as Minister of Public Works. He will bo opposed in election for Parliament by Mr Morgan, a local lawyer. LONDON, February 6. Lord Loftus is appointed Govornor of New South. Wales. Admiral Porthon succeeds tho present French. Ambassador at London. [By Special Wire.l AUCKLAND, February 7. The Government have decided to hold an inquiry into the circumstances attending tho drowning of the lad Taylor, who fell from the rigging of the ship Easter Hill, while on her way to Dunedin from London. CHRISTCHURCH, February 1. Mr Sauuders, the member for Cheviot, last night addressed a portion of his constituents at the school-house, Waikari. There were 30 electors present. Mr Saunders' speech was principally devoted to explaining why he did not support the Grey Ministry throughout the session. A unanimous vote of confidence was accorded to him. At five minutes to one this morning a fire was discovered on tho premises of Messrs Twentyman and Cousins, in a building at the rear of a ltirgo warehouse in Cashel-street. The building was used for stabling and storage, an intervening yard dividing it from the warehouse. Before half -past one the fire was well •under. The premises wero found so secured and isolated as to leave little doubt that the fire was the work of an incendiary. A railway guard named Fowler was yesterday committed for trial for embezzling several sums of money, the property of the New Zealand Government. DUNEDIN, February 7. At 9.45 to-night smoke was discovered issuing froun R. M. Kirk's milliner's shop, in George-«treet. Tho door was broken open, and firo was discovered under the counter. It was extinguished almost aa soon as the fire bell rang, and before any of the brigade reached the spot. The origii of the fire is unknown. It is stated that neither the premises nor the stock are anything like covered by insurance. Mr Conyers is pronounced by the doctors to be out of danger. WELLINGTON, January 7. The following are the correct amounts of losses sustained by the various insurance companies by the great fire at Christchurcb. .-—South British, £3750 ; New Zealand, £3000 ; Standard, £2500 ; National, £2000; Colonial, £1750; Lancashire, £1750; Union, £1500; Liverpool, £1000 ; Norwich, £1000. A young man who has for a long time been collecting alms under the pretence j of being deaf and dumb, was arrested last night for sleeping in Cobb's stables. He was found possessed of a post-office saving's bank book showing he had under an assumed name banked from 10s to 14s per day for some months past, as the result of his begging. Several witnesses said they had heard him speak. Ho was remanded. The members of the "VPorking Men's Club have presented Mr Galvin, their late president, with a handsome timepiece on his leaving the city.