TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5328, 12 March 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

'/ L By Cable.] ; freuter's telegrams.! • . LONDON, March 7. The negotiations for the purchase of the Australian cable, for use in connecting Aiden and Natal, are broken off temporarily, but a favorable issue is not expected. : March S. The Board of Trade returns of exports for the last month are very unfavorable. The Polytechnic has been totally burned down. Wheat is a halfpenny lower, and tallow has also fallen a halfpenny. A treaty has been concluded between Germany and Samoa, but its text is kept secret. Mr' Berry has written a letter to the banks, stating that tho balance of the loan . will not bo offered for eighteen months. ':; : PARIS, March 8. The report of the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies demands the impeachment of Broglio and Rochemont. The, Government refuse to accept the conclusions of tho Committee. ' BERLIN, March 8. The German Parliament rejected the Parliamentary Discipline Bill. ROME, March 8. Sentence of death has been passed on Perpetur, for the attempted assassination of the King of Italy on the 7th November last. , SYDNEY, March 11. The steamer Bonnie Dundee was run down, by tho steamer Barrabool, near Newcastle, and sank in a few minutes. Four female passengers were drowned. All the crow wore saved. [SPECIAL TO TIIE PRESS ASSOCIATION.] SYDNEY, March 10. Last night, at eight o'clock, the steamer Barrabool, from Newcastle to Sydney, collided with the steamer Bonnie Dundee, which crossed the bows of the Barrabool diagonally. The Barrabool's boats were lowered promptly, but the Bonnie Dundee sank in 3 minutes, and six lives were lost. The Bonnie Dundee was fully insured. March 11. Tho Governor embarks in the Emerald on the 19th. Tho stewardess and tho cabin boy were lost in the collision between the Bonnie Dundee and the Barrabool. The latter is intact. MELBOURNE, March 11. An extensive jewel robbery has taken place at the railway station. BEISBANE, March 11. A rich reef has been discovered thirty miles from Eavenswood. [By Speoial Wire.] ASBURTON, March 11. Owing to some misunderstanding about the points, the express train this morning, when coming slowly in, collided with a goods train. The engine and the carriages of the express were a good deal injured, but no one was hurt. AUCKLAND, March 11. Tho Maori ball at Orakei came off last night. A few Europeans attended. The natives were neatly dressed, and the proceedings were orderly. The last formal meeting in connection with the late Maori meeting at Orakei took place to-day, when the Chief Paul read to the assembled chiefs a telegram from Mr Sheehan, conveying Ms and the Premier's thanks for the loyalty of the natives in assisting the Government to complete the work of reconciliation. Paul stated that no definite time had yet been fixed for tho great native meeting at Hikurangi, and he thought it would be better for the chiefs who were selected to go up to that meeting, to go to Alexandra, and if Tawhiao wanted them he could send for them, and if he did not do so they should return at once to their settlements. It is generally understood that the not fixing the date for the Maori meeting in tho Waikato is caused by the want of commissariat arrangements. The subscriptions to date for the Kaitangata relief fund amount to £328. The Choral Society gave a concert tonight for the same object, and another concert will be given to-morrow night. DUNEDIN, March 11. Tho first annual meeting of the shareholders in the Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Company was held to-day, the Hon. W. H. Reynolds presiding. The report, which recommended a dividend of 10 per cent., and a bonus of 2£ per cent, on the capital paid up on January Ist, for the second half year, was adopted, and tho retiring directors were unanimonsly re-elected. WELLINGTON, March 11. Two men named Adair and Eobinson have been arrested for a burglary upon the premises of Mr Sweet, draper. A quantity of the stolen goods were found in their possession. A large meeting of ratepayers last night decided in favor of Mr Climie's sclieino of drainage as against Mi' Clarke's, and resolved to ask tho Mayor to take a plebiscitum on the subject.