TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 4434, 30 April 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

. [Fbom thb Pbbss Agency.] •: -i/r . , . Auckland, April 23. ; The last plate on the Auckland and Mercer **ilw»y/was laid to-day. f ' , Am^ed— Ship Pern Glen, 116 days out ftqm London, with 154 statute adults, 26 single women and 43 men, all well The voyage was uneventful. The ship lo ßfc her jibboom m a gale. There were sir deaths of infants.

Napiee, April 29 E. Thke sold yesterday three-year-old steer, at £6 10s to £7 15s ; cows, £7 to ftyf! draught mares, with foal at heels, £42 IQs to £32 10s; hacks, £6 10s to £lB.

Wellington, April 29. Gratham M'Oabe, who committed suicide to-day by jumping off the cliff at the end of Hobson street, was formerly a reporter in Auckland, and on the Wellington Advertiser, He bad also appeared on the stage in various parts of New Zealand. He hod been in the Lunatic Asylum recently, for insanity induced by drink. In the fall, besides internal injuries he sustained a fracture of the thigh, and a compound fracture of the right elbow.- He was alive and sensible when found, but died two hours after.

Nominations for the Autumn Handicap and Birthday Handicap close to-morrow, at 8 o’clock.

Mr Burke; the ex-captain of the Fire Brigade, was discharged at the Police Court to-day.

At the meeting of the Patent Slip Company to-day, the chairman said the shipping token on the slip during the last year comprised 37 vessels, including 20 steamers, 6 barques, 1 brig, 10 schooners and small crafts, representing an aggregate of about 7000 tons. He regretted that the Government subsidy, instead of being merely on aid to their revenue formed their chief source of income. The report states that an arrangement has been lately entered into with the representative of Messrs Shaw, Savill, and Co., under which a certain number of their vessels will be taken on the slip in each year. A dividend of five per cent was recommended and agreed to. Arrived: Luna, from Napier. The French war steamer Internet, which arrived from Sydney, viA picton, this morning, is a corvette of 2000 tons measurement, and 400 horse-power. She has a turret whsrein she carries a five ton breach loading rifle" gun throwing a conical ball of 4001bs weight. She also has eight broadside muzzle loaders. Her crew consists of 210 men, -flbe will remain here for five days, then proceed to Auckland, and thence to the islands of the Pacific.

Sailed—Taranaki, for Lyttelton and South. Passengers for South: Messrs Chamberlain, Coates, Sargent, Mitchell, Carpenter, Kelly, Strong, Adams, Henderson, M'Donald, Palmer, Cameron, Willis, Bose, Livingstone, Leonard, Campbell, Simmonds, Irving, Blany, Stoneham, Wickes, Hale, Coleman, Palmer, Burge, Johnston, Dr Filaiol, Mr and Mrs Dees, Mr and Mrs Bates, Miss Burnes.

Arrived.—Taranaki, from Picton, with San Francisco ihail, early this morning. She leaves for the South about 4 p.m. to-day. Arrived. French man-of-war Infemet, from Sydney, via Picton. The Hon W. H. Reynolds arrived per Taranaki this morning.

Neison, April 29. Mr Lowther Broad, R.M., was called to the Bar this morning. Judge Gillies complimented him highly on his successful examination, and said no doubt he would prove an honour to the Bar.

LYE!*, April 29. A Quartz Association Mining Lease has been applied for in the middle of the township. The reef is very thick, but its value has not yet been sufficiently tested to justify undue excitement.

Wadiate, Ami 29,

A man named Thomas Davis, an old settler here, was arrested last night, charged with an attempt to poison his wife, and was sent to Timaru, 30 miles distant, to-day, for examination, as there is no magistrate in the district, and the only Justice of the Peace is at present away,

Dtoedin, April 39. At the City Council last night it was decided to cut off the water in the mams from five in the morning till nine at night. This will stop all the mills dependant on reservoir pressure. The machines in use on the two morning and evening papers are driven by water.

Mrs Jeffrey, who was assaulted by a seaman named Grossman, died on Wednesday night. Subscriptions are coming forward liberally for the Euphrosyne fund. At the nomination at Waikouaiti, for a member for the General Assembly, the show of hands was in favour of Mr George M'Lean, The poll takes place on Monday. Hokitika, April 29.'

Beef fetched at the Yards, 35s to 40s per lOOlbs; sheep, 11s to 15s 6d. The market is dull.

(From a Correspondent of the Star). Auckland, April 29. The ship Fernglen, with immigrants, is now coming up the harbour. . The Auckland cricketers last night agreed to play a Sydney team, and co-operate with Otago and Canterbury in payment of the expense, but they desire further information. Letters from the South state that Canterbury and Otago are willing to contribute £l5O each.

The railway to Mercer is all but completed, and the contract to Ngaruawhia is being rapidly pushed on. . Mr George Daore is appointed Manager of the National Bank at Tauranga. One hundredweight of quarts from Chinemuri yielded four pennyweights of gold. Measles and typhoid fever are on the decline. A dozen patients were discharged from the Provincial Hospital, Mr Qratteh M'Cabe fell over a bank to-day, and broke his left arm and thigh. Ho is not likely to recover. He has been insane lately. At the half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New Zealand, a dividend at the rate of IQ per cent, per annum was declared, amounting to £30,000; a bonus of five shillings, equal to five per cent, per annum—£ls,ooo..... The balance carried to profit and loss was £16,974 11a Id. The report and balance sheet was adopted. :