TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 4450, 19 May 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[From the Paisa Agency.] Auckland, May 18. The voyage of the Shooting Star was uneventful, and protracted by long and continued adverse weather, She encountered a hurricane off North Cape on May 15, and was ninety-six days making the meridian of the Gape. She brings no passengers. Arrived—Ship Dunedin, after a voyage of 9S days from London, with about 250 immigrants, all well. Three cases of typhoid fever occurred during the voyage. One immigrant named Stevenson and two infants died. Wellington, May 18. The bricklayers of Wellington, after due deliberation, have resolved to refuse for the future all piece work, and only recognise day work. The latter is to be paid for at the rate of 14s per day of eight hours. Mr Borlase was buried this afternoon. The Superintendent and members of the Executive were present. The Court of Appeal was adjourned to enable the Judges to attend. All the legal profession followed, and the attendance of the general public was very large. Arrived —Elibank Castle, from Lyttelton. Dunedin, May 18. Mr Holland, who was severely injured by the train running over him on Friday last, died in the Hospital this morning. The following motion by Mr H. Bastings, in the Council, is expected to lead to a trial of strength:—“ That the financial proposals brought down by the Government are unsatisfactory ; and that the present distribution of the Executive officers has not been found to be conducive to the proper administration of the affairs of the province; the Council, therefore, requests the Government to reconsider their present position, with a view to a better Financial and Administrative arrangement being arrived at.” The debate is adjourned. {From a Correspondent of the Star). Dunedin, May 18. There was a very crowded meeting last evening at the Temperance Hall, re the sum awarded as compensation to the tenants in Princes street south, to move their buildings, and thus allow the widening of the street. It was urged that what had been put down at £40,000 was not worth more than £SOOO, that the formation of new streets nearer the bay rendered such widening unnecessary, that the interests of the tenants, but not those of the Corporation had been well looked after, that several Councillors, when the awards were being made, did not know that the leases of the 'tenants on the church reserve bad only eleven months to run, that the city would be more benefited by attention to proper drainage and road repairing than by the widening of the street, and that the Corporation in the agreement made with the tenants had travelled beyond the powers it possessed; motions were passed, calling upon the Council to take no further action in the matter; voting the recent arbitration highly unsatisfactory, and the amounts awarded as oppressive excessive and unjust, and appointing a committee to take action to restrain the Council from misappropriating the citizens’ funds. The whole matter is causing great excitement. Hard things are said of some public men, and the question will no doubt be a difficult one for several to deal with at the next election.

His Excellency and the Marchioness of Normanby attended the Princess Theatre last evening, but there was not a crowded attendance, owing doubtless to the severe weather.