TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 4464, 4 June 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[Feok the Pbbss Agency.] Auckland, June 3. Flour, Oamarn, £l2; bran, Is 3d ; pollard, £7 10s; oatmeal; £l9; pearl barley, £27; oats, 3s 6d; barley, 6s; potatoes, £4 10s. Wellington, June 3.

MrB.T. Gillen, editor'Of th e Evening Post, was elected without opposition as member for the city in the Provincial Council, for the seat made vacant by the death of Mr Borlase. Arrived—Albion, from Melbourne, vi& West Coast, at 6,30 p.m. Hokitika, Junes. At the cattle sale, beef averaged 40s per lOOlbs; sheep, 14s 6d to 20s. Dukedin, June 3,

The following members took their seats on the Gbvernihent benches to-dayMr Beid, Provincial Secretary, Secretary Lands and Hallways; Mr M'Kellar, Goldfields; Mr Green, Works; Mr Lumsden, Southland ; Mr Steward, Northern district; Mr Davy, Treasurer; Mr Stout is Solicitor, but he did not take his seat, as the Executive Ordinance only provides for six members. Mr Beid proposed to amend the Ordinance, in order to admit him.

The. Otago Daily Timet received a telegram from Hokitika, which states that the English mail arrived at Adelaide oh May 27. BLupf, June 3.

The s.s. Tararua, with the English mail, left Melbourne at 10 p.m. on May 29; arrived at the Blufij at 6 p.m. on June 3. Brings twentyone’saloonand thirty Steerage 'passengers, and 360 tons of cargo for all ports. She sails for Dunedin at 4 p m. on June 4. Passengers for Canterbury—Misses Stack, Butler and Hubert, Master’ Price; six in steerage; 100 tons cargo. . .. AUSTRALIA, (Per s.s. Tararua vi&Bluff.) . Milboubnb, May 29. The businfps pf the parliamentary session has s&rosly' commenced, but a Mining on Private Property Hill. haebeen introduced, and a motion for reduction of inland postage discussed and withdrawn. The Colotaigl

Treasurer stated that the present loss onialand postage is £l(i0,000. fJThe Government intend submitting tions relative to the proposed annexation of New Guinea by the ImperialGovdiiiment. ; It is probable'that an expedition will- pro* oeed from Melbourne shortly., ~( , \ An outbreak of typhoid fever has occurred at Kew. Several deaths have taken place, Mr Thomas M'Kellar having resigned his seat in the Legislative Council, Mr Samuel Wilson, of Ercildown, is A quack doctor named Botberill was fined for practising without qualifications. Business is dull; breadstuffs unchanged j Hennessy’s brandy is advancing. Sydney, May 28. The steamer New England went ashore yesterday at Clarence Heads, Tenders for the Californian service are invited up to June 10. The defective railway iron imported is causing great loss to the colony. Proceedings will probably be taken against the contractors in England. Arrived—Glimpse from Auckland at Newcastle.

Lurline won the Queen’s Hundred in Adelaide easily. A no confidence motion resulted in the defeat of the Adelaide Government last night by a majority of four. Latest accounts from the Palmer are yen' good, both whites and Chinese are doing well, and in some cases the Chinese are making from half an Ounce to an ounce per day from ground left by the whites. The steamer Killamey has arrived from Hong Eong with 500 Chinese. Others are announced.