TELEGRAPHIC.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1518, 5 February 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Donedin, this day, 1 p.m. The Premier and Defence Minister left Dunedin for luvercargill yesterday morning, and are expected to be absent for a week.

Sir George Whitmore is to visit Oamarn to-day, and will probably return here and inspect the harbor defences next week. He will stay some days in Dunedin on his return to attend to various lard and Native matters before proceeding North. Sir Julius Vogel is expected to arrive at Auckland in about a fortnight to address the citizens. Mr Tole is expected to take his constituents into his confidence next week.

The East Taieri correspondent of the DaVy Timfi states tiiat harvest may be said to have commenced, but it will be ten days before it is general. Oats and barley have been cut. but the wheat is advaucing fast —in fact, almost to fast, but it will not be partieularily good as regards weight. The root have suffered most from the drought, more especially turnip! l . The potato crop, on the whole, l.ioks fairly well, but scauty. Grass » fast disappearing except on wet-bottomed land. A proclamation from New South Wales appears in the Oaxrt e, prohibiti ig importation of New Zealand sheep into New South Wales for a period of twelve months from the sth ultimo. A further proclamation !r»n> the same colony prohibits the importation or introduction of any cattle, sheep, goats or swine from Europe, Asia, Africa or America, or from any place not being within the Australasian colonies, for a period of twelve months from the Ist instant.

In reply to a deputation at Timaro, the Hon. Mr Ballance said that the site of the Volunteer encampment at Easter had not yet been decided on. The deputation urged the claims of Timarn. At a meeting at Christchurch, with local Volunteer officers, .Sir Georne Whitmore stated that he had induced Government to''allocate money for rifle ranges—the amouut having been obtained from the sale of reserves. He pointed out that up to now Government had no precedent of having contributed any money tow ards a rifle range, and he added that all corps on enrolment' have to certify that each has a range of its own. Mr Gladstone has been successful in his effort* to form a Ministry, as follows:—Mr Gladstone at Premier and First Lord of the Treasury; Sir F. Herschell, Q.C., Lord High Chancellor; Earl Spencer, Lord President of Council; Earl Granville, Secretary of State for the Colonies; Lord Rote berry, Secretary of State for Foieign Affairs; Mi Childers, Secretary of State for the Home Department; Earl Kim her ly, Secretary of State for India ; Mr Campbell Bannerman, Secretary of State for the War Department; Sir Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of Exchequer; the Marquis of Ripon, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Mr John Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland ; Mr A. J. Mundella, President of the Board of Trade; Mr Joseph Chamberlain, President of Local Government Boards ; Mr Charles Russell, Attorney-General: and Mr George Otto Trevelyan, Chief-Secretary for Scotland.