TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1011, 19 July 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

(reuter’s telegrams.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPY-RIGHT. PARIS. July 17. It is announced that M. Wad* dington has been appointed to succeed M. Tissot as French Minister to the English Court. MELBOURNE. July 18. The Colonial Treasurer delivered his Financial Statement in the Legislative Assembly to-night. He estimates the revenue for the present year at L 6,100,000, and the expenditure at L 6,060,000, leaving a surplus of 40,000. The revenue for the past financial year amounted to L 5,770,000 and the expendituie to L 5,690,000. LONDON. July 18. The ship Collingrove (sic, 1 Collingwood), outward bound for Adelaide, was found to be on fire while in the Thames, and has been compelled to return to the docks. G.F.N.B. Amesly, British Consul at Paramaribo, Dutch Guinea, has been appointed Consul-General to Madagascar. The election of a member for Oxford took place yesterday, and resulted in the return of William Redmond by a large majority over O’Conner Don. The election was keenly contested, if Intelligence is to hand from Shanghai that at a fete which was being held there last Saturday a number of French sailors who were present were stoned by an excited Chinese mob. The disturbance is supposed to be the outcome of the present feeling towards the French in China. SYDNEY. This Day. At a banquet given to the ministry last night at Woolongong, Mr Stewart, Premier, in the course of a speech, replying to the toast of the evening, promised to introduce a Land Act Amendment Bill early next session, and stated that the-'ministry would stand or fall by the measure. The Premier further announced that the Government would submit an extensive railway policy of a more comprehensive character than any yet placed before Parliament. This Day. Tho Colonial Treasurer" announced in his Statement last night that it is proposed to raise a new loan of one million for the construction of new lines of railway, and in order to utilise the rolling stock and rails now on hand. It is further intended to issue a new loan of three millions to meet old loans falling due. The public debt of the colony is now L 26,000,000, The Treasurer showed that the revenue from railways and waterworks, after tho payment of all expenses, was sufficient to pay 4 per cent on the capital invested. ALEXANDRIA. July 18. The cholera continues to spread in Cairo, and 61 persons are now suffering from the plague. (United Press Associatipn.) Wellington, June 18. In tho Supreme Court, the action against Sir A. Gordon was continued. Hunt, the plaintiff, was under examination all day, and whcD the Court adjourned he was still in the box. The D'jis’Jin Gaol Commission sat again to-day ai:%-.ook further evidence. Henry Garrett, a prisoner undergoing a long senx tence, gave evidence as to irregularities in the gaol,and that he had been assaulted. He had not seen female prisoners on the male side. James Hogan and John Moore, two prisonere, were also examined. Their evidence, however, was unimportant. The Commission then adjourned till to-morrow morning. Heavy rain has set iD. New Plymouth, July 18. The steamer McGregor, which had been detained in the Waitara River eight days, owing to a sandbank which had formed and prevented her getting out, attempted to leave this morning and grounded on the South Spit, where she now lies. An attempt was made to lighten her but without effect, and she now lies on the spot where the s.s. Rowena grounded on years ago, and where she was two months before she again floated. There is a lumpy sea on, and her position is critical. The New Plymouth Harbor Tug is lending her every assistance. This Day. The steamer McGregov floated oil _ the spit this morning without having sustained any serious damage. Napier, July IS. At Hawke’s Bay County Council yesterday, Mr Sutton, was presented with a splendid solid silver centre-piece in token of his services as Chairman for many years. Owing to Mr Sutton’s absence in Wellington a complimentary letter was forwarclod to him, stating that the prosonta.

tion had been sent to his residence an regretting that it could not have been made in person. In the inquiry into the wreck of the Transit, the decision of the Court was that the Captain committed an error of judgment in remaining in the roadstead with Lia vessel in a disabled condition. Christchurch, This Day. The New Zealand Shipping Company is advised by cable that the British Queen arrived at Plymouth on the IGth, The refrigerator has worked well and the meat was in good condition. The Doric, which is to leave London this month for Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton, has already 143 passengers booked, and brings also 249 Government immigrants. 5 The Fenstantonis to leavo London on the 25th inst for Port Chalmers aud Lyttelton. A child about two years old, son of Joseph Mauch, a German, residing at East Oxford, was burnt to death yesterday morning. His clothes caught fire during the absence of his mother and the child died after two hours agony. Dunedin, This Day. The Colonial Bank’s report for the half year shows the net profit for the half year to be L 15,335 16s 3d, and the amount available for distribution is L 19,025 14slid. Of this L 14.000 will be absorbed in paying dividends of 7 per cent, L2OOO will be carried to the reserve fund, and L3O2S 14s lid will be carried forward. Auckland, This Day. At the civil sessions of the Supreme Court the case of Garrard v. Thos. Cotter, Registration Officer of the City North, for false imprisonment for alleged breach of the Registration of Electors Act, came on, The claim, which is for LSOO damages, was dismissed. Garrard’s case was number seven on the list, but through the prior cases being settled and struck off, it came on unexpectedly to him, and he being out of Court at the time, it was dealt with as above. A new house, unoccupied, at Rosebank, Avondale, belonging to W. Thompson, engineer for the hospital, was burnt down yesterday. Incendiarism is suspected. It was uninsured, aud the loss is L 350. The first Salvation Army soiree was held last night. One thousand sat clown to tea in relays. Not a single City clergyman was present. Addresses were given, among others, by the Rev. G. Bond, Wesleyan, Onehunga, Messrs Bamford and Dorman, and Mesdames Dorman and Philps. The three latter are American Evangelists. The Frozen Meat Company absorbs Fisher’s Company (Limited), butchering aud tinning business, and the directors join the new board. Mr Banks, the managing director, put LIOOO in the new concern, and the other directors take’a large interest in it. A powerful board has been formed. Mr Banks has gone to America and England to send out experts in tinning and preserving, and the best appliances for freezing. It is hoped to have chilled chambers both on the East and West Coast, and suitable steamers to carry meat to Auckland, where provision will be made for ample storage so that steamers for England can have cargo ready and be loaded in a few hours. Efforts will be mas£-Io have operations in full working order in.-a. year, g Invercargill, This Day. When the Bluff Harbor Board met to-day Mr Craig objected to the minutes of the last adjourned meeting (at which a chairman was appointed), as being inaccurate. He explained what had been done and held the action then taken was illegal. The other members having moved confirmation of the minutes, Mr Cross said he did not object to Mr Ward as chairman, but he did object to the hole-and-corner work by which lie had been elected. He contended that that the adjourned meeting was irregular. After further discussion the Chairman said he would resign if it was thought he held office illegally, but he was certain a majority of members were in his favor. He then put the motion to confirm the minutes, whereupon Messrs Cross and Craig retired, leaving no quorum. The meeting therefore lapsed. At a meeting of the Land Board to-day, a deferred payment selector applied to transfer part of his section. The request was refused, the Aet making no provision for transferring a portion of a holding. The Board decided to call the attention of the Minister of Lands to the case, with a view of making provision in the amended Act now before Parliament to allow selectors to transfer parts of allotments.