“ EXPRESS” TELEGRAMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume VII, Issue 460, 28 December 1872, Page 5

“ EXPRESS” TELEGRAMS.

[Per Australian Press Telegraph Agency.) Wellington, Dec. 27. At the Foresters’ Fete yesterday, Pickering, a Blenheim man, won the Champion Mile Race easily. Port Chalmers, Dec. 27. Sailed—the Dido, on a cruise. Nelson, Dec. 27. The Nelson Regatta was thinly attended. At the Cricket Match between Wellington and Nelson the first innings resulted in a lie, Taranaki, Dec. 27. Parris purchased a large and important block of splendid native land. Dunedin, Dec. 27. Grain market unaltered; very little wheat offered. Governor remains till the 1 Oth, and then proceeds to Oamaru. At the distribution of prizes at the Native School, the Governor referred to the importance of teaching English. The Governor and Lady Bowen also visited the Agricultural Show. A great demonstration is expected at the opening ot the Port Railway. The Governor attends the Masonic Ball to-night. Wellington, Dec. 27. The first boat from Picton for Wellington and the South will be the Taranaki on Jan. 2, but possibly it will be two days late, having to wait for the Dacotah, Nelson, Dec. 27. The Emile has arrived from Mauritius with a cargo of sugar for Morrison, Sclanders & Co. London, Dec, 17, The National Bank of New Zealand shares are all taken np. > Thiers declined taking the initiative for the proposed constitutional changes. Bismarck resigns the Premiership, but the Berlin papers insist ou his retaining it. The Clara has sailed for Sydney with 12 officers, and 100 men to be employed in the Polynesian Service. Arrived : the Excelsior. An income tax league is formed at Lon-

don to prevent an increase in the tax. An insurrection has broken out at Madrid which was suppressed by the troops, twenty men killed and wounded. New Zealand consols, fives 102|. Flax, £2B to £4O. Tallow dull. Melbourne, Dec. 20. Parliament Avas prorogued on the 17th, Sydney, Dec. 20. Two tenders received for the Californian mail service. Unpublished English Telegrams. London, Dec. 18, Continental advices reports that Buenos Ayres and Cape wools are depressed fifteen per cent. The wool sales at Havre and Antwerp were flat, for fear of a financial crisis in Germany through over speculation. The Tichborne Claimant attended a large sympathy public meeting in London. He spoke for an hour and was loudly cheered.. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the proceedings of the Government as unconstitutional. By death the fortune of Gurney’s divorced wife, amounting to half a million, goes to the creditors of Overend, Gurney & Co. Livingstone writes to his daughter speaking of an early return home. Brogden promises the immigrants that when they have finished navvy work they shall have farms on easy terms. There will be large immigration of farm laborers to New Zealand. Melbourne, Dec. 21. The London and Australian Line Agency Corporation’s advices state that wool sales for 1873 will be brisk. The stocks of finer class wools being scarce and the worsted factories bare.