TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4208, 15 September 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Press-Telegraph Agency.l Auckland, Monday. The p.s. Lima has arrived at Mannkau. The Macgrcgor is now due, with the English and San Francisco mails. It is expected Mr. Yogel will proceed to Sydney in her, as well as Mr. Russell. The official aciutiny of the Waitemata election resulted in the striking off of eighteen double votes from Von. der Heyde, and twenty from Maofarlane, leaving the majority for Von der Heyde sixty-two. TaURANGA, Monday. The Maketu inn and store were burned down at four o’clock yesterday morning. It is supposed to be incendiarism. • They were insured, and there was but little stock. Napier, Monday. The whole of the trout ova and young fish at Hastings are dead. They are supposed to have been maliciously destroyed. There is strong suspicion, but no proof. This is a great blow and discouragement to those interested in acclimatisation here. Pom Chalmers, Monday. Two men fell off the pier on Saturday night between the posts and the ship Otago. They were soon picked up, and one of them, Michael

McGx-oggan, was found to bo much injured. He was immediately attended by Dr. Drysdale and was removed to Dunedin hospital," hut died four minutes afterwards. The body of a man named John McMahon was found on the sand bank yesterday. He had attempted to swim ashox'e from the Tweed. ’ Christchurch, Monday. Mr. Montgomery, M.H.R., addressed the electors in the Town Hall, Akaroa, on Saturday evening. There was a large attendance. The Superintendent was present. The address lasted for nearly two hours. On the question of the abolition of the Provinces, ho spoke strongly against so large a constitutional change being introduced without the people being first consulted. He contrasted the General Government expenditure with that of the Provincial Government, and the results derivable therefrom ; alleging that Mr. Vogel would not get less expensive or more efficient machinery. He contended that the country should have the opportunity of properly expressing its opinion by a dissolution of Parliament. He asked if the Provinces were abolished, where would the laud fund he ? Why, it was because the Provinces had certain clearly defined boundaries, and certain institutions, that the land fund had got that fixity which it could not possibly have if the Provinces were abolished, and, from what he knew of the people of the General Assembly, they would not hesitate for a moment to appropriate the land fund as Colonial revenue. It was for the people of this Province to consider how far the abolition of the Provinces in the North Island would affect them. It was also their duty to consider how far it would affect the people in the Northern Provinces. If they were abolished in the North Island, it followed that those in the South Island would be abolished also—if not at the same time, almost immediately after. What they were to have in place of existing institutions none had the slightest idea. He was not like some who had voted against Mr. Vogel’s resolutions. A Provincialist in the general acceptation of the term, he did not say that Provincial institutions should not he modified in course of time, hut he objected to taking away that which had done an immense deal of good until he knew what was going to be put in its place, and until the people had expressed an opinion on it. He had not enlisted under any leader. If he did choose, he would like to choose Mr. Vogel, because he had such large abilities and views ; but Mr. Vogel’s pace was much too fast. He was dazzling in his movements, and so restless in his energy that he was going beyond the strength of the Colony. , He would ask those who thought that Provincial institutions had not done everything in the best manner, to consider that whatever progress had been made was owing to Provincial institutions. They founded and maintained schools ; they made roads and bridges ; they organised police; they provided hospitals, gaols, and lunatic asylums ; they supplied funds for the support of the sick and needy ; and generally their administration had been one of success. On the conclusion of the address, a unanimous vote of thanks to Mr. Montgomery was recorded. EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Pout Chalmers, Monday. By the arrival of the schooner Agnes Jessie, from Hobart Town, the following news has been received : London, August 29. The harvest is nearly completed, and the result is satisfactory. The Great Eastern is laying the new Atlantic cable. The wool sales proceed with extreme firmness. 70,000 bales have been sold. Foreign buyers are operating vigorously, and home manufacturers are busy. The Brussels International Congress has closed. McMahon has returned to Paris from Brittany, through which he had been making a tour, and where he was quietly received. In replying, to addresses presented him, he reiterated the statement he previously made as to the absolute necessity of seven years continuance of his presidency being definite and fixed. In wheat there has been no recovery from the heavy fall that has recently taken place. English wheat, lls. to 625. per quarter. Melbourne, September 2. Samuel Wilson, of the Wimmera, has offered ,£IOOO to the Acclimatisation Society towards an effort for the introduction of salmon into Victoria. A shock of earthquake was felt in the suburbs on Sunday evening. Several of the trades are dissatisfied "with the new tariff. Hops are selling readily at 2s. Id. A telegram from Mauritius intimates that sugar is being manufactured slowly. There has been a large falling off in the yield. Field’s Leicester sheep realised up to 20J guineas. A young woman committed suicide this morning by jumping from Prince’s Bridge into the river. Several meetings have been held and resolutions passed in opposition to the now tariff. The debate is now proceeding in the Assembly. Much exception has been taken to the proposed large ministerial expenditure. The Jeddah (steamer) has been floated. A man named Shaunahau has been arrested on suspicion in connection with the Mornington murder. All the coast sailing vessels report having experienced severe weather. The agricultural implement makers have struck for an advance of wages. Tasmania hops sold at 2s. 3d. Sydney, September 2. The Intercolonial Conference of Stock Inspectors has been postponed, pending replies from Victoria and Tasmania. Tasmanian hops, 2s. Id. A railway accident has occurred on the Southern line. Two trains collided, causing injuries to several persons. Adelaide, September 2. A message was sent from this to Bombay, and a reply received here, within eight minutes of time of sending the message.