TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4219, 28 September 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[From a Correspondent.] Greytown, Sunday. There is a terrific flood here. The cellars ure all full, and the gardens tiro feet under water. Mr. .Riddley was almost drowned. Goods have been got out all right. It is the highest flood on record. [Press Telegraph Agency.") Grahahstown, Saturday. The Moanataiari Compan/ banked to-day 5340zb. of retorted gold as the fortnight's yield. The Kuranui banked 76ozs. for the week. The share-market stagnated. Caledonians have been sold at £B. Auckland, Saturday. The barque Vivid has arrived from Circular Head, Tasmania, with 250 tons potatoes. Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane, owners of the barque Alice Cameron, 156 days out to Manilla from Sydney, not heard of, have claimed the insuranco—£3ooo. The policy is held by the Victoria Office; reinsured with . New Zealand, South British, National, Standard, and National of South Australia, for £SOO each. i The Southern Cross of this morning has an article drawing attention to an announcement from its Eaglan correspondent to the effect that Tawhiao has resolved to permit railways to be constructed south of the confiscation boundary, upon the condition of the Government paying the Natives sixpence for each lineal foot of railway made on Maori territory. The Cross shows that this payment would be at the rate of £132 per mile, or £l7 10s. per acre, allowing a strip a chain wide for railway purposes, and considers the demand high, but thinks it might be made to cover a yard of railway instead of a foot. It looks upon this resolve on the part of the Maoris as final cessation of opposition to railroad and bridgemaking, and urges the Government to embrace the opportunity to make arrangements with Maoris a 3 to the details of the most hopeful news received for many years. It concludes as follows :—" Too much higgling should not be made about the price th« Maoris may demand. The money they receive will not be taken out of the Colony; neither will they hoard it -up, but speedily put it into circulation, and obtain therewith many comforts and luxuries of civilised life, thus fixing their dependence more and more upon ourselves; thu3 adding at the same time to the trade of European merchants, and increasing the Customs revenue, and confirming the certainty of material progress." New Plymouth, Sunday. During a late storm lightning struck a house, knocking the chimney down. A whirlwind passed over Bell Block, and carried away the verandah of a house. The double-delivery of telegrams begins'on October 1. Major Atkinson addresses his constituents on Monday. Napier, Saturday. The Star of the South i 3 advertised to sai l to-night for "Wellington. She has made an excellent run from Auckland here of forty-six hours. Greymouth, Sunday. There has been incessant rain for the last twenty-four hours. The lower part of the town is submerged. The river is rising rapidly, Mid. it is still raining. There are grave apprehensions of a serious inundation. The steamer Waipara, with Judge Eichmond, the Provincial Secretary, the Stephen-son-Burford Troupe, and others from Hokitika, attempted the entrance, but took the ground on the North Spit. Endeavors are now being made to land passengers. Hokitika, Saturday. 35000z5. gold were shipped from this port by the Otago to Melbourne. Nelson, Saturday. Mr. Gully, the well-known artist, has accompanied His Excellency the Governor on his cruise on the West Coast, in order to make sketches of the scenery. Oamabu, Saturday. The Emu steamer arrived at 9 p.m. yesterday, after eight days' detention in Akaroa from bad weather. Eleven vessels are in the bay. ' Dunedin, Saturday. There is another licensing muddle, as all the night licenses in Otago expired last June, and the new Licensing Act is silent on the matter. There is not now a Bingle house legally authorised to keep open after ten at night. The police intend to take steps to cause all houses to close at that hour, and nothing can be done until the Legislature meets. ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN NEWS. AEEIVAL OF THE ALBION. Tile Blow, Saturday. The Albion, with the Englijh mail, left Melbourne at 6 p.m. on the 21st, and arrived at the Bluff at 8 a.m. on the 26th, after a quick run of four days twolve hours.. Sb» t-i-gs twenty-seven-"J"" 11 ana twenty-nine steerage passengers, and 300 tons of cargo for all ports. She sailed again for Dunedin at 4 p.m. Passengers—Saloon : Mis.' Snowdon, Mr. Wood and children, Mr. and Mrs. Kirkcaldie and child, Messrs. Greenland, Gofer, Smith, Cawood, Inglis, Sheppard, Miss Scot. The Albion brings the following news : [reuter's special telegrams.] London, September 16. George Frederick, tho Derby winner, was scratched for the great Yorkshire handicap. Ems' Louise first ; A. C. Barclay's Bertan, second; C. Alexander's Thunder, third. Berkeley's appointment as Governor of Western Australia is contradicted. September 19. The Queensland mail was delivered on the 17th, and the San Francisco (Mikado) yesterday. The Turkish loan of thirteen millions was subscribed at forty-three and a-half, which was considered a great success. Wool sales and prices continue firm. Tho corn market is languid. Home deliveries are large. Arrived—Carlisle Castle, from Melbourne ; Inverness, Anazi, from South Australia. Paris, September 18. The trial of the accomplices in the escape of Bazaine has terminated. The governor of tho fortress is acquitted. "VHlette and Plautin are sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and two others receive slight sentences. September 19. McMahon has returned to Paris. His reception in tho Northern Departments was cordial. Madrid, September 10. The Carlists allege that the Czar of Kussia has written to Don Carlos expressing sympathy.

Berlin, September 19. The Germans have expelled several Danes from Schleswig. New York, September 16. A sanguinary disturbance is reported from New Orleans, wTiere the white population ousted Governor Kellog, and installed a new Governor. President Grant is upholding Kellog, and has ordered the rioters to disperse. September 18. Th« insurgents at New Orleans have submitted. September 19. j Governor Kellog will be reinstalled in New Orleans. AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Melbourne, September 21; ' The tariff is finally disposed of in committee. In the Assembly notice has been given of a Government measure to deal with the larrikin nuisance, and provide private whipping in certain cases. Wigrarn's new steamship Durham has arrived in fifty-three days from London. The members of the German astronomical party for the Auckland Islands arrived by her. The trial of George Buchard, for forgery, is proceeding at the Criminal Court. Shannon has been committed for trial for the murder of Moriarty at Mornington. The Sydney Hunt Club Races passed off satisfactorily on Saturday. *• Admiral Eechant has deposed several officers at New Caledonia, and sent them back to France. Adelaide, September 21. A no-confidence motion has been negatived by a large majority. Hobart Town, September 21. Parliament is prorogued to April 15. In West Australia, a Bill has been read a second time for a new Constitution, and a dissolution has taken place. It provides two Chambers—a nominated Upper House, and a Lower House of twenty-five members. Oats steady; in demand at ss. 6d. Wheat, os. 9d. Deals, lower. Brandies sold lower. j Sailed : May, for Wellington.