TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4890, 23 November 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per press agency.) Christchurch, Wednesday.

At a meeting of the Interprovinoial Cricket Committee last night, a letter was read from Otago, stating that,, owing to the anticipated visit of the All England Eleven, the Otago cricketers did not think it desirable to play the usual annual match this year; but the secretary was instructed to write objecting to this, and pointing out that Canterbury did not attempt to avoid sending a team to Dunedin when the English Eleven visited this colony in 1865. '

The foundation stone of the new railway station was laid by Mr. Rolleston, late Superintendent, this morning.

Dunedin, Wednesday.

An inquiry into the alleged ill-treatment of a girl at the Industrial Home will commence to-day. A salmon-trout, weighing 121b5., was caught yesterday, Mr. Charles Bright, lecturer, will return in three weeks to Dunedin. , An amount of £IOO has been collected for the All England Eleven matches. From an analysis published in the papers there were 296 invitations to the Convention issued; 125 attended, 29 regretted, 31 refused, and 101 made no reply. Three men, named Patrick Connell, John King, and Little Jockey, were drowned at Stewart island through a boat accident. Napier, Wednesday.

A complimentary dinner ia to be given to J. D. Ormond, to-morrow evening at the Criterion Hotel. The committee is a large and influential one, and the affair is expected to be a great success,

Timahu, Wednesday,

Shearers are going to work at 16s. Bd. per hundred. This is the result of influx of Australian shearers.

A great dulness prevails, except in building trades, which are brisk.