TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4171, 1 July 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Wellington, June 30th,

The General GovernmenPpaid to the Provincial Government today the capitation money, previously withheld from Auckland on account of the interest on constructed railways, and to reco 'er which the Provincial Governments proposed to apply for a mandam us of • the Supreme Court.. The suggestion of the Grahamstown Advertiser that Mr Stafford be asked to stand '. for the Thames, is very cordially received on ; all aider. The Advertiser complains of the class of men sent from the goldficlds, and claims four representatives when the readjustment takes place. Tlie steamer Hawea arrived at 4 30, after a long and rough passage. A large number of invitations to luncheon on board have been sent out. * Auckland, June 30ih. The Harbour Board has received a cablegram that one hundred thousand pounds of the dock debentures were floated at London at 98. There are no tidings of the schooner Pacific, from Oatnaru. The City Council has confirmed the desirability of tramways. Ib has resolved to invite applications for laying them till the2lst July, each applicant stating the conditions uuder which he would carry out the work, and depositing £500 as a guarantee of the fulfilment- The Council will recommend the most favourable offer to the Superintendent for acceptance. Graiia.mstown', June 20th. The customs revenue for the port of the Thames for June is £1123, and for the quarter ending the 30th June, 1875, £3073. For the corresponding quarter of 1874 it was £2650. Hokitika, Jun.e 30th. The Melbourne Age of the 20th inst, aa ys : —" Ifc is stated on good authority that >3i r Julius Vogel has resigned his position fur something more stable than politics, aud that he has accepted an offer from the Messrs Rothschild to act as one of their financial agents." 'Fuero is a vory heavy sea on the bar, aud it k doubtful if the ptigo can be tendered. CHaisrciiaßCir, June 30th. Letters appear ia b.ith the Tiinta aud Press, tkis morning, stigmatising the rc3olu-

tion passed by the Auckland cricketers, and telegraphed throughout the Colony, to the effect that the match, Australia v. New Zealand, shotild be played at Auckland as absurd, because the Auckland cricketers have Ino right tQ decide such an important matter amongst themselves, and because it would not be fair to the cricketers of the other" Provinces to play such a match either in Auckland or Dunedin. The writers of the letters suggest that a delegate should be appointed<by each Province to meet at some central place, and decide where the great match shall be played, and how many players each Province shall contribute towards the New Zealand team. ; The Criterion Hotel had a narrow escape from destruction by fire last night. A gentleman sleeping in the hotel saw a glare in the adjoining room, and on going there found the window and drapery in a blaze. After some trouble, he succeeded in extinguishing the fire. As this is the second occurrence of the kind in a week, it is believed it was the work of an incendiary, and Mr 4 Baylee, the landlord, has placed the matter1: in the hands of the Police. A lunch was given on board the Union Steamship Company's new steamer Hawea, at Lyttelton yesterday. A hundred gentlemen were invited ; seventy-five sat down to it. Special carriages were attached to the train from Christchurch, and the guests were conveyed direct alongside the steamer at the Gladstone wharf. After examining the saloons, engine- room, &c, the company sat down to lunch, the chair being occupied by Mr James Mills, managing director of the company, and the vice-chair by Captain Malcolm. On the right of Mr Mills sat His Honour the Superintendent and the Hon. Mr Peacock, and on his left the Company's agent. The toast of " Success to the Union Steam Shipping Company of New Zealand " was proposed'by the Superintendent, and in responding the chairman stated that the new Company, which was being registered under the Limited Liability Act, started with a paid-up capital of L'JO.OOO. They would take over the Harbour Company's steamers on the Ist of July, and in addition to the Hawea and Taupo, would add still further to their fleet, as trade demanded it. They had no desire to injure steam Companies already in existence, but would feel themselves bound to see that the interests of the travelling public received the attention it merited.