TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume XVII, Issue 1981, 19 October 1875, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

GiUHAMSTOWtf, October 16. A woman named Mrs Wall killed two of her children tins afternoon. The victims were a boy nine years old and a girl of seven. It appears that the woman was given to drunkenness, and in a Budden outburst of insanity she took up an axe and inflicted several dreadful wounds about the heads and necks of the children. The boy died immediately from the effects of the wounds, and the girl only survived about a couple of lours. The children were playing;; : in the. jard of their home at the tirtfß,-.affttetKe,. murderess attacked them withoufr'.any previous remonstrance. The husband,, who is a miner, returned from his work just after the committal of the shocking act, which created a profound sensation in Grahamstown. Poet Chalmers, October 18On (Saturday last, at 3 pm, news arrived of the wreck of the steamer Bruce, which vessel struck on a ledge of rocks between Wickliff and Tairoa Heads, at about 3.40 a.m. The scene of the accident is about a quarter of a mile from the Heads. She left Timaru at 6 p.m. on Friday, and came along under easy steam, and at 3.30 a.m. she was tove-to, and the captain got soundings in sixteen fathoms of water; shortly afterwards the vessel struck stem on, about six feet below the water line. The weather being extremely foggy at the time, the outline of the land was not discerned. The passengers were landed on the rock, and walked to the pilot station. The ship Heeled over on her starboard broadside, fracturing about two feet of the bow. She How lies submerged, and should a northerly breeze spring up but little hopes are entertained of saving any part of her cargo. The steamers Geelong and Jane are: tendering her. Whe is insured for £15,000, as follows: -National, £1000; New Zealand, £1000; South British, £i 000; Victoria, £1000; Standard, £500; National of South Australia, £500; Home offices,. £10,000. The luggage and crew's effects are partly recovered. "Wellington, October 18. Arrived: May,from Poo-chow,92 days out, With 8100 pkgs of tea, and 1000 bags of rice, besides coffee, cigars, and over 800 packages of general merchandise. ;■■■'.■ Hokitika, October 18. ; Sailed —Alhambra for Melbourne. . Dunedin/ October 18. The total receipts of the Otago railways for September amounted to £7917. . . The wreck of the steamer Bruce was sold foc£UO. ,

Napieb, October 16. At the sale of sheep, horses, and cattle yesterday, under the auspices of the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pautoral Society, pure Lincoln rams were sold for £20, £1010s, £12 12s, £12. Earns were sold for 39,62, 25, and 83 guineas respectively. There were no bids for Leicester sheep, which went generally-at very moderate rates, their having been freshly dipped doing something to detract from their attractiveness. Mr Eoutledge sold 20 of Kermode's Tasmanian merinos at £15, and 5 rams belonging to Mr Eich, of Otago at, £5 each. Horses sold as follows: —Bay mare, sis yeara old, £17; heavy draught bay mare, four years old £30; a draught horse £65; a grey gelding, £11; chestnut gelding, £20 ; bay mare broken to saddle and bridle, £15 ; dark- gelding, £28; pack-horses, £5 15s to £8; 'the -well-known horse Twopenny, £9; bay mare, £6 ss ; pony, £8. Altogether the horses went very cheap. Some young Hereford bulls were offered but there was no demand. Mr Rout-, ledge sold privately a grey gelding for £75 ; a chestnut draught mare for £50. The attendance was pretty good, but the bidding was not spirited. Auckland, October 18. Archibald-Clarke, former member for City East, aia old settler, died to-day, aged seventy.- ■ ' The whaling barque Bartholomew Gornald arrived at Kusseli, from the' Antartic whaling grounds, with 2150 barrels of oil all told. She is 40 months out, and had put into Aboulur Bay, Solomon Group, she was leaking very badly. She landed part of her cargo on the reefs andjb'ghten'ed the ship, which istopped the leak,; she then proceeded to Kussell for supplies, and will sail in a few days for JNew Bedford. Captain Wells stated that he found Solomon Island in a state of warfare and cannibalism. : CniusTcmjECii, October 18. The boating season opened on Saturday ■by a-procession and scratch-races. 80 boats :aud over 100 club members took part at the meeting. II At a meeting of the Philadelphia ■Exhibition Committee thia afternoon, ;the various sub-committees reported that jvery few exhibits had been promised, it jwas, therefore, decided, to agaiu urge the ] Wellington Commissioners to extend the jtirne for receiving exhibits at least 10 or 12 jdays, so as to enable exhibits of wool and 'produce manufactures to be selected at the ■ Metropolitan Agricultural and Pastoral :Exhibition, on November 9. Unless this is idone Canterbury will be very badly represented. I Wellington". October 18. The House met at 2.30 p.m. Mr Pyke gave notice to move for another goldfields member for Otago. The Old Settlers' Petition was not recommended to the consideration of the House : by the Committee. ' Sir Donald M'Lean said the Government hoped to be able to fix the prorogation .speech for Wednesday at 1 o'clock, and had ; detained the Taupo and Havvea to take the members north and south. , : The Government promised during the .; recess to consider the advisibility of. amending the laws relating to perjury. A discussion ensued on leave being asked to introduce a bill to regu'ate the payment of the expenses of members in their attendance at Parliament. Several members asked why such a bill should be introduced at all. . The 'Government explained that they had no particular desire in the matter having merely carried out the instruction of the House last 'session. After a warm discussion,"the bill was thrown out on the voices. The Eepresentation Bill was recommitted, upon the second clause. Various amendments were proposed which kept the House engaged till past the usual hour for rising. At first the Hon. Mr Bowen moved that 83 be substituted for 82 in the second clause. An attempt to report progress was lost by 43 against 19. The original amendment to substitute 83 for 82 was put and lost by 33 to 25. A motion by Mr Sheehan that 74 ; be inserted instead of 82 was put and carried ])||42-; to 17, but upon the understanding that progress was'to be reported. Members moved all their amendments, and the bill is to be re-committed upon the second clause, to ascertain the wish of the House, regardiug 82 being retained. Major Jackson then moved for another member for the Wa'ikato, and succeeded in carrying the amendment by 26 to 25. The new fire-proof Library for Parliament is to be erected on vacant ground in front of the Legislative Council. -