TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume XVIII, Issue 2105, 27 July 1876, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

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Blenheim, July 26. ? The Taylor and Omaka rivers being both up yesterday, the town, was much flooded. Fortunately tha Opawa was not in flood, so all the water ran off the town during the night. A few yards of the embankment of the railway were carried away near the Koromiko. station, and the train did not run yoaterday afternoon. The morning mail was brought through on the line on a trolly. The train has not resumed running yet.

Wellington, July 25,

' The Cog dv Village, from Newcastle, with 400tonB of coal ■'consigned"to Mr Vautier, is stranded on Petone Beach. No lives were lost. The wreok is to be cold to-morrow. The vessel is said mot to have been at. her right moorings when the accident happened. The N.Z.S.S. Company intend selling their remaining steamers and winding up the company. A large number of shares have been taken in the new Gas Company, which undertakes to supply gas at ten shillings per thousand feet. A committee of influential citizens has been appointed to decide upon the most suitable manner in which to perpetuate the memory of the lat» Dr Featherston. .

The delegates of the Friendly Societies of Wellington met a number of members of the House of Representatives re the Friendly Societies Bill. The delegates undertook to prepare questions to be Bent by the Government to the various branch societies throughput the Colony, in order to ascertain their exact views on the new Bill.

Mr John Barley man, late Registrar of the Supreme Court at Blenheim, was admitted, to-day, by the Hon the Chief Justice, as a barrister and solicitor of the Suoreme Court.

The delegates of the Wellington Friendly Societies will meet to-night and decide as to what questions and suggestions regarding the new Friendly Societies' Bill shall be submitted to Government. Having decided upon these matters they will be telegraphed free to all Friendly Societies and the replies will also be franked. The results will be then submitted to Government.

It is believed that an alluvial goldfield baß been discovered in a creek at Wai nuiomata, about ten miles from Wellington.

CHEISTOHtTHCH, July 25. Acclimatisation Society,voted a Bum of money to-day for the • introduction of humble bees from England.

Poet Chaimebs, July 26.

The City of New York is detained by a beavy roll on the bar. The sea ia breaking on the bank. She may possibly, get out; to-night

Dunidin, July 26

The Colonial Bank meeting was held to-day, when the report as telegraphed previously, was read and adopted, v The chairman in his address referred to the satisfactory condition of Bank affairs, and spoke in high terms of the acquisition of Mr Cowie as General Manager. He stated that the capital of the Bank was now held among 2467 proprietors. The Directors considered the capital sufficient for the present, and it would be unnecessary to make another <!ttll for a considerable time. Tue note circulation shows an increase of £10,132, and 669 new accounts 'have.been opened with, the Bank in the Colony since December last. Several changes in the direction of economy were referred.to. Mr H. S. Chapman, in seconding the adoption of the report, considered the. directors had acted prudently in not deolaring a

dividend at 10 early a period of the Bank's existence. A Tote of thanks to the officers of the Sank vrts passed. One hundred shareholders were present. The remit of the ballot for Director will not be known till about ten o'clock. A portion of the scaffolding of the new telegraph office gave way to-day, and several men fell a distance of sixteen feet, three being taken to the hospital | seriously injured. Michael Healy, olerk to Keist and H'Oarthy, brewers, was found dead in his bed. The proposed Co-operatire Store shares are going off freely. Napieb, July 26. The floods are subsiding, and through railway ! traffic has been'resumed. The river at Petoni was1 1 higher than in January ?ast ;it overflowed the banks i and did considerable damage along the Valley. Telegraph posts were washed down and the wires submerged. Tbo line of communication between I Poverty Bay and G-isborne bus been stopped since Monday. ' Subscriptions are on foot for the officers and crew of the barque Cog dv Village, and about £100 has already boon collected. . July 26. A fisherman named Alfred was killed yesterday at Sandfly Bonrh whilst attempting to climb a cliff 200 feet high. . He missed his hold, and fell on the rocks beneath, dying four hours later. The man and two other were compelled to abandon their boat, and in trying to reach the mainland the accident occurred. AtjokliAND, July 25. The City West polling for a member of Parliament resulted as follows : —Tonks, 656; Farnall, 38 j Bochfort, 13. The official declaration takes place on Friday. ■ : At a largely attended meeting of the Eden electors last night, convened for the purpoie of supporting the Auckland members in the House, of which Mr Eobert G-raham was chairman, all the speakers spoke t'gainst the Government. Mr Graham, in referring to the sale of the Piako Swamp, said the Government must have been deceived regarding the nature of tho block. He could say that twenty thousand acres of it was good arable dry land, worth £3 per acre. The following resolutions were carried: —" That our representative (Mr Tole) and the Auckland members be asked to support Mr Whitaker's resolutions to make the land revenue colonial revenue, and, failing to carry it, to support separation." "That the thanks of the meeting be forwarded to Sir George Grey.and the Auckland members for their united and bold stand on behalf of the Province of Auckland." Gbahamstow, July 25. A fearfnl easterly gale occurred last night, accompanied by tha heaviest rainfall experienced for years. The extent of tha damage done is not yet ascertained. The low-lying portions of the borough are under water still. The Karaka creek was so flooded that large logs were brosght down, and these coming in contaot with the bridge at the corner of Bridge and Pollen-streets, weakened the struoture, and the road sank about a foot on one side of the street, which will necessitate almost a new bridge. The Thames school is surrounded by water to such a depth that it is almost unapproachable. The culverts and open drains are much injured, and there have been several landslips.

Sydney, July 25,

G-reah floods have occurred in the Clarence district. Two villages have been, entirely submerged, and several persona drowned, Hundreds are reported starving in the public buildings. There is nothing but wreck, ruin and desolation everywhere.

A branch of the Bank of New Zealand has been opened at Newcastle.

The Sea Spray, from Newcastle to Lyttelton has put back.

Sailed—Easby,

The G-overnment will dispatch a steamer to the Clarence for the relief of the sufferers from the flood.

Five letter pillars have been broken open and a number of letters abstracted.

July 26,

The schooner Brilliant has beon wrecked off Cape Byron. The fate of the crew is uncertain.

The non-appearauce of Kingsborowgh on the training ground during the past few days has affected his position bb first favorite for the Metropolitan.

The steamer Queensland, from Foo Ohow to Melbourne, with 1400 pkgs of tea, arrived here to-day. She reports ten vessels loading for the Colonies.

The floods in the Clarence are subsiding,

A serious affray between tha blacks and black troopers is reported from Queensland. Several of the latter were wounded.

Mblbournk, July 25. Ashe, the Marrumee murderer, has been sentenced to death.

The Exhibition commissioners ask the treasurer for an additional voto to sava the credit of the colony at Philadelphia.

July 26.

The Budget shows that the revenue exceeds the the estimate. The Customs, Excise, and Territorial revenue showed an increase, and the prosperous state of the Colony was altogether satisfactory, although 'the estimated loss of one million owing to the decline in wool would affect all classes. The Government admits the necessity for a re-adjustment of taxation, but to introduce it now would only be a waste of time. Arrived—Albion, from Bluff. Adelaide, July 26. The Budget is considered highly satiifactory.