Telegrams.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 1476, 20 November 1872, Page 2

Telegrams.

[Pee New Zealand Pbess Association,] Auckland, Nov. 19. At the opening of the Council, the Superintendent said that he regretted that the Colonial Government had not placed the powers and revenues of provinces upon a clear and permanent basis. He said that owing to the depression on the goldfields and from other causes the provincial revenue was likely to exhibit a marked deficiency in the ensuing year. A comprehensive Education Bill -would be introduced. Two Highway districts have refused to strike a rate upon a valuation. The Helen Denny has arrived. A seaman named Kelly was lost overboard during a

gale. She brings three passengers and a quantity of cargo for Lyttelton. Wellington, Not. 19. The Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the City of Newcastle sat all day. The result is that the captain is solely to blame, for leaving the deck in charge of an inexperienced person. He was censured, and his certificate cancelled. Arrived — Alhanibra and Phoebe. Hoeitika, Nov. 19. 203 fat cattle avevaged 153 a 7d per beast ; beef is quoted at 22s 6d to 27s 6d per lOOlbs. Messrs Mark Sprot and Co. report having sold 203 head of cattle — the best drafts for weight and quality that have been yarded for some weeks — at an average of £7 13s 7d per head. DUNEDIN, NOV. 19. The Agent-General's cablegram states that the' Charlotte Gladstone sailed for Otago on the 4th inst., with 350 immigrants. The dismissal of Mr Reid's Government is gazetted. Messrs Tolmie, Turnbull, Macarthur, and M'Dermid are the new Government, Mr Tolmie, Provincial Secretary and Secretaiy for Lands ; Mr Turnbull, Treasurer. A boiler exploded at the soap works, Great King street ; a boy's arm was broken and man was scalded. Messrs Reynolds and Bathgate state their inability to meet their constituents at present, owing to engagements. Arrived — Yesterday, Glenshee, from Newcastle. Invehcakgill, Nov. 19. The Supreme Court opened yesterday. A lad named Carroll, for placing obstructions "on the railway, was sentenced to Id days' imprisonment. He had been already five months in gaol. Hoare, with several aliases, an old offender, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for stealing a watch at Switzer's. The trial of Morrison, for murdering Simmons, occupied all day. Counsel is now addressing the Court.