LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXV, Issue 3041, 3 September 1870, Page 5

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[From Our Own Correspondent,] AUCKLAND, August 31st. An inquiry respecting the fire in Queen street, has been held, and an open verdict returned. Te Moananui has taken to the bush in consequence of an attempted arrest by baliffs, in pursuance of a civil action. Breadstuffs are steady, Southern flour ia £14 to £14 10s. Adelaide, £16. Wheat, 4s 2d to 4a lOd. The Auckland Provincial Government have commenced to survey tho line of tho Waikato Bail way. A large quantity of land has been gratuitously given by proprietors, while others demand compensation. Arrived — Lord Ashley, Ocean Wave, from Chathains. 33LUFF Sept. 1. The s.B. Gothenburg arrived here from Melbourne this afternoon. Melbourne, August 27. Flour is dull at from £12 los to £13 10s— a fall is expected ; wheat, Gs ; maize is dull at 4s Id to 4s 3d ; teas are falling. Auction sales show some reduction. Oats aro not firm. The cargoes of the Emulous and Annie Moore have arrived. Wool sales are spirited ; greasy, G_i-d to 7f d ; scoured, 12f d to 18£ d j fleece, 12d to Is 6d. Java mill dressed rice in demand. Arrived— Tararua, on the 27th. A deputation waited on the Governor, yesterday, requestinghim to dissolve Parliament. Pie refused, stating that he would act as advised by his responsible Ministers, Cole and Johns ton withdraw from the nomination papers, with, the view to allow Government to issue fresh writs for central province. Parliament is expected to assemble in the middle of October. Claude Farie, the sheriff, is dead. His successor is Mr Ellis tern., but Police Magistrate Panton is expected to obtain the appointment. Alderman Wragge has been presented with, a silver claret jug and two hundred sovereigns. The ship Corona sailed on Monday with troops. Alexander Robertson, accountant, has been convicted and sentenced to two years for embezzling four hundred pounds trust money A young man named Thomas Crossby, alias Flash Bob, representing himself as a New Zealand detective, is in custody charged with forging a cheque. The Tasmanian Parliament met on Tuesday. Sir Jumes Palmer has retired from public life, as his health has broken down. The brig Yarrow was wrecked in the Bay, and Captain Bartlett's certificate has been suspended for six months. Cusack, the wife murderer of ooley's Creek, will be executed on the 30th. The Alharabra sailed for Fiji on Tuesday. Amongst the passengers were— Macartney, M.L.A. ; Baillie, M.L.A. ; and De Courcey Ireland, solicitor ; and Police Magistrate Panton. I Miniug affairs continue greatly depressed. Ballarat people are complaining. Arrived— Prosperity, from Hokitika, 26th; Emulous, from Invercargill. The Mayor's return ball was a great success. Two thousand were present. The Californian mail reached Sydney on the 25th. The Mudgee Diamond Company has revived under a new name. C. E. Farrell, accountant at the National Bank, Geelong, absconded. He is supposed to have gone to Fiji. The defalcations are about two thousand pounds. A steamer, supposed to be the Galatea, was seen in Bass' Straits on Friday. Sydney, August 2G. Home authorities have permitted the mint to uso the Imperial die. A man named Crossingham, belonging to Melbourne, has cut his throat in the Domain. The Upper Cape diggings are reported to bo a complete failure. The Huntor lliver Steam Company have declared a ten per cent, dividend. Gray's death sentence for wife murder has been commuted to life imprisonment. Preparations for the opening of the Exhition are nearly completed. Governor Canterbury will visit Sydney next week. Government have sustained a defeat on a Deficiency Loan Bill. Ministers propose fresh taxation. The Opposition demand retrenchment. The sailing of the City of Melbourne for Honolulu has been postponed till tho first of September. James Flynn, lodging-house keeper, of Clarence street, has committed suicide. W. E. Forder has been arrested, charged with embezzling four thousand pounds bolonging to an English firm named Tiusby. The floods in tho Darling river aro subsiding. M. L. A. Richeri, Governor of New Caledonia, lias sailed in the ship Guichon for that place. The Hon. John Robertson has been reelected without opposition. A Ship-owners' Association is formed. The barque Aurifera, coal laden, foundered at sea. The crew landed on How's Island. Adelaide, August 26. I The Government have declined to accept Justice Gwynne's resignation of the Equity Judgeship. Wheat, firm at Gs. A man named Aiken or Wilson, cousin of Dean Russell, has shot himself. E. M. Bagot is the successful tenderer for 500 miles of telegraph line.

The Chief Justice has declared the Equitj Judgeship vacant. Tasmania, August 26. John Silk, an old colonist of Launcestonj aged 102 years, was drowned while crossing 1 a flooded creek on horseback. " Copeland, a New Zealand barrister, has been liberated, the Government declining to prosecute him on the charge o£ fraudulently 1 obtaining a passage per steamer Tamar from Melbourne. 1 The overseer of the Ilobart Town Public Works Department, Thomas Morton, has been drowned. ; Sailed— Swordfish, for Dunedin, 24th. Queensland, August 26. The Hon. C. H. D. Butler has been arrested for shooting A. Dondney. The general elections are in favor of the Opposition. CHIIISTCHURCH, Thursday. An earthquake shock was felt at C.23 p.m. on the^3lst. It; was not quite so heavy as that of the sth June, 1869. The direction was from east to weet ; and the duration thirty seconds. It stopped many clocks and threw the tops off several chimneys, particularly on the south Bide of the town. It also set bells ringing and glasses jingling. The Town Hall is severely shaken ; but the shock was felt most severely in Lyttelton were several chimneys wero thrown down.