TELEGRAPHIC

Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 84, 12 November 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

(From the Daily Sduthebn dlsossr)' LATEST' NEWS; Saturday, 5 p.mi The Coromandel people are making extensive preparations to celebrate the Prince of Walei's Birthday on' Monday with great eclat. A .progratame of sports is annoiiiiced; including [cricket matches, to adjacent islands, picnics, &c., and the moonlight trip of the 'Alfred' round islands; and - a 1 private'subscription ball at Boyd's Hotel after return-of steamer concludes the day's festivities." A beer license granted to Mr P. A-. Jones by M¥ HVirst formed a portioii of yesterday's Police Court proceedings. There is a strong- feeling agaiuSt the granting of if. Jbnei refuses to discontinue selling, although the licefase ha& beon cancelled by the Provincial Executive. Police inVesbigatioif going on respecting £folb'4. of qtalcksilver stolen some time ago from one of our batteries; Scleral parties are implicated. Strange disclosures are expected. Apprehensions will likely take place this evening.LA- T E-S T SO'lTtt E-BF NE-tV S V Wellington, S&turdajr. The bhhiirig'of'the Whahg&hili bridgfes has no political importance affecting the relation between tho Europetin and Maoris. The prime mover ill 1 the matter wad'Hori Temanu; of Kai Iwi. Hfef* has reported himself to' the' Resident Magistrate at Whatiganui. It : is - believed that the natives have been more or lesS'encouraged in the act by some settlers. The natives ate to be proceeded" against 1 undertbef - Maliciowa Injuries to" Property Act. LATEST AUSTRALIAN J?3EW&- ' Melbourne, Nbvehilieif 5. v The Debentures Conversion'Bill has passed the Assembly. Mr Peebles, the spiritnalist, has beeH'welcomed at a'soiree - .' At an inquest on Mr Pyk», a* verdict of felo de se Was. returned. Spier,- sentenced to ;- death at Beechworth;• has had- his sentence'commuted - to ten yeafrs' imprisonment. A-mannhined Richard Gooper killed his wiftfthts morning in Little Lonsdale Street; ■ An extensive fire occurred-at Alexaadrft this morning;- A whole block of buildings,-including the Union Bank; Was burned. The loss waspartially coveredby insurance. The" Bank books were saved. Ten thousand' shares in- the Victoria!' Finance Compahy have b6Sri ; subscribed; At the racket on - Saturday, Cohtessa'vfon' the Melbourne Stakes, Dagmar the Maribyrnong Plate, Loup - Garcu 1 the Porby, Blue Peter the Essendon 1 Stakes. Dagworth received the Cup. The mail steamed Behar left Gtile on October 28; atid'is expected to reach Melbourne on November 18? The*B£Kgalore, outWard, arrived' at (J&lle last- Saturday New Zealand wheat,7s 6d per bushel. Bank of New - Zealahd shares" 85re offered at £21'. Tookey shales, paid,- are wanted at £4' 18s. Here sire buyers erf new issue at £3 10s'to'£8'15s. Sydney, Novefrfb6r 4. ''The telegrapK-ttefebraiiiM fixed for November 7. An excliaiige of messages - with Lond&h will' take place'on the occasion.

This Police Magistrate hns refused 1 to accept the depositions taken before the Consul at lievuka in the Nukulau kidnapping case. . . . , . Over 11,006 of gold has been obtained from 40G tons of stone from Haltefman's Glaini. . The schooner West Hartley is'snjJftfSffd to foliiide't&d* during the later gale. Sarah Hill haS been setitebCedtd dfeath at B'atHilrst, for murdering her child. t The Sidney bhriks hold* oyer" three million' po&nda' in' gold." , . Adelaide, November 4, has retiirrifed frbm the North. The celebration Will be held* on the'fetutn Of the Oineo' irttli. thS'con'struction party. Wheat is'steady at (js 6d per bu&hd. Tasmania. Wilson's Ministry has resigned. Mr Sc6ft, the Chairman of Committee, will probably sUcceM 1 to the Premiership. LATER ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.: (Reuier's TelegraWto'Austbaxux Associated PbiSsb.) 3$ tiff, Saturday. The B.s. Tararua has arrived from Melbourne. She left Melbourne oh November 5. Passengers: 18 saloon aJnd 49 steerage. Cargo: 305 tons, 59 horses; rad 151 ram 9. She will sail for Dunedin on Monday afteimOori; She passed the Rangitoto on the sth, in 1 BSSs's Straits. LoridoflJ-October 31. Thirty thousand hoi-sfes'itf Wei? York have been stricken with the epidemic that is rSging amongst horses: Lord-Penzance, Judge of the Divorce Gourt, hak" resigned, on aceount of ill health. Baron 1 Martin Will pfwb&bly be his successor. The Bishop of Winchester, in presenting the prizes of the London University, expressed the opinion that the local examinations at Oxford will have a great effect upon the future moral history of the country. Samuel Laing is a candidate for the representation of Orkney. Obituary.—Lord Einlochj Lord- of Sessions: London, November 1.

The conditions of the Anglo-Frenciv Treaty have been' published. The tariff of 1860 is to be maintained, with the addition of compulsory duties equivalent to the French taxes on- raw material. Differential shipping duties are to be abolished by England, and in return she attains Complete freedom respecting coal- and other imports from, and exports. France rrfijy,- ivith 1 the consent of FriglSnlf, augment duties after giving six months' notice. The Treaty is to remain opes*ative until the Expiration of the Australian treaty in--1876. ' London, November 2. The' reported appointment at Admiral Randolph, is successor to Commodore Sterling, an the Australian Station, has been contradicted. ' \ Aii Australian telegrapatknqiieti witi .be held .on November 15, when Earl Kimberley mil preside. . A simijltaneous exchange of 1 messages on the day iadeliredi ; The steamer' Atrato has Seen dpcfeed atKeyhsmi The emigrants have been placed in the depdt, where tliey will remain during her three weeks' detention. The Auckland mails were delivered on the 13th. Wool is firm. Arrived : Somersetshire, find Lord Wtatleti; LATE, TELEGRAMS. (Special to New Zealand Press Association- fronr Australian Press Association.) The following telegrams tferA' wired fr&d Melbourne to Queenscliff to catch the Tararua there :—; Londoh, November 4. Consols, 92J-. Mr Roebuck, at Sheffield, eulogized the House of Lords as the greatest safeguard the country possesses. Mi* Baxter, in addressinglhis constituents, said the ballot will not care bribery, as it was impossible to prevent voters frota announcing whom they had voted for. Seeing the" efficiency of the army and navy, he asked whether the time had not come for reducing the armament'.

Sir Jamas McCulloch declines to accept tho Victoma agono/t lieutenant Cameron accompanies Bartle Frere to Zanzibar, |to make scientific observations. CABLE LEG-RAM UNPtJBLISHED. (Rocaived at Queenscliff froni London direct] tliis nformilg, NoVerhber 4.) s ..London, November 6 a.m\ tfhe Poljjmbsian' kidnapping at the Society Islands exciteb indignation and hofrror. The "Dimes insists that Eriglawd shoind do her duty and suppress -the riofarious business "by increasing the squadron. Mr Forbes, ofthfe Pobd Company, has statted for the River Plate to purchase cattle. . Victorian' Government debentures, sixeS, Jhhliary ana July, 116; April and October, 112J ; Victorian fives, 106*; New- South Wales fires, 105; Queensland sixes, 1131; Tasmanian siies, 110. .. There has been a'recovery in the copper market. Quotations, 90 to 92-; ■ tin-, 14&* Petroleum, dearer. Bark, unchanged.- ... Tiew Zealand flax is rising. One thousand bales sold. Wheat is easier. A million-quarters have left California for the English market. Queensland cotton, 91 to 92.Newcastle: A' man : named Waltei' Byrne was knocked off the Riingat-iri, steamfcr, last night. Tlie'boiit tfas lowered, i but he was not found. The poor fellow must have been drowfled.—Commodore Sterling and party have been lost two days in' the bush: They returned to' Cambridge this morning'very hungry.- They will arrive in Auckland by tonight's coath. —Taurahga': G-toafc excitement among the natives. Karaltiahk seht for" five women' fofr' youiig chiefs. Five Ngaterangfe were' selecfteS. They were waiting for an opportunity; the abducted woinen from Waiksa.to"were seized at Opotiki, and'brought on By a dozen of the tribe.—-The Wellington Provincial Government contemplate building a new hospital. —The Oamaru Agricultural Sliow to-day is an unprecedented success. The weather is fine, and there are upwards of 1500 people on the grottrid. The show* of horses is magnificent. Siioi t-horned cattle' are very filne, .but few in number. Ayrshire cattle are very numerous and of splendid quality. Inhere are a liirge' number of long-woolled sheep and fine merinos ; and although but few entries they are .of superior quality. The total number of entries' is 360.' "file first prize for horses was taken by the Hon Mr Holmtte, With the D\ike of Buccleugh; second prize by Mr McGregor with his Young Hero. The First pnWand cfij) for short-horned ctfttle ta^^. oiy the Hon Mr Holmes. First prize and' cup for Ayawhu? cattle by Messrs Fleming atid H'edley ; the meiiiiOs' cup by Messrs Borton and McMbfcter. Mr J. McLea'fi obtained the prize for tHef ralm'and'ewe j" and the £1. Z. and A. I/. 1 Company gained the prize? for the best I'lcoln ram. The'prize for the best Romney Mat-Sh wp. jwatded- to Dr Web'Ster, and for the best I6ng-Woolled ram, in yard, the prize w : as given to the Hbn Mr HolmfciS. The N. Z. and A\ E. Company revived a prize for a ewe, and'the prizfe fdr the bfest Andogowan reaping machine (three entries) was bestowed upon Mr J. O'G-ilvie. The screw piles of the new jetty at Moeraki are a failure; ; thd sefe' bottom is unadapted for them. The s.s. Phoebe went into'the graving-d'ock'&t'Pdrb Chalmers to-day.—Star.