TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 15, 9 August 1873, Page 9

TELEGRAMS.

(From the Daily papers.) THE COLONY. Auckland, July 81st.— A petition against the new tariff' liafc { be'ett signed by 3000 persons. A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, was held to-day to consider the new tariff, and was very numerously attended. Merchants spoke bitterly against tho action of the Government. They estimated the increase of the duties by the change of tariff would be equal to £250,000 on the Colonial reverfue. The chairman stated that he had received telegrams from all the Southern Chambers, expressing sympathy with tho action of the Auckland Chamber. Gbahamstown, July 31st.— Great excitement prevails among holders of Caledonian scrip, and shares are rising rapidly. Nelson, July 31st.— The new tariff is received with great" disfavour, being regarded as indicating a protective policy, and an increase of taxation. The shelving of the West Coast Railway has created a 1 strong sensation here. Chbistchitbch, July 31st.~The Financial Statement has been received well here, but the new tariff is looked upon as oppressive, considerably enhancing the price of various articles, such as drapery: Lxttelton, July 3 1st.— The Ben Nevis, from hence for Hokitika, was wrecked yesterday at Kaikoura. Wellington, August I.— lt is reported that Mr Fitzherberfc will lead the Opposition, with the view of mcreasiug the power of the Provinces. The Rangitoto was insured for LLO,OOO. Her mails tfill be forwarded to Dunedin, whence the Alhambra will return with theul to Melbourne immediately. Auckland, August 1. — Caledonian shares are at L 24;2 4; Tookey'» at L 9, and Thames at L 6. Mr John Keid quotes Otago oats* at 4s 9d to ss, flour at Ll3 10s to Ll4 10d, and bran at Is 3d. There have been large arrivals of flour. Kauri timber has advauced , in price, in consequence of tho active demand for it. Gbahamstown, August 1. — The • Thames Advertiser ' condemns the Financial Statement. It is Dclieved that the gold discovery ia lower lerei of tho Caledonian mine will have a very important effect on tlie future of th« field. The proposal to revert to Provincial borrowing is condemned. ' Napier, August I.— The alteration in the tariff is generally condemned. Cheistcbubch, August I.— Messrs Roy^e, Stead and Co. quote wheat ds firm at ss, flour at Ll2 10s, oats at 4s 6d to 4s 10, barley W 6s 6d, butter at Is Id, and cheese at 8£d — all f.o.b. Stocks are light. Wellington, August 2nd. — Tho s s Napier is now at the- wreck of the Rangitoto, saving* cargo for Hie insurers. Tho Rangitoto had 170 tons of cargo for Wellington. At the inquiry into the loss of the Rangitoto, the captain and chief mate were censured and admonished* Messrs Plimmer and Reeves quote flow at £13 10s to £13 15s in sacks, and 13s to 15s extra in assorted bags. Wheat is quoted afc" 43 3d to 5s 9d, and oats at 5s 3d to 5s 9J. Auckland, August 2. — Mr Biuney vcport3 .that Oomaru flour ie at £14, Dunedin do at £14 10s, Canterbury do at £13 10s; Oamarli wheat at 6s 3d, and Canterbury do at 6s to 6a 3d. Caledonian shares are at £25. Tookey's shares have risen £10. Gbettown (Wairarapa,) Augu3t 2. — The Natives claiming the ownership of a block of land, offer armed resistance to a writ of ejectment. Nelson, August 2.— The Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce telegraphs that the Nalson community 13 dead against the new tariff. Hokitika, August 2. — The Chamber of Commerco, its Chairman telegraphs, oppost-a the new tariff. Bltof, August 2nd. — The Alhambra left Melbourne on Sunday 27th July, with the English mails ex Bwoda, and arrived, off tho Bluff at 10 p.m. on the Ist August.; she came along side the wharf at 7 a.m . she was detained at Melbourne for twerty-four hours waiting for the English mail. She brings 32 saloon and 25 steerage passengers ; she also brings 413 tons of cargo for all ports. Wellington, August 4th. — The wreck- of the Rangitoto was sold f o-day for £465. It was purchased by Mr Hartmann on behalf of tha N.Z.S.S.Co. It is believed the Rangiloto will be raised and emplojeil in the local trade. Gbahamsto"WN, August 4th. — A case of specimen stealing has •occurred in the Otago mine. Four youths are concerned in it, and two ot them have turned Queen's evidence. The yield of the Caledonian mine for the week is 1590z., that of the Golden Crown 590z., of the Kurnnui 3040z., of the- Black Angel 3070z., of the Long Drive tribute 3020z., and of the Queen of Beauty 3OBoz. Napieb, August 4. — Bishop Moran received aa ovation on his arrival here. Oamabu, August 4. — The ss Pretty Jano arrived here at 8 aim. yesterday with the steam crane for the harbor works. It was unloaded alongside the breakwater very quickly, tho whole being completed at 5 p.m. The sea was quite calm. Hundreds of people were present during the day. Wej&lingxon, August s.— The Caxandinis* concert last night was

a great suoceaa. There were present 800 persons, including Sir James and Lady Ferguson. Gbahamstown, August s.— The Bank of New, Zealand will ship 3414 ounces of gold to Auckland to-day. AUSTRALIA. Sydney. — The Pacific Insurance Co. has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. A deputation presented to the Government a petition bearing 1000 signatures, in favor of a 40 days' San Francisco service costing £68,000, instead of a 45 days' service costing L 48,000. . Adelaide. — The Ministerial policy is not yet declared. Some stone from the Northern Territory yielded at the rate of 20oz to 50oz per ton. Flour is dull at £13 10s to £14. Country flour is at £18 5s (?). The Governor's speech on opening Parliament refer* to the prosperity of the Colony. Instructions have been telegraphed to the Agent-G-eneral to send two shiploads of agricultural people before next, harvest. A Port Darwin telegram states that the miners say the Northern Territory is a great reefing country. Captain Whitcombe, of the barque Zingard, was brutally murdered in the roadstead by five men put on board by the police from the gaol, preparatory to the vessel sailing. Hobart Town. — A fracas occurred outside the Legislative Council Chamber, Mr Kennedy threatening Mr Crowther with personal violence. Melbourne, July 26th. — Mr Parkas offers to carry the letters of all the Colonies to Liverpool, via California, at letter rate only, without subsidy. Mr Francis declines the proposal until the negociations are completed ; but both Tasmania and Queensland accept it, and the latter will reciprocate it with the Torres Strait route. — Smart and Phillips, the trustees who robbed the testator Jacobs' s children, have each received a sentence of three ycaiß' imprisonment. — L2OOO has been subscribed for the families of men lost in the schooner Rip. — Leases having been issued by the Government to claimholders, a collision between the latter and the jumpers is anticipated. — The motion for enfranchising the police was lost.— Madame Goddard offers te propitiate the ' Argus ' by appointing as her agents the Collins street music firm which receives that journal's patronage. — Bates, a thea'rical fltar, has arrived from California. — Mr Fitzgibbon, the Melbourne Town Clerk, married Miss Dawson to-day. The bride brings a fortune variously estimated at from L 10,000 to L3o,ooo.— The conclusion of the mail negociation with New Zealand is anxiously looked for.— The price of flour will probably reach Ll3 next week. Sidney. — It is proposed to establish a tweed factory at Bathurst. CABLE TELEGRAMS. London, July 22nd. — The Carlists are masters of Carthagena, and have seized foui* f ligates in that port. Anew Ministry has been formed at Madiid. The amount paid up for the New Zealand Meat Preserving Com* pany is £200,000. July 23rd. — Dr Kenealy ha* commenced the defence in thelichborne trial, and says he has a hundred witnesses to swear to the identity of the claimant as the true Roger Tichborne. The Colonial Court at the Vienna Exhibition has made a deep impression both in Austria and Germany. London, July 4. — The New Zealand Land Improvement Co., with a capital of £500,000, is announced— The New Zealand Trust and Loan Co. has decUreJ a dividend of 10 per cent. — A Company has been formed with a capital of £150,000, to work a gold mine in New South Wales. — The outbreak of chole a in. London has created much alarm in Great Britain. — The French Assembly have passed a vote of confidence in the present Ministry. — The Carlist insurrection is spreading. Don Carlos has a force of 30,000 men — The competition in the iron trade has led to a further reduction in pig iron, the price of which is now £5 9s per ton. Copper is at £90 per ton. — Tlie Carlists after their reverse on the Ebro, received large reinforcements and captured Igualadu, near Barcelona. A new Ministry has been formed — The harvest in France will, it is feared, be an inferior one.— At the Vienna Exhibitiou seventeen awards have been made in favour of the Colonies. London, July 25th. — The conditions of peace between Khiva and Russia are the payment of an indemnity by the Khan of two millions of roubles, the payment to extend ovor a period of seven years, during which a Russian force under General Schwattan will occupy Kuugrad. The Khivan possessions on the right bank of the Ammo river have beeu ceded to Bokhara, as a reward to the lattev for assisting Russia. A Gorman frigate hus captured a Spanish steamer named the Insurgent with Internationalists oa board. The Commercial Treaty between England and France has beeu signed. Its main feature id ths renewal of the Treaty of 1860 until June 1877. The Carlists have ask<>d France to recognise them as belligerents. At a Coniistory Council held at Rome, the Pope nominated two Bishops — one each f>r the Reman Catholic dioceses of Perth and Adelaide.