TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 175, 4 August 1876, Page 9

TELEGRAMS.

(From our Daily Contemporaries.)

Gbahamstown, July 27. Mr. M'Masters has extracted 48ozs. pure silver from one cwt. regulus, or molten ore, from the Richmond Hills Silver Mining Company. It is stated that the yield is equal to 14Oozs. silver to a ton of ore.

Cheistchuech, July 27. A considerable advance has taken place in the wheat market. Some heavy lines have changed hands for English shipment and speculation. Stock* are considered insufficient for New Zealand requirements. Millers' stocks are low. At a meeting of the Christchurch shareholders in the Titanic Steel Company, it was reported that a man from Melbourne, who

has discovered a flux for smelting the Taranaki sand, has gone North in the Arawata.

Wellington, July 28. An accident occurred on the Wellington and Masterton Bailway to-day. The engine of the down train from the Upper Hutt ran off the line. The driver was severely, but not dangerously, hurt. No other casualties happened. The engine capsized, and was considerably damaged.

Geahamstown, July 28. The ' Thames Advertiser ' was sold by auction at noon to-day. The bidding commenced at .£IOOO, and was rapidly run up to £2500. It was ultimately knocked down to Mr. Wilkinson for £2600. Mr. Wilkinson was one of the original proprietors.

Geeymouth, July 28. At four o'clock this morning the Brunner Gorge railway suspension "bridge, which, was expected to be open for traffic next month, fell with an awful crash into the river. The anchor plates on the south side had been snapped through, too much strain on them causing the whole bridge to collapse. No lives lost. The anchor plates were generally considered too weak, but were according to the design sent from Wellington. Chbistchttkch, July 28. The Football Club contemplate sending a team to Auckland and Wellington this season if sufficient funds can be obtained. The team will also visit Dunedin, Nelson, and Taranaki. A man named Fuller, late taxidermist at the Museum, was nearly poisoned yesterday by accidentally taking a solution containing arsenic used for preserving skins. The stomach pump was applied, and the patient is now progressing favorably, though he is not out of danger. The Agricultural and Pastoral Association intend to establish a quarterly periodical called the ' New Zealand Country Journal.' Melbourne, July 28. Mr. M'Kean has been expelled the Assembly for making a statement damaging to the characters of members. Adelaide, July 24. A Court of Enquiry cancelled the certificate of the master of the Lightning for drunkenness. Sydney, July 28. The reported massacre of the May Queen's crew was untrue, the vessel having arrived safely at Brisbane with laborers. The departure of the Zealandia has been postponed till to-morrow. Hokitika, July 29. A crowded public meeting was held in the Town Hall, the Mayor in the chair, to consider the state of the Hokitika River. The following resolutions were carried : — " That it is highly necessary for the safety of the port that all the water of the Hokitika River be concentrated in one channel." " That the Borough Council be requested to take the advice of a competent engineer with regard to the advisability of making a wing-dam at or near a point where the old wing-dam stood, for the purpose of turning the water running down the north channel into the lagoon, and that the Borough Council be requested to spend such sum as is necessary to give effect to the opinion of the meeting; and if the Harbor Trust object, the money to be expended is to be refunded by the ratepayers." A committee has been appointed to confer with the Borough Council on the subject." Christchttbch, July 29. Fuller, who took poison on Thursday, died last night. It is now said that he took poison intentionally, owing to his having been dismissed from his position of taxidermist at the Museum. Weleington, July 31. The Luna is engaged sounding in Cook Strait with the object of getting a course free of rocks for the second cable. Captain Johnson conducts the survey. The deep sea sounding machine (Sir William Thomson's invention) has been found to answer admirably. The principal part of the work is now completed, and the Luna will probably return to-morrow. New Plyjiooth, July 31. There is considerable excitement here on account of a memorial having been sent by the Sabbath Observance Committee to the Minister of Public Works, in which it was stated that the community, as a whole, were opposed to trains running on Sundays. A large number of leading gentlemen have taken the matter up, and a countermemorial is now being very numerously signed. Letters are appearing in the papers accusing the clergymen composing the Sabbath Observance Committee of falsehood. Gbetmouth, July 31. The return of melted gold from the Wealth of Nations Company for July is 86ooz. A dividend of 3s per share has been declared. The 'Argus' says that an enquiry should be made into the cause of the collapse of the Brunner railway bridge, so that the blame may rest on the right shoulders, viz., whether the fact of the bridge breaking down under its own weight was due to faulty material or fsultiness of design. Half the cables were recovered uninjured yesterday, and the balance will probably be recovered to-day. Reefton, July 81. The Hopeful Company, from 1,140 tons, obtained 2,3130z. of gold. Auckland, August 2nd. It is placed beyond doubt that Bass, about whose supposed loss overboard from the steamer Taranaki, an enquiry was held by the Collector of Customs, has turned up safe. Cheistchttbch, Augußt 2nd. At a meeting of Chairmen of Road Boards for the purpose of discussing the Government policy, a resolution was proposed that the proposal respecting the creation of County Boards are unsatisfactory, as providing cumbersome machinery for discharging duties which Road Boards are quite able to undertake. Opinion for and against the resolution was about equally divided, and it was ultimately resolved to adjourn the matter until after the second reading of the Counties BUI.