TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 726, 17 October 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

{Per Press Agency .) LATEST FROM EUROPE ' AND AUSTRALIA. * [By Submarine Cable.] COMMERCIAL. London, October 6, Tbe wheat market is firm. Adelaide, 50s to 61h ; New Zealand, 46s to 50a. SHIPPING-. Arrivals—Belle, Peri, Ornate, Adamant, and Herald. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, October 16. Arrival—Albion. Sydney, October 17. There was a fearful thunderstorm at Newcastle last night. One house was struck by lightning, and a son of Mr Hannell, shipping master, was injured. Considerable alarm has been caused in Sydney by the frequency and boldness of recent burglaries in the city. INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, October 16. Bryley, convicted o£_iape on a married woman, received his first twenty-five lashes at the gaol this afternoon. Sailed—Taupo. Passengers for Lyttelton —Messrs Williams, Medlar, Wood, Moodie, Craig, Short, and Hedderwick. New Plymouth, October 16, The steamer, with Messrs Jones and McMillan's party, made a second visit to Mokau last week, and returned to-day well satisfied with their reception. A number of King Natives were there, and held a korero about admitting the vessel, which resulted in a decision that it the white man wanted to come and settle there he could. A number of natives, after the steamer was unloaded, went on board, and Tewera steered the vessel for about four miles up the river. Although only half-tide, there was plenty of water. The natives there are very enthusiastic about a new religion ; prayers are being held several times during the day. One feature in the new religion is the confessional. Mr Jones brought from the head of tbe Mokau splendid specimens of iron sand. The schooner Colonist, from Lyttelton, went on a snag in the Waitara River, and knocked a hole in her bottom. She had wheat on board. The cargo was damaged. Port Chalmers, October 16. Sailed—Hawea. Passengers for Lyttelton : Mr and Mrs Wright, Messrs Smith, Hammond, Thompson, A. Wright, Gill, Rowe, Keogh, and Whittington (two). Dunedin, October 16. Bread has risen to 7d to-day. The half-yearly meeting of the National Insurance Company is fixed for November 13th. Only two legal opinions have yet been obtained by the Provincial Government re the validity of convening the Council, &c, and their nature is kept a secret till the others are received. Only seventy men out of 200 discharged from the Blneskin road works have accepted work on the Waikouaiti line. The boating season was opened on Saturday with a procession of fifteen boats.