TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 139, 9 July 1872, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

DUNEDIN. [from our own correspondent.] Tuesday, 9 a.m. The William Davie, with a number of Government immigrants on board, has arrived at the Heads. Mr Brogden's tender for the railway line to the Clutha has been accepted. The amount is £142,000, —exclusive of rails and rollingstock ; and the distance, 31 miles 55 chains. The Albion leaves for Wellington on Friday, with the members of the Assembly. Another case of small-pox has occurred in Auckland. Re-vaccination is becoming general. Green Harp shares at Coromandel are down to 20s. The public were led to believe that certain stone would yield over 10 ounces to the ton, while the probable yield is really only 4 ounces. It is asserted that their last crushing (which went 0 ounces) was salted. The Suez mail telegrams were published here on Saturday ; and are in their usual jumbled-up condition. The Melbourne Ary ns telegrams via Gallo contain the gratifying announcement that the claim for indirect damages in the Alabama case has been abandoned by the American Government. The arbitrators were to meet on June 15 to further discuss the case between England and America. The Tichburnc claimant is released on bail. A sealing fleet of forty vessels have been wrecked oil - Labrador ; and the crews have perished. The Pacific Islanders Protection Bill has been passed. Horace Greeley’s prospects for the Presidency are improving.