YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1084, 19 December 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

INTERPROVINCIAL,

[PEE PEEBB AGENCY.] Auckland, December 18. Sir George G-rey lands at half-past four 00-morrow. He will be received by the reception committee. A request hag been wde t» Major i«sk to allow the volunteers to atfcwjsL Xw tri»»jfli»l weta are being

erected. At the first, the Mayor will present an address on behalf of the Corporation. The procession then proceeds up Queen street in the following order : —The band, Sir G. Grey and the three senior Auckland members in a carriage drawn by six greys, the Auckland members in carriages, the Harbour Board in carriages, the Executive Committee, the Eeception Committee, the Licensed Victuallers, and Friendly Societies, the general public. The procession goes up Queen, Grey, and Pitt streets into Hobson street, by Victoria street and into Albert street, stopping at the Star Hotel, where Sir G. Grey is expected to take up his residence. If the volunteers are allowed to be present, they will form a guard of honour. There is no further clue to the mysterious suicide of Isabella Fraser.

The privileges of the racecourse realised at auction to-day £3OO. Sir G. Grey will be presented with a general address from the inhabitants at the Theatre Royal to-morrow evening, the dress circle being reserved for ladies. Geahamstown, December 18.

An influential meeting was held last night, when a Sericultural Association was formed to promote the growth of mulberry trees and sericulture in the district.

Mr Firth liberated yesterday 9000 young salmon in the Thames river and tributaries, and took with him mountain quail for liberation in suitable localities. The natives report that the trout placed in the Waihau or Upper Thames, some time ago, have greatly multiplied, thousands of young fish having been seen.

Hamilton, December 18. The Auckland and Waikato railway has been completed up to here. It was inspected to-day, and will be formally opened tomorrow for public traffic. Wellington, December 18. The acceptances for the Wellington Cup will close on Friday, the 27th instant. Kumaba, December 18.

A miner named Henry Gibbons was killed in a claim at the Larrikins. He leaves a wife and nine children in very poor circumstances. Subscriptions are being raised for them. Dunedin, December 18.

After several weeks' hard fighting over the question of water supply for the city, it has been decided to bring in the supply from the Silver stream, at a cost of £52,000, in preference to the Water of Leith at a cost of £87,500. The former gives seventy-five gallons per head per day, the latter only sixty. The adoption of the Silver stream scheme, which saves £35,000, was only adopted by the casting vote of the Mayor. The Rev. Mr Ross, Anderson's Bay, has received the gift of a horse from the members of his congregation, and one of the elders has presented him with a handsome double-seated buggy and set of harness^