LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1231, 9 July 1872, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, July 8. The following tenders by Broaden hare been officially accepted :— Hutt railway, L 28,61 6; Invercargill Mautaura railway, LBG,69f ; Auckland and Waikato, L 16,944. Applications to the extent of L 26 ,000 have been received under the Gold Fields Waler Supply scheme ; others to about a similar amount are expected in a few days. This is exclusive of the Thames and other works undertaken by the Government. The Government consents to advance LI 500 to the Greenstone and Hohonu Company, and to take second mortgage over the race. They are unable to grant the full amount in consequence of its being required to pay the bank overdraft, and not for work constructed. Auckland, July 8. A hospital patient named Malcolm M'Gregor is attacked by small-pox. Mrs Gardiner is also suffering from a slightattack of variola. The brigantine Harriet King, from Lyttelton to Auckland with a cargo of grain, was wrecked on Thursday near Port Charles. The crew and part of the cargo were saved. The vessel is breaking up. Cargo insured in the Pacific for L4OO, New Zealand about LIOOO. A steamer has been sent to her assistance. Ten thousand two hundred and fifty shares in the new insurance company, have been applied for in Auckland. The Harbor Board's resolution declaring Wellington an infected port, has been rescinded as illegal. Lyttelton, July 8. The schooner W. S. Mnnday got bilged on the rocks through breaking her anohor chains.