LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1371, 20 December 1872, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[N^W ZEALAND >BESSASSObIikTIQH".] Auckland, Dec. 19. The Nevada does not go south. The machinery is in very bad : ordery and re--quires r,epwrs*'- She- wi'l; probably not leave for San Francisco before the Ist January. •■:--•■;--—- ;• ••■ ■-:«—■••---■••■ ■ - --•■w» -r-. The Wellington takes the mail south to Wellington direct to-morrow.; r /' '■ 'The WhaW Hotel arid an adjoining ■cottage have been burned. They, were v&i suredforL l roo. ri . The New Zealand Insurance Companyhas declared ;10 , per cent, dividend for the half-year, leaving an available balance of L 834. The Hero" "has arrived with Sydney^ „ d^tesjfco the, 12th .inst. , . • r ~> : The Nevada's passengers all signed a< .strong, letter,, contlemrimg.that'vessel.and stating that no day passed without some boiler tubes bursting. Accidents to the machinery, occurred twice) in one of which the vessel lay in the trough of the sea , helpless as a log. ; All' hands, including' the passengers, worked at the pumps. ; : ; Dtjnedin, Dec. 19. • Brdgden's' ■ navvies by the Christian' M'Ausland have struck ;: 40 have since: accepted Gs per day of eight hours. The rest still hold put. 'J;''Thß : _;lnter-Proymcial enctet '; team ;is the weakest ever chosen. " '. The WasW Lands Board sold a block of 1 0,000 acres at Tapanui. . . . . ' 1X