LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1410, 6 February 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Feb. 5. Tenders for the Upper Hutt railway were opened yesterday. Five out of six were satisfactory in price. The sixth was ridiculously low. As some of the tenders came by telegraph, the Cabinet resolved not to come to any decision until complete tenders were received by post. Messrs Proudfoot and Co., of Dunedin, are the lowest. A telegram from Dr Featherston reports a considerable falling off in emigration, owing to the season. 200 emigrants were shipped in November, and 400 in December. Their destination is not stated. The Government has accepted Mr Curtis's terms regarding the Brunner Coal-mine Railway, and the Greymouth Corporation have agreed to waive their rights, in order to have the matter settled. The Governor leaves for Auckland on Bowen is to take place on 20th February. Auckland, Feb. 5. A monster meeting at the Thames passed a resolution condemning the edu- | cation tax as unjust and disproportionate, in the present circumstances of the working classes, and urging that it was the duty of the Government, out of the general revenue, to provide for destitute children and to promote the education of the masses. A deputation of northern settlers have interviewed the Provincial Government to complain of the manner in which the LIO,OOO voted by the Assembly for roads in the north were being spent. Dunedin, Feb. 5. The hearing of the charge against Ryan, for shooting at Detective Farrell, ended to-day, when he was committed for trial. Bail was refused. His defence is an alibi. Farrell positively identified him. The prosecution supply a motive in a correspondence between Mrs Farrell and the prisoner. Twenty-four letters were put in.