LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1690, 3 January 1874, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

; [from a correspondent.] £ Nelson, Jan. 1. 'Appointment of a new but substantially! thje; bid "Executive, namely— Greenfield, Provincial Secretary ; Shephard j ; Treasdrer ; and Pitt, Solicitor ; with the addition of Shapter, for . Goldfields, ftives great dissatisfaction to, the. party of progress herejaflnd is- T r©garded as a breach of faith on the part of the Superintendent. The libel case, Donne y. Lucas, stands for trial on Tuesday. • ! Wellington,, Jan. 2. ' The Caledonian Sports yesterday passed off successfully, nearly 4000 being present. The Champion Mile Jtace was run in pijaiu 15sec ; putting 221 b stone was 27ft ■9in ; hammer 211b r . 64ft: 10itf«; not a single police case occurred. (This morning the captains of all the steameris in port were served! with formal, notice from the Steamers' Strike Oom•mittee that' the seamen ' would' : work no 1 longer, .except at an advance of LI per month, making their wages L 7, and working only eight hours instead bf twelve. A compromise was first offered by owners 1 of L 7 per month for twelve hours, : but the men rejected it, and insisted oh L 8 per month, if they work twelve ■ hours,' to which the owners acceded. The Government have arranged for the Taranaki to collect for the next San Francasco mail, and to leave Port Chalmers on the 13 tb; Wellington on the 16thj arriving at the Manakau, on the 19tb. In consequence of the strike and higher price of coals the cost of passage and freight by steamers is raised 20 per cent. A ship signalled ; supposed to be the.' Celoeno, from London. Lyttelton, Jan. 2. T i Arrived. — Helen Burns, 90 days from Loudon. „.'.-.•.... Christchuroh, Jan. 2. Wheat, . 4s. 6d to. 4s .9d • oats, 4s 5d ; barley, 6s 9d ; fipur,.LlLlos:tp Ll2 ; 10s extra f. o. b. in Lyttelton ; bran sharps, 4a lOii to 53 ; butter^ 6jd to 7d.' . , The Ijytteltori Regatta^ yesterday was ; a great : subcess.' '" '- : u!i '■ hi - v '■ ; • ■ The ' Champion Sailiiig'llacewas won ;by r .the Sarah and Mary. . ;., <r ,; ,^ The Yacht Race iwasiwou by Day's 1 EnYiha;;'late Blue; Jacketr-^ -— , : : The Provihoial Executive' ! ha v s ; beeu>'. 'formed). Mr follows! :■*: Mr >|Mpptgonierie/j >i Preßident, without portfolio } J. W* 1

Maude, provincial Secretary and Secretary; of public Works ; E. .Jollie, Treasurer ;',T; J. Joynt, Solicitor. :■'" Port Chalmers, Jan; 2. s The Surat is ashore at Oatlin's River. The captain of the French war ship Vire [ .has.. kindly^. offered,. his, ,ser.yice3, ..tp.^the. Government to help her r off,. . . „ The 1 ' Surat was bound to Ofcago with 200 -Government immigrants..;.. The, i passetlgers are all safe. .The.Yire will take them to Dunedin. . .-. Duneddt, :Ja'n. 2.1 " The Caledonian Sports yesterday were a great success ; nearly 6000 people were present, and the Governor and snijte were oh the grounds. The sperts continue to-day/ • ; ■ [' '■ ' ■"'■ '■''■■ A banquet to Mr Yogel will be given on the 6th, and the Governor will be present. ■;■ .. • ; ;: : ■, . .-. ■ ■. : • .'.' January 2. The steamer Murray, from' the West Coast, on coming up the harbor yesterday ran into the. ketch Mary, and : sank her ; after that she ran. into the Government wharf to. a. depth of twelve feet. The engines were reversed, but, the current was strong, and they could not stop her. The ketch and cargo were worth LSOO. ' The highest competition, in firing, so far has been between Grossmanrßurn)--and Tomlinson; w:hb. have got 88 each.