LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1696, 10 January 1874, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

| ANGLO- AUSTRALIAN" PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.] Nelson, Jan. 9. Tramway Company v. County Council. — The Attorney-General moved ; to-day for rule nki in arrest of judgment on three grounds. The, rule was granted on all the grounds, the Judge suggesting that ou account of the magnitude of the interests involved die rule should be heard in the Court of Appeal. The races are postponed till the end of April. The programme has been enlarged. principal Qyent is the Handicap of l§o soys, with sweepstakes qf 3Q soys. Hokitika, Jan. £}. The following official- declaration of the poll for the Superintendency was made to-day :— Bonar, 534 ; Kennedy, 383 ; White, 223 ; Hoos, 50. Christohurch, Jan. 9. The grain market is uusettled, buyers here offer 4s. For new wheat, 2s 3d to 2s Gd ; oats, very little offering ; cheese, sd"to 6d ; butter, 6|d to 7d ; hams and bacon, §|d. At a meeting of the Central Boating Cjub, it was resolved £hat all champion races may be ro. wed " wj.th oy • without coxswains. T-he prizes will be liberal. Three -ganjjgrbnry boats, will probably enter for the big event,. Dunedin, Jan. d. The Club gives a ball to the Governor I to-night ; 350 invitations have been sent out. At a meeting q£ ttye pity Council last night, a motion was brought forward to have copies of the general plan for the new Town Hall forwarded to Auckland, Gliristchurcji. and Wellington, and to call for d^3igns in those cities. The inquiry into the wreck of the Surat commenced before Mr Strode R.M., and Mr James Fulton, E.M., with Captain Thompson as nautical assessor. Mr Haggitt conducted the case on behalf of the Customs ; Mr Stout appeared for Captain Johnston.. . T,he captain's, and the first and second mates' ce'i'tifipatep were handed into the Oourt. The captain was the first witness examined, and gave particulars of his ship and cargo. The ship was iron, and worth L 15,00 0; when she struck the weather was very hazy. There were five pumps. In the first hour she made no water. At five in the morning the water was increasing a foot per hour. It was an error

of judgment that he did not bear away for Port Chalmers. He could have fetched that port under twelve hours. A steamer passed between the vessel and the land at 2 a.m., and he hoisted the ensign with the Union down. He did not fire a gun, and was not asked to. He anchored in seven fathoms of water, hoisted out the boats, and landed 100 passengers." He then beached her. The captain left the vessel on the morning of the Ist January, leaving the mate and two seamen aboard. The chief mate, Abraham Porshavv, was drunk in bed when the vessel came to anchor. It was the first time he had seen him drunk. Witness drank something after the struck, but declined to say how much. He ' had a pistol in his pocket: and threatened to shoot anyone who attempted to hoist a signal without orders. He did not see the mate use a revolver, and did not prevent the women from waving their shawls. The inquiry will probably last a week. Lyttelton, Jan. 9. Arrived — Pleiades, from London, with eleven passengei'3. Auckland, Jan. 9. The ketch Wild Duck sold for L 650 for 3eeTinla.ru trade. Markets.— Dairy, cows, L 6 12s to L 9 3os ; calves, 283 to 333 j fat cattle 25s to 25s 6d per 1001 b ; Oamaru flour, Ll4 Canterbury, Ll2 ; wheat, 5s 6d ; oats, 4s lOd to 5a ; maize mostly 4s lOd ; barley, none. !Napiek ; Jan. 9. The following members of the Hawke's Bay Cavalry, qualified as representatives for the colonial prize firing : — Butten, 65 points ; Giblin, 64 ; Chamber, 64 ; Dran3field, 63.