LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1786, 27 April 1874, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.] New Plymouth, April 25. The census of the population of Taranaki, published 'in^ther-Tara'ivikiyHerald'i this morning, shows the increase in population in three years to be 1000. It is reported that Mr Whitcombe, the Provincial Secretary, has been appointed a Commissioner of Crown Lands. No bottle licenses have been granted in this district. DtJNEDiN, April 25. Brandy, in bond :— Hennessy's bulk, 10a Id ; case, 323 to 32s 6d. Otard's bulk, 8s to 8s 6d ; case, 28s 6d to 293. Stout — Byass's, 10s ; Blood's, 10s to 10s 6d ; Guinness's stout, 11s to 11s 3d. Kerosene in bond, Is lOd to 3 s lid. Straw; L 2 ss j oatmeal, L 23 ; flour, Lll 15s to Ll2; prime wheat, 43 3d to 4s 9d ; oatu, 4s to 4s 2d ; bran, 4s lOd ; chaff, L 3 15s to L 4; new potatoes, L 3 to L 3 10s ; bacon, B£d ; ham, lid ; cheese, 6£d to 7d ; beef, 20s to 25s per hundred ; 3d toYdper lbretail; mutton, 8d to sd ; veal, 4d to 6cl ; eggs, scarce, 2s 6d. The Ben Ohou Station, Upper Waitaki district, was sold yesterday to Mr Gstler for L 20.000. The Dunedin Gvmdian has published a leader commenting strongly on ah order of Judge Chapman's, directing the officer in charge of the telegraph depot to place all telegrams at the disposal of the plaintiff in the libel case brought by Macassey, barrister, against the proprietor of the Evening Star. Macassey's solicitor has sent a letter to the Chiardian directors, stating that if they do' not cause inquiry to be made into the unprecedented course pursued, a rule nisi will be moved at the next Banco sitting to attach the company for contempt of Court in permitting unbridled comment upon a matter subjudice.