Telegraphic Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1531, 5 December 1873, Page 38

Telegraphic Intelligence.

PER AMUjO-AUSTRAIiIAX PRESS TEJjEaRAJI AOENOV. INTERPROVINCIAL SUMMARY. AUCKLAND, 3rd December. The first case under the Floatage of Timber Act came before the Supreme Court to-day. Au application was made by Mr Macfarlancto remove the injunction in consequence of his having obtained a licence from the Superintendent for the Waitekuri creek. After argument regarding the effect of the Floatage Act, the Chief Justice refused to remove the injunction ; but modified it so as to permit of floating, not driving. The cricketers play another Auckland eleven on Friday. TAUEANGA, 3rd December.

The natives are making great preparations for the reception of the Native Minister tomorrow. Maoris are flocking in from all directions. WELLINGTON, Ist December. The preliminary prospectus of the Wellington Sugar Refining Company has been published. Capital, £12,000, in shares of £lO each, with power to increase to £200,000 Two thousand shares each arc to be reserved for allotment in Otago, Canterbury, and Auckland. The remaining 0,000 shares for Other provinces in New Zealand and elsewhere. The carpenters and painters are. in a very unsettled state. The masters object to raising the wages. The Zealaudia has arrived at Port Chalmers, with 198 immigrants, followed by the Jessie Roadman, also with 198. Owing to some cases of measles and whooping cough, the latter has been placed in quarantine, pending the decision of the Board of Health. The ship Duke of Edinburgh, with 209 immigrants for Wellington, was off the Lizard on September 20. The Salisbury, with 280 immigrants, sailed for Wellington at the end of October.

3rd December. The journeyman painters have agreed to strike for twelve shillings per day oa the Bth instant, if the masters do not accede to their demands. Mr Halcombe, the agent of the Colonists' Aid Corporation, has been instructed to spare no expense to make the immigrants comfortable when they land. Two lots are expected shortly—in the Salisbury and Duke of Edinburgh. 4th December. The New Zealand Steam' Shipping Company contemplated forming themselves into a larger company, with £160,000 capital, to meet the growing trade of the Colony. It is expected that the Hutt railway will be opened on the Ist February. GREYMOUTH, 4th December. His Excellency the Governor arrived in the forenoon. He was received by the Mayor and Councillors, the volunteers and fire brigade ; and a guard of honor. The Mayor and Councillors presented an address, and the school children sang the National Anthem. After lunch the vicc-rcgal party, with a large escort, proceeded to the coal-mines. The Governor's reception was most enthusiastic. A banquet is to be given this evening in his honor. He leaves for Hokitika at nine tonight, and a torch-light procession will accompany him to the wharf. CHRISTCHUECH, 2nd November. The Premier informed the Chamber of Commerce that he had telegraphed to the Colonial Secretary of the Colony of New South Wales to detain the M'Gregor if necessary to allow the Phoebe to transship the mails. The Company have agreed to collect the mails at the different ports, and transship them per Phoebe to Manukau. He also intimated that he did not think it compatible with the heavy engagements into which the Colony had entered for the San Francisco Service, that anything like a special inducement to the Suez service should be held out. DUNE DIN, 3rd December, $ A deputation of the Council of the University waited on the Superintendent, who informed them that an endowment had been set apart for the purposes of the institution. The barracks have been besieged by persons desirous of employing the immigrants. The supply is not half equal to the demaud.