LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1070, 5 March 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

i [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION;] [SIR JOHN GOODE’S REPORT ON. \ THE GRIiIirMOUTH HARBOUR ; WORKS. ' Wellington, Marbh 4. (-|5 Sir John Goode’s report on the modth Harbor Works has been received by' .the Government. He estimates their cdSt fit £‘162,000; atwl When the. plans are carried out,may, under any Circumstances, get 10 feet at low Water, find 18 feet at high spring tides; find fistrade increases to the port, this may Ihe. further increased to 13 feet at low, and 22 feet at high water. He recommends the deepening of the. lagoon channel at once, find looks bn Revolts Lagoon and Karbro Lake as veiar important in order to keep a in the channel. He further re9Knmeds the reservation of all lands by the lagoon and Karorb Lake for the construction of docks. Wellington, March & In consequence of Major Kemp’s conduct in connection with the Murimot .difficulty, the Government, to-day re* commended to His Excellency that , he

he dismissed from all his appointments, it is understood that His Excellency approves Of this step. Mr 'Gilrhth, wnO Wds in possesion of the Hotel-, destroyed by lsre last is unable to account for the ’origin of the fire. - fte looses £3OO worth ‘of furniture, which wad uninsured. # Mdrch 4. A suWey party, uMet Captain EdWin, proceeded to the Heads to-day to Ascertain the positioh of the took on Which the. barque Sophia R. Luhrs Struck oh ftriddy last. The frocks on Which she strtick were found to be not on the chart, and were tin extension ‘of the ledge robbing ofSf Lyall’s feay.