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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 218, 16 November 1866, Page 2

The registration of the following companies is notified in the New Zealand Gazette of the 31st ult. : — The Greymouth and Saltwater Tramway Co.; the" Hokitika and Greymouth Tramway Co. ; and the Grey Biver Steam Tug Co. The Hokitika papers state that the length of the Tinonee, 193 feet, rendered it doubtful whether she could pass between the spits, ■where the chancel is. narrow and intricate and a sharp turn has to be made. ■ The immense advantages possessed by twin-screws were made manifest,, ss by reversing the engines she slued smartly on heel, and once head to current her safety was assured. The Alhambra brought 180 passengers from Melbourne to Hokitika, on her "last trip. The late floods at Hokitika have partially destroyed the^Jam constructed at the head of the old chan^l. . : : . An Act to- protect oyster fisheries passed the last" session of the General Assembly. The Chatham Islands correspondent of the Hawke's Bay Herald says that the Maoris of Kuingaroa, a settlement' in those islands, are making active preparations for a speedy return,to their original settlement, Mokau, near Waitara.