TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 78, 31 March 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

P EO V I N 0 I AL . Wellington, March 31. 'Ihe tender of Smith & Revins, of Wairarapa, for 1000 telegraph poles has been accepted. Messrs Gibbs, Bright, & Co's agent at Dunedin has communicated -with the Government offering to coayey emigrants :from England to New Zealand. ' The Company proposes to build six steamers of 5000 tons each, fitted wi th all the modem improvements - in machinery to "enable them to make the passage from Liverpool to

Melbourne in about 40 days. Accommodation | will be provided for a large number of passengers and the steamers will leave Liverpool every month. On their arrival in Hobson's Bay they are to be met by branch steamers to convey the emigrants to their respective destinations. Tbe Company will provide doctors, matrons, &c. The letter states that the steamers cannot find profitable occupation in the direcfc trade with New Zealand, but ifc is hoped that if in other respects the arrangemements prove satisfactory, the stoppage at Melbourne may not be regarded as an insuperable objection. The Company offers to convey the emigrants afc a low rate, and to forfeit the passage money of those who do not arrive at their destination. Christchukcu, March 31. At the inquest on the body of a man who was killed on tbe railway, the evidence showed that he had gone into the tunnel and fallen asleep in a sitting posture, and that the iron step of tbe engine, in passing, had struck him on the head, killing him instantaneously. The accident was entirely his own fault. Two watchmen will for the future be employed to prevent accidents. The Hon. E. W. Stafford has purchased the Landsowne estate near Christchurch. Post Chalmers, March 31. The Christian M'Ausland sailed on Saturday with a full cargo of meats, wool, &c, 14 passengers, and 7000 ounces gold. Dunedin, March 31. A Ladies' Committee is making exertions to establish four scholarships of the value cf £ZQ each for ladies at the Otago University. The Auckland correspondent of the Baity Times says in the report supplied by the Government of the Waikato meeting, much of importance was suppressed in .farata's speech. Auckland, March 31. Mr Sanders reports: — Otago's, 2ls ; Bright Smiles, 455; Albions, 92s 6d; Tookeys, 150s. The Governor and Messrs Vogel and M'Lean leave Manakau in the Luna to-day. Result of Telegraph Enquiry — Another line will be stretched to Wellington, to be finished in three and a half months. New offices will be procured here, the present are unhealthy. Two boys were discharged and lour appointed. Other changes shortly. Arrived: Moss Glen from Nelson; Lady Bird, from Sydney. Geahamstown, March 31. A fire broke out this morning in the Shellaugh Hotel, and four houses were destroyed. Incendiarism is suspected, and Job Tyler has been arresred, brought before the Resident Magistrate, and remanded for a week. The damage done is extensive.