TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 253, 21 October 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

[Pbb Anglo-Australian Paxaa Telegraph Aokkot]. PROVINCIAL. : -- Wellington, October 20. Tbe steamer Manawatu is got off, aai is at anchor, II M.S. BasilisVis expected to* sail tomorrow for Napier. Some delay haa taken place io preparing tbe specifications of Hcchstetter ruce, bot tenders will be called for under c- fort i night, the work to be let in four lections or cc a whole. • • • ■ , A proclamation extending the Brunner railway bas been signed, so as to lead it | op to the end of Boundary-street, Greymouth. Government will take all possible advantage of the summer season for prosecuting the wotks. It ia not true that lhe Government will j consent to the tramway frcm tbe Brunner mine io Cobden. M'Cnrtby's application for a lease of ibe Brunner coal-mine has heen approved, on certain conditions as to the quantity of coal produced, hut it must come via the railway. The designs of ibe bridge ut Brunnerton are beine completed, and it wiil be more substantial thun was at lirst contemplated. LyftellOD, October 21. Tbe Adamant, emigrant ship, has arrived. * Auckland, October $1. The IXydaspes an ive J yesterday with 205 emigrants, aud Mr Kobert Graham, the late Superintendent. One adult,. and fonr children died on the pßSßoge out. ■-PaMCfig-tn ell well. She spoke the Que«a

Bee, from Loudon to Wtl.iogton, twice on I lhe voyage. Great preparations are being made for j the reception of the Governor on Wednesday, which wili be observed as a public holiday. Charles Weston bas cut his throat. The wound is not dangerous It is stated that the Governor will open lhe Onehunga railway to-day. Another alarming fire occurred tbis morning, when tbe stables of Mr Thomas Paronll at Onehun*_a, were destroyed, onca^ioning a loes of £100. The property was uninsured. The handicaps by the Aucklind Jockey Club are considered unfair to the Southern horses. The Hydaspes spoke lhe Yorkshire, from Otago (o London, on the 28th August, 45 days out. There is no appearance of the Phoobe from yet. The Wellington sailed South this morning. Hokitika, October 20. Tbe Waipara returned from the Haast this morning. Nothing hna yet been found to justify the rush. Parties are prospecting the country. Christchurch, October 20. The boating season was opened on Saturday with a procession of boats. Scratch races trok place on the Avod; twenty-six boats and sixty oarsmen took part in them. There was a large concourse of spectators. Mr Hoskius's company opened to a crowded house on Saturday at the Theatre Royal. The Carandinis continue to be well patron iaed. Timaru, October 21. The first clip of wool of tbe season arrived at Mr J. J. Russells from Level's station yesterday. The steamer Lady of the Lake was succesfully launched early this morning. She proceeds to Dunedin at once. Wanganui, October 21. A match bpfween Mr Brown's Lochioffnr, and Mr Quinli van's Fair Ellen for £'20 a sidp, one mile, was won by the foi mcr yeßterdny. The Stormbird left last night with the reprgentatives for the intercolonial rifle match at Melbourne on board. ' [FRU3I A COIIRKSFOKDEN'T.] CRICKET MATCH. Motueka, Oct. -21, 3 p.m. The first innings just over— -Nelson 73, Motutka 50. Beautiful day, good match, and great excitement. The highest tcor>s made we re— Cross 17, CcleS 10, anil Denshire 12.