TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 255, 23 October 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

PROVINCIAL. Wellington, October 22. A deputation, headed by the Superintendent, hss waited upon the Premier to urge the Govern_ment to erect their offices on land proposed to be .reclaimed.. The question ia still pending. *la the Customs several changes have taken place.. . Mr< Hackworth replaces Mr Hill at^, Dunedih^and.Mr Hill goes to Auckland. Mp] Mllellar is transferred to Wellirgton. ~mA A Melbourne telegram states tbat flour is , aft £14. Parcels of wheat change bands at 6s 6d; maize, 3s lld to 4s OJd ; Java sugar— yellows, 345 ; medium white, £37 10s. Tea— half-chests sold at ls7d to lslld. Wool is very firm. The Government have purchased Dr Johnstone's residence in Molesworfh-street as the Premier's residence. Price, £2350."* The Provincial Government are going to establish telegraphic communication with the outer signal station. Messrs Halse and Hunt will represent Wellington at tbe Victoria rifle contest. The first made 138, the latter, 133. October 23. One of theE. P. Bouverie's passengers is a loom-tuner. *lHe comes in charge ol new plant and machinery -for manufacturing cloth by anew procgiHHkenaed for Webley 's cloth factdry at aHKi^ Pipifcea reclamation is 52 acres. The^BQjPd Gpvernraent arc to have two acres for offices, antf-ten for station purposes, the cost to be paid proportionately for the amount used, Dunedin, October 23. Property is rapidly increasing in value. Tbe Provincial Government intend opening a practicable road to Martin's Bay, The Shotover gold mine is improving. New Plymouth, October 22. The Governofthas intimated that he will visit -Taranaki next meeds' He will arrive in the i middle of the election for the Superintendency. | Auckland, October 22. The Pficßbe leaves for Wellington direct tomorrow morning and returns on Monday. At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders Bank of New Zealand, held to-day, they were congratulated on tbe success of the operations of the company during the past half-year. The nett profit was -£37,737, and the balance of ■undivided profits was £8,654; total, £46,392. It was proposed to declare a dividend of 12^ per cent, and carry forward £8,892. The report was adopted. October 23. Mr J. B. Owen is elected a Director of the Bank of New Zealand, vice Mr Thomas Russell, absent. Captain Wilson has leased a iarge tract Gf land called the Mtttu from the Natives, on behalf of the Government. This connects the Bay of Plenty with Poverty Bay. The Star of the South was compelled to exclude fifty tons of cargo for >Fiji. The company have chartered a schooner to take it.

Grahamstown, October 22. The gold returns for the month are given at 8000 ozs from a little over 6000 tons of quartz. Share market shows little charge. Caledonians are firm, October 23. '" The rumor that Mr Lusk retires from the Superintendency contest ig authoritatively contradicted. Plnre market firm. The District Court opens to-day; tha cases are unimportant, being mostly in bankruptcy. Cbrißtehurcb, October 22. Of the Adamant's immigrants, 150 found employment in two hours jifter the barracks were opened. The WBgej* were : for married farm laborers; £78 per annum, with cottage and firing; married couples, £60 per annum and iound; single men, £40 per annum, all found, and £10 bonus i f they remain twelve months; masons, 10s per day; carpenters, 9s ; siDgle women, £20 to £35 per annum. A ship is signalled, supposed to be the Merope, with 317 immigrants. The Jockey Club have decided not to remove the disqualification of M'Kay.

ADDITIONAL ENGLISH.

[The Phoebe, which arrived at Manukau yesterday, brings the following additional English and Australian telegrams.] London, October 11. There is less demand for money. The wool sales at the opening showed considerable competition, and prices were well sustained. Medium scoured, and lambs' were in active demand. The price of copper has recovered, and is now quoted at £93 to £94. The present quotations for Straits tin are £120 to £122. Australian ores are lower. The corn market is quiet. Home deliveries are lower. Adelaide wheat is in good demand, and finer qualities freely fetch 64s to 65s per 496 Its. October H. Stocks are depresse I, owing to the apprehension that moDey will be dearer. It is expected that there will be a large export of gold to America.

ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney. The following telegram respecting the San Francisco mail service was laid on the table of the Legislative Council: — Telegram from the Hon. Saul Samuel to the Colonial Secretary, Sydney. London, October 11.— Mr Russell and myself have had great difficulty; preliminary agreements only just signed for both services. Permanent service stands as advised by telegram of the 27 th August, except that fresh good men arc now asuociatod with Hall, who gives sureties for £25,000. Temporary service will be performed by steamers over 2000 tons gross. The best and fastest steamers that can be jrot w ni ]_ e employed, to be paid as follows:— £60,000 per annum for ten knots, with penalty of £2 for every hour's delay; for eleven knots £75.000, with a further premium for increased speed if obliged. The service will probably be eleven knots. Had to pay extra proportionate rate for speed owing to the difficulty of procuring suitable vessels for such sort of term of contract and loss of time in sending them out and bringing them '.back. The steamers secured are the McGregor, now near Hong-kong, which will be in Sydney on the sth December, and leave Sydney on the 20th December; the Tartar, which is now on the voyH**e to China, and will be in Sydney for thc second boat; and the Mongol, a new steamer, which wili be ready for sea in five weeks. The fourth boat is not yet named. The temporary service will continue only about nine months, when the permanent service will commence. Instructions have been given to the solicitors to prepare the contract. We had a most anxious task. Be assured that Russell and self will insist on proper provieion for efficient service. [unpublished.] Melbourne, October 1 6. The Sydney horses here are going well. Lapidist is first favorite for the Derby at 5 to 1 ; Horatio for the Cup at 5 to 1. £692 have been collected, 'for [Captain Rouse's family. Preparations are making for the rifle contest.' A verdict of wilful murder on the body of another infant has been found. i> The Inebriates Home is finished. Sydney, October 16. The debate on the resolutions approving of the Government action re Ocean mail service is unfinished. The msjority of the Assembly are in favor of the preeent contract The Catholic Synod was opened by Archbishop Golding. Sixty priests were present. An influential deputation waited upon the Government urging ehe annexation of Fiji. The Governor telegraphed to England explaining: the position and recommending annexation. A San Francisco telegram of the llth instant advises a further shipment of breadstuffs to the colonies. A French transport with 500 of the wives andchildren of Communist prisoners has arrived at the Heads, The news from the new diggings at'.Queensland . is discouraging. H.M.SJRosario remains waiting for home despatche»r% Fiji. , .J£ Brisbane, October 16. jorne Parame from Manilla, sugar-laden, has Jreen wrecked in Hercus Bay. * Hawley and Kennedy's st;re at Gympie haß been robbed, and £100 stolen. * The explorations at Cardwell hajre discovered good land for sugar growing on the bank of the River Johnston, also various neir descriptions of plants. __ /