TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 311, 29 December 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

[Pan Anglo Australian Press Telegraph Agknct.] F R 0 V I~N C I A L. Dunedin, December 29, The papers this morning publish some interesting particulars respecting the Californian Service evidently furnished by Mr VogeJ. Mr Hall has connected himself with Mr Forbes, senior, a partner ia the wealthy China house of Busgell and {Jo., and also with Mr De Buach, who is extensively connected with steam shipping between England and China, and is pare owner of the Tartar and Mongol. Mr Forbes is known in England and America as a man of great wealth and high reputation. They will be joined by others in their undertaking, and will endeavor to employ the finest boats in the I'acific. They have contracted for building four new boats on the Clyde, and two at Sunderland. Two will be 350 feet long; gross tonnage, 2780; guaranteed 12 knots speed. The other two will be 360 feet long ; 3130 grot* tonnage aho guaranteed to average 12 knots. Messrs Forbes and De Busch are the owners of the screw line which is successfully opposicg the Pacific Mail Company betwean San Francisco and China and Japan, The Tartar will leave Sydney on January Isth. 'i he Erytbenes leaves Auckland in time to reach Kancavau by February 21, connecting there with the boat from Sydney. They wanted to make 24 honrs at Auckland, bat 12 hours was considered sufficient, but the Question is no t ye t settled. The stoppages will be Napier five hours, Wellincton 12, and Lyttelton 12. Auckland will be the coaling port in New Zealand. Mr Thomas Russell had been very ill, and just before the mail was leaving was ordered by the doctor to the Continent. Altogether, the "question of the contract has been very completely considered, and New Zealand U likely to have steam power superior to anything seen in the Australian colonies. Port Chalmers, December 29. Arrived, the French warship Vire, from Cambell Island, having surveyed «he island, and made a platform for instruments for observing the transit of Venus. The weather was very misty while there. The City of Dunedin arrived from Glasgow, with fifty immigrants, all well. _A ship is off the Heads, supposed to be the Warrior Queen, from London. The Governor visits her to-day. rru r> i x-r.^ WeU kgton, December 29 She Duke of Edinburgh came into the harb yesterday morning with two slight cases of scarlatina on board. She was placed in quarantine. The piiot was allowed to come ashore bne .has 211 immigrants. The detention is expected to be short. _„ _ Auckland. December 29 The Hmdostan has arrived from London with 100 Government immigrants. The Superintendent went on board and inspected them. They are in good condition and a suitable class The Haworth has arrived from Liverpool. There are no passengers. The cargo consists chiefly ot iron goods for a local firm. , , „ Auckland, December 27. Inkeepers Purse, a sweepstake of 5 soys, with 100 aova added. One mile and a half Mr Kay's b m Hatred, 6 yrs ... i Mr Wa.'ters's b m Zander, aged '" £ Flying Plate of 30 soys, added to a swVepstake of3BOT fi . Weight for age. Haifa mile. Mr Kay's b m Hatred, 6 yrs . w 0 Calumny, Mira. Sultan, Slander, 'and Ben Nevis were also entered, but did not come to the post. The crowd were greatly displeased, hooted the winner, and teemed inclined to create a disturbance. New Zealand Cap (handicap) of 200 soys, with a sweep of 19 soys added for acceptors. Two mijes. Mr Walters's b m Yatterina, aged ... i Mr Kay's b m Calumuy, 4 years 2 Major Walmsley'B b m" AtaUnta. 5 yrs 3 Papapa dW not accept the weighs The race aTead ° ae> aDd WaS W ° n fa >' Ya " e " Q aby Consolation Handicap of4o soys, with a sweepstake of 3 soys added. One mile Mr Watt's b g Parawhenua 4 yrs ' 1 Mr Standish's hi g Black Eagle, aged Z '.'.'. 2 «n3 c rftCeS T£ n °, fc - V f ry well tended, and the aport possessed but little interest.