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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 55, 5 March 1874, Page 2

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' NEWS BY THE. GAtSwNJAN MAIL.

pany is two-thirds American, that proportion of stock be'ng owned by American capitalists. They will b 0 3,200 tons each, and very much on the plajn of the ships of the White Stn? line The machinery is Of the latest and most im- \ proved p^ttfjm, and they are supplied with .' compound^englnes each, two of -low, an d\ otyj'bf highcTaas'^tth feparate condensers', so that in case of accident td one, two remain in working order. .The jnip" are fourteen knots an~hour at fca speed twlien^ loaded, while the contract calls only for twelve knots. The Macgregor- was fitted! up •" and. repaired while here at a'.cj|Bt.,pf 7jbp \i dollars. A complimentary dinner was given at New York by Mr R. W. Cameron, an eminent - Australian shipper to - the Eon Saul Samuel and Mr Hall. Ihe Chairman remarked that Mr Samuel was the onU representative of the Colonies that bad ever visited New York in a public capacity. He said the Webb line had failrd rimply through want of support from America,, and complimented .the (ptovenimente df-'Ne^ Zealand* and. New 1 South « Waleß on"; - their liberality, and predicted the happiest - results The Chairmaa also regretted that the United States hud not taken the initiative in the matter, but it would bow receive every encouragement from that country. The 1 ) health of; Mr Sapjuel andj M.r Hall ["'were [drank. : Mr Parkes Gcodwin, in replying to the toast of the Press, spoke very favorably of the Ntw -Zealand Presß. r' ■ m^i^t •:••; '.<> .m- \ ■ A deputation has waited on Mr Hall at t 'Bfondavau urging the desirability of cbniitituport of .call for the new service, and offered to guarantee Mr Hall a trade of <£20,0pq a year* > - ; ;; , ; : , /. ,•' Ten thousand dollars were paid" for holding : i a post mortem examination of the Siamese ■. ...twins.;.,' ; r,: :.•, : ... .., ... , . ..,_,_ , „ : .TJbe^qeath of JDr.' Livingstone is doubted. ' : The'Uriion Bank of Australia has declared a dividend of 35s per share, being 7 per cent , for the half-year. , X , ... 1 '''Mr 'J. L. Wright, of BirminghamT has re--1 chived & letter from 'the Minister of Immigration . for JNew., v offering .to grant passages to a selected number of. agricultural . . laborers, and inviting Mr Arch to visit New '■ -Zealat?d. V; "'•''• : ;! l ■ ■'■■ ■■■■■- Aboutr2sCP;Bofala. are being despatched to New Zealand per month. The Kent Agricnltural laborers' Union seiit SOO adults per William Davie, fpr Qitfgo.and 75 in the Wenj f flington Jo^ .Wellington . Freyiqus r^q , | n^ f ' -JdepaVture a grand^ettertainment vrai given to them, at which sixteen hundred persons were present..^ „,.'*,'.. , ' ! The- Dorettoi with '280-inimigrauts, sailed on the 17th January, and the Jubilee, on December 14, . for .Auckland ; Auriga, Portland, RakaiarCJtjr of ' Glasgow 1 (from i ; Qla.Bgow)j have. Bailed for. C?anterburyvf John , ,rßu,li . for .Nelson ,•' Wilijam .Davie r , Atrattt, City of Duhedin for Otago 'j and for Wellington, the Schiehallibn and Undine. '■ '' , The Somersetshire, steamer, from Melbourne >ib London^ put into Valpariedi for ' "supplies. S-. v-\\\W '■'■. ■-. : , The ship Splendid, from New York 'for ,Dunedin, sprung a leak and returned to port. „ The Mallard, for Canterbury} war off Plymouth, on December 19th. The Scimitar, -for Otago, passed Plymouth ; on December ,24th ; and the Woodlark^itbr: Wellington, was off Dartmouth on the -tame' day. The. Portland. and Bakaia passed Dover on Jan. lltb ' "i ; Commodore Stifling, of H. M.S. Clio/ has arrived at S pithead, r ... ;

"r; Kef erring to the new Australian mill Bteßmerß,-,J,b4.4jfto CQJ'/orjffiQß&jß the pioneer vessel of 'ira new -lino of Siteamerß arrived/ oboutr tbe~. 2!jtta January. Mr H. H. Hilll ■ ' 'arrived ovetlind froth th 3 East: He eipriese es' '• lad utmost confidence in tho success of tie : '' ' enterprise. The resources of the compatiy aje> airiple, and he declares that if -the public »r^ . not satisfied, and the line should not succeed/ '" the fault ; n>ust be i His. ;ji ,He has beep bub „ r> < while here^ihthe intf rebtbf the cohipany] and 4(T confident that his negotiations Vita : me "railroad company will lead to getting a fist, ► A ittaJn fcoqa Sani Francisco to New York, carry 7 ,0 ,»•,/ ing> Australian passengers and.mails. .He las, : -n< jrufccseedfid in getting jipeoiet convey ed orectl ii«f; f fi: / Hnejfjandfhopes to be ablpitoadd agood 4eftl of;. o<i ftilfcfreighCfWheajnegotiatipnaiare conopktid. riM^l®|K J»7,«>;thß flrstiflew^fißydßibu^iciion •crpjfriWeJUiishipiotfchifliJEe wiUbela,uncted • in Augai%*ndrwill arrive here about\Tanuaiyy r gwz&^e,,4fialready negotiating forafortf^ •j^nigltly * Berrcce to bi-jWndacMj Jby fe irf 0 " American aud foar*£ngUßa wnstt. The cop-