LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 1785, 26 August 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, August 22. Arrived. — Countess of Kintore. Commercial. — Tbe grain market is dull. Flour, £14 to £15 ; Christeburch do,£ll 10a. Wheat firm at sa, free on board ; oats quiet at 5s 3d, very scarce at 4s Id to 4a 9d. New Plymouth, August 22. The first sod of the Waitara railway was turned by Mrs Henderson. Wellington, August 22. Mr Fairclough's readings have been badly attendedArrived. — Phcebe. Commercial. — Wheat, 4s 6d to 6*. Adelaide flour, £18 10s ; Oamaru, £14 ; Christchurch, £13 10b. Oats, 5s to 5a 3d. August 25. The Post says that after the session is over, Mr Bathgate will retire from the Ministry and accept the office of Com missioner of Stamps, Mr O'-Rorke becoming liegistrar-General. It is reported that Mr M'Gillivray will resign his seat at the close of the session, and will accept a call from a Canterbury Presbyterian congregation. The inquiry into the alleged mutiny on board the William Tapacotfc has been again adjourned. Ladies will be admitted into the Telegraph Department under the following conditions : — Candidates will be required to be conversant with the elementary branches of an ordinary English education. They will be examined in orthography, writing from dictation, English grammar, composition, and the first four rules of arithmetic. A good legible hand is also indispensable. They will enter the service on probation, and will not have their appointments confirmed unless after a reasonable period of tuition they prove themselves capable on examination of becoming good operators. The rate of pay will be as follows : — At date of entry, £60 per annum ; at the expiration of six months, if favorably reported on, £70 per annum ; after twelve months' service, if reported competent as operators, £75 per annum, with an annual increase of £5, up to a maximum of £100. Dttjstedin, August 25. Over twenty - three thousand shares in the new Insurance Company have been already applied for. m