LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 214, 15 June 1872, Page 3

LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Per Greville & Co., Reuter’s Agents. THE WEATHER°°HEAVY GALES, j WAIKOUAITI ELECTION. NEW PLYMOUTH. Taranaki, Friday. The weather is boisterous, and no steamer has called for the English Mail. The Provincial Government has granted Rotten twelve months monoply in order to enable him to raise a company to work the petroleum springs at the Sugar Loaves. A bonus of £SOO has been offered for the first ten thousand gallons exported. NELSON. Westport, Friday. A crushing of 603 tons of quartz at Reefton has yielded 84 pounds weight of amalgam, Averdupois, about 10750 z. Troy, which is to be sent to the Grey. The sea at Westport still continues to encroach, and the surf is washing away the houses from the rear. The occupants

are removing from the few remaining houses on the western fide of Gladstonestreet. O’Connor’s action re the Leases is condemned, and his excuses doubted. The Queenstown coach went over the river bank, but fortunately no lives were lost, though five mail bags were. CANTERBURY. Cristchurch, Friday. The grain market is quiet, but an improvement is expected. • Wheat is held for 4s 9d and 4s lOd. Barley, 5s to 5s 3d. Mr E. Brown has introduced a bill for making the Superintendent the chief officer of the Executive, governable by the majority of the Executive. WELLINGTON. Wanganui, Friday. Mr Blackett has reported favourably of the water supply from Lake Virginia. A charge of perjury against Dr Clarence Hooper has been withdrawn, the prosecution offering no evidence. Wellington, Friday. The complete returns of the Waikouaiti election are to hand. Sir David Monro, Waikouaiti 100, Palmerston 72, Merton 46, Macraes 14, total 232; Webster, 26, 18, 8,6, total 58 : Preston, 10, 22, 9,3, total 44 ; Hutcheson, 7,9, 0,9, total 25 ; Cutten, 5,0, 2,3, total 10; Thompson, 3, 8,1,0, total 12.

OTAGO. Dunedin, Friday. The Superintendent, in his reply to the deputation, held out no hopes of the police being reinstated. A fire destroyed four cottages near Robin’s Head Hotel. Bluff, Friday. A heavy gale is blowing. Snow fell last night, and continues in unprecedented quantities. There has been a very heavy snow storm at Invercargill.