TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 313, 17 December 1873, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

(From the Dunedin Dailies.) Melbourne, December 6th. 47 New Zealand war medals are ready fox* distribution. Sydney. 150 candidates passed at the University Examination. Tho Wesleyan College Candidates were the highest. A Calcutta telegram states that no new rice is obtainable. Hobaet Town. A fish, presumed to be salmon, has been caught, weighing 31bs. London, December 4th. ' Russia proposes to expend a million roubles upon the royal marriage. Wbmikotos, December 13th. An intertribal fight between the Manawatu natives has taken place. December 14th. The intertribal contest has ceased. ' No one was killed. Auckland, December 15th. The acceptances for the Turf Handicap and entries for other races dose an the 17th inst. The highest scores for the first day's firing for the choice of .Colonial Representatives were— Skinner, 89 ; Evitt, 83 ; Payne, 75 ; Marvie, 73. ' . Reevton, December 15th, The crushing, of the Break of Day claim at Lyell yielded llftloz. of retorted gold from 152 ton of stone. , Ohristchurch, December 15tlu . Mr. De Bourbel reports that there have been very few applications for shares in the . Standard Insurance Company, The National Bank and National Insurance shares are steadily rising. Buyers : National Insurance Co., Ll 25.; South British Insurance Co., L 2 55.; NatioNal Bank of New Zealand, L 2 13a.; Shipping Company, 2s. 6.; Bank of New Zealand, Ll6 7». 6d. Sellars : National Insurance, Co., Ll 55.; South British Insurance Co-, L 2 6d. ; National Bank of New Zealand, L 2 16d. The crops are looking splendid, and promise much larger" average returns than hist year. Labor ■is scarce, eapocially in the- building trade. Fox harvesting and 'shearing large wages are offering. The " Lyttelton Times " suggests a mutual arrangement between the several Provincial Governments and the General Government with tho contractors, to suspend all public works during the harvest, and yrera, if some such measure, ilinot adopted

Strangers paying a visit to Dunedin are often at a loss to know what is the best establishment to visit forthe purchase of d. apery and clothing. Herbert, Haynes, and Co. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with' nowhere else in the cily. They keep at all times the largest and beat assorted stock of every class of goods, imported direct from the lending manufacturers < «ml warehousemen at home, which, being bought entirely upon cash terms, they are ennbled to offer goods of j>u«lt sterling value as cannot be equalled by any other hou.se in the trade. Every article in stock is marked afc a fixed price for ready money, from which iio abatement is ever made, so that the most inexperienced buy their goods at the same prices as the best judges. Their terms are— net cash, filflflflllTlfc Qy rfiti lift tionjL flLMiut..Jrjml-^»