TELEGRAMS,

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 403, 28 October 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAMS,

( From the Dunedin Dailies. ) Wellington, October 24th. The following sittings of the District Court for the Otago Goldfields are gazetted :— -At the Resident Magistrate's ' Court, Naseby, second Wednesday in December next ; at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Clyde, December 14th. Queenstown, on the 21st ; and at Lawrence on the second Tuesday in January, 1875. Tho Government has received a tolcgram from the Agent-General, dated tho 7th of October, which advises that the following immigrant ships sailed during September : — Cospatrick, with 420 souls, lor Auckland ; Geraldine Paget, with 330, for Canterbury ; Clarence, with 340, for Napier ; Carnatic, with 290, for Marlborough ; Crusader, with 370, for Canterbury ; Dilharee, with 370, for Auckland ; Margaret Galbraith, with 130, and the Nelson, with 320, for Otago. October 26th. At the Provincial land sale held hero today, the Waitotara sections were all sold at a large advanco on the upset price. A section on tho left bank of the Wanganui, upset price 10s per acre, fetched from £2 to £3. The Wairarapa land also sold well. Tho total amount realised is about £12,000. Only two or three sections of the Parae Karetu block were sold. Attokland, October 24th. The discussion on Ritualism was settled by the withdrawal of all the motions. Tho matter is left in the hands -of the Bishop, who promised attention to any appeal from congregations. Archdeacon Maunsell said, turning Eu^t was all the Ritualistic practice in Auckland. The prospectus of tho Co-operative Meat Supply Company has been issued, capital £4000. The schooner Southern Cross has arrived, twenty-six days out from Napier. She left on the 28th September, and had .gales from her start to the 6th inst., when a tremendous squall drove the vessel on her beam ends. Next day the rudder was carried away, the stock breaking in half. The vessel lay helpless in a cross sea, but managed to heave to lor ten days. She flrifted leeward at three knots per hour on an average. Several attempts were made to ship a new rudder, but did not succeed. On the gale abating about the 17th, a temporary steerage apparatus was rigged. By this time food had run short, although the crew had been on short allowance nearly all the time. She passed a full rigged Bhip, but could not make her answer signals. On the Bth she spoke the East Lothian, and obtained provisions. Men and officers are weak and exhausted, and the vessel is much strained. She bore up for Auckland, not being able to beat up for Tairua, where sho was bound. October 26th. The Sydney papers per Hero state that in the outset the Californian service is to he carried out by a temporary service, the steamers calling at Auckland en route for Sydney each trip.A private letter intimates that it was known in commercial circles in Boston, U.S., that Forbes's circumstances were not so affluent as was generally supposed. It was believeii impossible that he could carry out the contract with the Government of New South Wales and New Zealand. Ltttelton, October 26th. Arrived : Gutenburg, from Hamburg, 113 days out, with 137 immigrants. One death and two births occurred during tho voyage.