TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 412, 28 November 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

(From the Dunedin Dailies. ) Welungton, November 24th. There are now in the Immigration Depot nine families, equal to 30 adults, receiving Government rations, chiefly through inability, from ill-health, to accept work. There are six families whose heads have found work, and who have a prospect of being able very soon to find house accommodation ; and ten families, the heais of which found work, but without any immediate prospects of being able to find house room elsewhere. November 25th. Tenders are called for the new baths, which are to be 250 ft. long and 100 ft. wide. It is intended, if funds permit, to enclose a separate portion for ladies. Mr. William Sefton Moorhouse publishes an address to the citizens as a candidate for the Mayorality. The statistics for 187.3 have been published. The estimated population at the end of that year wa9 295.94 G. Commenting upon the returns, the Times points out that for that year the G-overnment paid wholly, or in part, the passages of 8754 immigrants without colonial experience, and 1509 of them children, while during the same period 4761 persons, a large proportion being experienced colonists, left the Colony. The Times attributes the result to bad land laws and oppreI sive mining laws. November 26th. In the Court of Appeal, Mr. Cook conducted his argument for the respondent in the case of the Otago and Southland Investment Co. v. Burns. Mr James Smith replied at considerable length, and the Couct \ reserved its judgment. Gbahamstoww, November 24th. The Queen of Beauty Compaq-, **? ac : clared a dividend of £1%- M sliare out of the last fortnight'- ieitt - , OR . , ,kt/CKLAND, November 25th. The fi'v. senior's yacht Blanche was offered o* auction to-day, and withdrawn at £2100. The Ferndale sailed for London to-day with a cargo valued at £20,411, including 173,7841bs of wool. At the wool sales to-day there was good bidding. Long wool, greasy, sold at 9d to ll^d ; washed, Is lfd to Is 3fd ; half-bred, greasy, 9d to 12£ d j merino, greasy, S£d tO 9d ; locks, Gid. Napier, November 25th The inquiry into the alleged cruelty of the Captain of the Bebbington to an immigrant girl has been concluded, but the result has not been made public yet. A civil action for damages will probably be brought by the girl. The captain is also said to contemplate legal proceedings on his side. The evidence is said to be contradictory. The girl states that she refused to give up a pocket-book containing a memo, of incidents on the voyage, and concealed it about her person. She was seized, tied tCp, and stripped, when the book was taken from her. All the immigrants ex Bebbington have been engaged. Four of the sailors of the same ship were Sent to gaol for a month for refusing to -work. They pleaded Guilty, and complained of bad treatment and insufficient food, but this was not proved. G-beymottth, November 26th. It is reported here that Mr. Yogel tried hard to negotiate short-dated debentures in Sydney, but was completely unsuccessful. Lyttelton, November 26th. Arrived E.P. Bouverie, 101 days from Gravesend. She brings 20 prime Lincoln sheep, and 40 passengers. The Commission from home to examine witnesses on the SchiehaUion case is sitting