LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 813, 16 May 1871, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(per oreville's telegram company, rkvter's agents). Hokitika, May 13. A serious accident has occurredon the Hokitika and Stafford Town Tramway. One of the bridges between Stafford and Arahaura, 70ft high, gave way on Thursday morning. Dr Smith, of Greymouth,"was the only passenger. Ho had two teeth knocked out and his jaw fractured. The driver was much shaken. Dxjnedin, May 12. There is very little change in the markets to note, the mail advices causing no perceptible change. Teas are iu good demand. The produce market i 3 active. Wheat firm, at ss, in good demand. Oats quieter, mairtaining 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Flour firm, at £l3, the millers only caring to supply current customers. The dinner given to the officers of the mail ship Nevada was a great success. The Superintendent presided. The Rev. Neville's consecration is postponed till the 30th. Judgment has been deferred in the case Regina v. Strode, in re Lemon, Duriny Monday's gale, the steamer Pretty Jane was driven on the Kakanui Reef, but the damage done is not supposed to be very serious. Auckland, May 12. A house caught fire at Papakura yesterday, when a child named Smith was burned to death. The Tauranga mail route is no nearer settlement than it was a month ago. Portions of cargo from the wreck of the Twilight have been recovered. Another man, name at present unknown, has been drowned by the upsetting of a boat. Arrived—Alexandra, from London, 88 days out. Waverley, from Adelaide, with a cargo of wheat. Beports two barques loading grain for Auckland. Several new claims at the Thames goldfields are yielding well.

The shares in the Caledonian claim are declining, Several sold to-day at £110; Thames, £2O; Tookey's, £l4 ; Prince Imperial, £slos ; Cure's, £24 ; Moanatiri's, £5. The Caledonian will probably pay a dividend of £lO on Tuesday next.