LATE TELEGRAMS.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1139, 6 January 1874, Page 4

LATE TELEGRAMS.

TORT CHALMERS. The City of Dunedin brings 147 statute adults and seventeen saloon jnssengors. Two deaths and two births occurred <>n the iiasHasre. I lie tioventor was received very quietly. He examined the Railway Pier and (Laving Dock and spoke of them in high terms of satisfaction. He lias left on a trip to Moeraki in the Blanche for three days. DUNEDIN. The General Government have ac- | cepted a local tender f>r four railway waggons at £350. This price is as low if not lower, than they could be imported f« r The miners in the digging districts are refusing to sell gold to the Banks in consequence of a reduction in price. The amount brought in by escort is expected to he very small. The Times and Guardian comment on the dirty condition of the ship City of London, and complain of the way in which the married people were huddled together. The commercial travellers held their annual dinner on the 29th. CHRIS f CHURCH. The Provincial Government resigned on the 31st. Montgomery, formerly Provincial Treasurer, was sent for, and is endeavoring to form an Executive. Marshman, the Manager of Railways, has also resigned. LYTT ELTON. Star of India, has arrived from London, 93 clays from start. Ten saloon passengers, 317 immigiants. Eight deaths-of infants and four births occurred ou the voyage. The John Knox, from Sydney, has also arrived. AUCKLAND. The Resident Magistrate has dismissed the charge arainst the Doctor •of the Chile, completely acquitting kirn from blame, on the ground that it was absolutely necessary to restrain Mrs A r esey, and that there was no suitable place of confinement except the one used, and that there was no unnecessary violeuce. In compliance with a request of the Secretary of Customs, the Harbor Board has determined to instruct the harbor-master to prepare a report on the weather, with a view to the establishment of a system of storm signals throughout the colony. Carpenters are resolved to demand 10s a day. • «. LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. MELBOURNE. December 23. The principal interest at present is centered in the approaching cricket match to be played on Priday. The English cricketers since their arrival have been practising assiduously in the presence of admiring crowds, including the Governor. They have also been entertained in various directions. The A ictorians have selected a very stron°eighteen, and feel, confident of making a good show against the Englishmen. Colonel Ward and Mr Humphrey are the respective umpires. The interest in the match is very great, and, if fine weather 200,000 people will be present. The Great Britain arrived in 57 days. She brought 700 passengers. The Rifle Association prizes were presented by the Governor in the Town Hall on the 19th instant, and in presenting the New Zealand War Medals, he paid a very high compliment to the recipients for their services. The Climes rioters were charged with common assault, and fined £5 each. Valuable consignments of racing stock have beeu received in Melbourne . and Sydney. A number of drownings in the Yarra have occurred. During the intensely hot weather much damage has been occasioned by bush tires. Last week the weather turned quite cold. Rain is badly wanted . throughout the country. The question of a harbor trust is strongly advocated by the mercantile . and shipping company. Government has promised that steps shall be taken. Matlock, near Wood's point, has been destroyed by fire, and two children were, .burned to death. A young man named Crosslenson ,Ims been murdered and burnt near Sandhurst. The rate of discount is raised one per cent. Mr J. P. Martley, a barrister, and , ex-Solieitor-Goneral, has died sudden'y. The will of Mr A. Robertson, a • squatter, was lately proved at £242,000. The Australian Cup closed with 28 ] entries; the Newmarket Handicap . with thirty-six. " The Minister of Lands recently for- . filled th 6 licenses of a number of ■ squatters' runs on the grounds of dummyism, also several thousand acres of 1 selected land. , Commercial—-Business is not very i brisk ; breadstuff* are very linn. Good s trade demand for flour at £l3 4s to £l3 'J 7s (Jd ; wheat much wanted at 5s 8d to os tO, oats very saleable at 4s 8d to to 4s 9d for fair samples; Henessy's ( pale brandy, 9s 3d; sugars in good request, commanding full lates, Latest s Mauritius dates of November 7 report the Medbra ami Farningham loading lor New Zealand. Whites are quoted {. at 7 dols 35 cents ; yellows. 6 dols 85 6 cents Salt, coarse and fine has ad- I 1

vanced to £6. There is a better demand for bottled beers. Teas sold at 0d to Is Od for a large lino.

NEW GOLD DIGGINGS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

The Glimpse, recently arriving in Port Chalmers, brought papers from British Columbia to September 3rd, from which the Dunedin papers publish the following extracts: By the Telfair from Sitka, from Portland, which called off the harbor yesterday morning to land passengers, gratifying intelligence is brought of the discovery of new. and what would seem to be rich and easily worked gold diggings, situate near the head waters of the Stickeen river. The mines are shallow, and pay, it was reported, from loz to 3ozs a day to the hand. The creek from which the gold is taken is located at the foot of Dease's Lake, and named Thibert creek, after one of three discoverers of the same— Canadians. There were only twentythree miners in all at the diggings when our informant left, but men were dropping in by twos and threes from outlying districts and creeks. The discoverers of this new Eldorado travelled from Buck's Bar early in the spring, and arrived on the creek in April. The distance is 240 miles from the mouth of the Stickeen to the new mines ; 140 miles of this distance is by water to what is known as the Big Canyon ; thence by a fair trail. It is thought the miners will winter in the district. The gold found there is estimated to be worth about 18dol. an ounce. Pieces worth as high as 19dol. and 22d01. have been taken out. There are several creeks in the neighborhood possessing the same gold-bearing indications as the one from which the gold was extracted. This is the district of country mentioned by us frequently last winter and spring, and which we urged the Government to assist Captain Moore in opening. The Government, desirous to leave no stone unturned, in order to open up and develop every section of our vast domain, gave Captain Moore a charter to cut a trail to this very section, with what results so far will be seen.

A letter from Captain Moore, published in the British Columbia papers, states that miners there make from half an ounce to two ounces per day; all working with rocksrs.