The Press. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1872. TELEGRAMS.

Press, Volume XX, Issue 2305, 20 December 1872, Page 2

The Press. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1872. TELEGRAMS.

. «, . [N.Z. Associated Pbess Telegrams.] Auckland, Dec. 19. The Nevada does not go South. Her machinery is in very bad order. She requires repair, and will probably not leave for San Francisco till the Ist of January. The Welling+on leaves with the mail to-morrow for Wellington direct. Mr Phillips has been re-elected Mayor unopposed. A fire has destroyed the Whan Hotel and an adjoining cottage. It was insured for £700. The New Zealand Insurance Company, at the half-yearly meeting, declared a dividend of 10 per cent., leaving a balance of £8384 to the credit of the current half year. • Arrived—Sero from Sydney with dates to the 12th. "... The Nevada's passengers all signed a letter strongly condemning the vessel, stating that no day has passed without some boiler tube bursting. Accidents to the machinery occurred twice; once the vessel lay in the trough of the sea, Jhelpless as a log, and all hands, including passengers, manned the pumps. DuNEriN, Dec. 19. Mr Brogden's pawies, ex Christian McAusland, have struck. The njanager offered them 6s for eight hours; forty of them accepted nVbut the rest remain oue. The Otago team is the weakest ever chosen for the Interprovincial Cricket Match. The Waste Lands Board has agreed to sell a block of 10,000 acres at Tapanui. At Driver's wool sale greasy merino fetched 11 Jd to Is 2d ; greasy cross-bred, Is l.d to Is 3Jd ; washed fleece, Is 7_d to Is 9d; washed cross-bred, Is 9Jd to Is 10d. Arrived — Alhambra, from the South ; Phoebe from the North. Sailed—Phoebe, for South. Bluff, Dec. 19. Arrived —Ottawa, from Lyttelton.