SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS. NAPIER, Thursday.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5240, 28 July 1876, Page 2

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS. NAPIER, Thursday.

The Simoinen s opera company played " Maaaniello" List night to a crowded house. Morley was splendid. The opera was an lnimonso success.

WELLINGTON, Thursday. THE DETENTION OF THE MAIL STKAMKll AT J>OUT CHALMERS Captain ThomHon, Harbour master, Port Chalmers, reports, at the request of the 1'ostinaster Ueneral, that the detention o£ tlu- a s ' City of New Yoik,' was owing to a heavy sea ou the bar, set up by the recent K E gale in the offing. The steamer draws •Jlft Mm , and the exact depth of water on the bai, at low water on the 20th, was 17ift. The rise of tide yeHterday was baicly 5ft.; today, . r )ft. 4in. After making .illowance tor wave and bar, 3ft , there was left no margin for tho ship to get out without striking. The bar to day is still dangerous, but, notwithstand ing, the present S. W. galo, the sea is going down, and hopes are entertained that the afceftiner will get out to morrow. She has made three attempts to get out, as she onght to have left yesterday morning. The De Murska company are having a iriost Bin cessful season hei c. Last night ond Monday trie Oddfellows' Hall was crowded. It is understood that more than £200 were taken List night.

CHUIS 1'CHURCH, Thursday. Considciablu advance haa taken place in thu wheat maikct. Sonu heavy lines have lately changcil liamls for English shipments, and speculation. Stocks arc considcicd insufficient lor New Zealand requirements. Millers stocks are low. At the meeting of the Christchurch shareholders in the Titauic Company, it waa reported that a man from Melbourne, who hits discovered a flux for smelting the Taranaki sand, has gone North in th« s.s. 1 Arawata.' — — ♦- - - -