THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS.
Wellington, December 28. The s.s. Alhambra sails south about 3 p.m. to-day. The Governor personally inspected the Government offices on Saturday, with a view of comparing the Civil Service of this colony with that of Queensland. The Governor was highly pleased with the results of the inspection. The Agent-General telegraphs on November 12th, from London, that he has despatched the ship India, with 163 immigrants for Auckland ; the Hudson City and Vienna, with 721 immigrants, to Napier ; the Rakaia, with 333 to Canterbury; the Garclock, Oamaru, Wellington, and Dunedin, with 983 to Otago. He has also shipped a large quantity of railway material. He confirms the report that Sir Arthur Gordon is appointed Governor of Fiji. Napier, December 28.
Two boys, respectively eleven and nine years years old, sons of Curtice, the town bandmaster, were drowned, bathing in the Tutaekuri river, yesterday. The elder boy was drowned in trying to save the younger.
[FROM OCR DUNEDIN CORRESPONDENT.] Dunedin, December 28th. The Times is authorised to state that there is no foundation for the reported retirement of Judge Chapman. A gold field has been discovered at the Waian, tint the prospects are only such as to encourage a small population. The Star of the East had a Christmas cake of 277-A ounces from 200 tons of stone.
THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS.
Globe, Volume II, Issue 173, 28 December 1874, Page 2
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