LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1642, 8 November 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

THE AHAURA ELECTION.

[pbpm our own correspondent.] AhAura, Npv. 7. . The npmiriatipn pf candidates- for the representation of the Ahaura district in the Nelson Provincial Council" took place to-day. The following were nominated :— J. D. Pinkerton, proposed^ by J. A. Marshall, seconded by j. W. Jones. ■ R. Gray, proposed by W. J. Potts, seconded by Andrew Nichol. Frank Guinness,; proposed ;.' by A. Nichol, seconded by J. A. Marshall. D. M'Kenna, proposed by Ti McCarthy, seconded by J.,Daveyi,' Corbett, proposed by Livingston, seconded by T. M'Carthy. The show of hands was as follows: — Guinness, 18 ;, Pinkerton, 15 ; M'Kerina, 11; Corbett,6; Gray, 4. A poll was demanded, and was fixed'for the 17th inst.

[angio-australian press telegraph AGENCY.] Nelson, Nov. 7. ■ Mr O'Conor addressed the electors of I the city last night, when there' were 600 present. No questions were asked except by his friends. At the; close a resolution of confidence; was put and about forty hands ; were held up for it, scarcely, any against. Reefton, Nov. 7. Agencies have been opened here of the Bank of New Zealand and the National Bank of New Zealand. Wellington, Nov. 7. Commodore Goodenough has been sworn in a Member of the Executive of New Zealand. Wellington, Nov. 7. The Governor and Lady Ferguson go to Canterbury races per Luna, for Christchurch. Little doing in grain market. Wheat and oats, values unaltered ; flour, weakening ; wheat, 4s 9d ; oats, 4s 5d ; barley, nominal, 6s 9d ; flour, sacks, Ll2, bags, Ll2 10a j butter, easier, 7d ; cheese, 7d tp 7£d ; bacon and hams, uncovered, Bd, in cloth, B£d. Christchurch, Nov. 7. Flpur unaltered, Lll 10s to Ll2 los, at mills ; wheat, scarce and firmer, 5s to 5s 2d ; oats, almost unobtainable, 7s 6d, f.0.b.; butter, 8d ; cheese,, 7£d. A meeting of merchants was held today, to consider the advisableness of forming a Sugar Refining Company, with a capital of a hundred thousand pounds. Provisional directors were appointed to obtain infprmation on the subject^ and, if satisfied, to form and register the company. Nelson, Nov. 7. At ihe city nomination to-day, Pitt, Rout, Levestam, Acton Adams, Green- ' field, Hooper, and Burn were proposed. The show of hands was in the order named. There is growing excitement regarding' the Superintendency election. It is : rumored that Shephard will be nominated. Dunedin, Nev. 7. t The City Ccuncil is seripusly thinking ' pf constructing water wcrks. j His. Hpnpr Judge Chapman leaves by! the Lady Brd fpr Wellington, tp attend j the CeurtPf Appeal. : The whple pf the Vplunteer forces assemble on the Prince of Wales's birthday. Fifty Chinamen are engaged on the Lawrence and Havelock railway, in con- ; sequence of the scarcity of white labor, at! fs per day. ; Auckland, Npv. 7. The returns have been received from nineteen pelling places, including Auck-I land, Thames, Coromandel, and all the Waikato districts, giving Williamson,! 2140; Dargaville, 1704; Lusk, 1087.' The Northern returns are expected to be favorable for Dargaville and Lusir. The latter is now considered out of the race. The Hero left Sydney on October 31. No later English news to hand. The overland telegraph line to Persia has been interrupted, it is supposed to have been burnt.

Sydney, Oct. 31. The Government have abandoned the proposal to increase the tobacco duties. The police intend to (prosecute Father M'Girn, fer desecrating a grave near Rerinna. The fir3t steamer with the Californian mail proceedsidirect, via Fiji and Honolulu. Governor Robinson landed in Melbourne to-day. The Bant of New South Wales has declared a dividend of 15 per cent. Melbourne, Oct. 31. ! A large number of extra prizes have been effered by the Rifle Association. A fire has occurred at Sandridge. Several small tenements have been destroyed. Two shops have been destroyed by fire atGeelong. Mrs Steadman has committed suicide at} Sandhurst by taking sulphuric acid. Henry Morgan, member of the Legislative Council, is insolvent. His seat is vacated. Horatio and Dag worth did their gallops this morning, the former beating his stable companion. The betting is now 100 to 30 against him for the Cup. The Geelong Race Meeting is fixed for the 6th and 6th of February. A splendid rogramtne has been issued. •

Chief-Harbor-master reports favorably of Johnson's rockets and distress signals made at a distance of three miles at sea. Wheat, 6s 3d ; flour, heavy. Laonceston, Oct. 31.

George Moreton, clerk at Page's coach office, has been arrested on a charge of forging a bank deposit receipt at Adelaide.

The weather has been disastrous to the crops. ;