LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1663, 3 December 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[ANGIO-AUSTRALIAN- PBESS TJSIBGEAPH AGENCY.] Hokitika, Dec. 2. The Governor arrived at 7 o'clock by coach— six horses — escorted by a number of horsemen and vehicles. Dissatisfaction that he did not wait for procession. Tomorrow there are to be a levee and a banquet. His Excellency will leave Hokitika for Greymouth per Titan en Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, and will return from Greymouth at 10 o'clock p.m. on ihesame day. Christchukch, Dec. 2. The Premier has informed the Chamberof Commerce that he had telegraphed to New South Wales for the Secretary to detain the steamer Macgregor, if necessary, to allow the Ph«ebe to tranship the mails, the company having agreed to collect the mails at the different ports and to tranship them from the Phoebe at the Manukau. He also intimated that he , did Hot think it possible to secure fortnightly communication with England. He does not thick it compatible with the heavy engagements upon which the Colony has entered for the San Francisco service that anything like special zncl«cemeni;s for the Suez service should be held out. Napier, Dec. 2. \ The Hovding has arrived.; all well. Eleven children died dnring the voyage from scurvy and '^dysentery. There were six births. No infectious disease prevailed. The passengers have been landed. Owing to complaints as to the food, an inquiry is to be held. to-morrow. 8 p.m. Proceedings will be taken against the captain of the Hovding for a breach of the Passengers' Act. Seally has laid a criminal information against the proprietors and editor of the Telegraph. ° Auckland, Dec. 2. The Governor has given the Acclimatisation Society two kangaroos. The society has resolved to introduce trout ova and a large variety of British birds. A tender for L 2497 has been accepted for the renewal of the Queen street wharf. Wellington, Dec. 2. The Zealandia has arrived at Port Chalmers with 198 immigrants, follow9d by the Jessie Readman with 189. Owing , to some cases of measles and whooping cough the latter have been placed in quarantine, pending the decision of tho Board of Health. The ship Duke of Edinburgh, with 209 immigrants for Wellington, was off the Puint on September 20, The Salisbury, with 280 immigrants, sailed for Wellington in the end of October. The number of nominations for immigrants sent Home by the la3t mail was 2361, as follows :— Auckland 181, Taranaki 05, Napier 172, Wellington 276, Marlborough 11, Nelson 31, Greymouih 28^ Hokitika 64, Christchurch 297, Timaru 194, Oamaru 41, Dunedin 308, Invercargill 280, Riverton 403. The nominations for October were 1025.