LATEST TELEGKAMS

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1697, 12 January 1874, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

" press telegraph '.; " . 4Gbncy'.']' " : .' ; ; .■ • ATrcKLANq, Jan. 30. The Amprican whaler- Abraham Barker, has arrived at wjth one thousand rbarrejs of oil, thp' result of a ten : months' cruise. ■ " " ' The first sod of the Waikato railway extension was turned to-day by the Superintendent ; few settlers or Natives were present. Messrs Pollen and Mackay were present ; Pollen delivered an address in explanation. of the eve.nt, and of the method in which : the works were to] b,e carried put. . ..',..' - . .- ■ ' ■„ Port GiiALii^Rij, Jan. 10. The s.s. Mikado, 30t30 tons, from; Hong ICong, arrived last night with 600 Chinese. All well. 1 She left Hong Kong. oh the 9th December. She has two engines of 400-horse power, : and steamed , eleven knots on an average all the' way' down. She is beautifully clean, a passenger y.egsel. „ Dunedin, Jan. 10. In cross-examination.-in the Surat ca3e, the oaptain admitted taking six glasses of whisky, between the. ship striking and when she was beached. The carpenter was drunk as well as the mate. Things look bad for the captain. _ , The Governor leayes.tprmorrow in his yacht to visit the wreck. v. 1 .. i: ' The sails : 'a\id"stor'es' are 1 already saved; 1 ' A steam collier of 15Q0.tons has,,heeri purchased in London for Frank Fulton, of I this city.