LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1725, 13 February 1874, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[anglo-atjstiulian press telegraph AGENCY.] Wellington, Feb. 12. This afternoon the police captured on board the Mikado, George Maurice Drummond, the absconding manager of the Provincial and , Suburban Bank, Richmond, Melbourne. He had L 470 in gold on his person. . . The total imports of the Colony for" the quarter ended 31st December was L 1,984,605, and for the corresponding period of 1872, 1,498,193. The comparative value of imports for the Colony for 1872 was L 5,142,951, and for the last year L 6,462,981. The exports for -the. Colony for 1872 were L 5,190,665, and for the last year L 5,610,371. The Luna sails in a few days to prosecute the examination of coast lines, and determine sites of several new lighthouses. She goes first to Akaroa to take in a quantity of sleepers for the Timaru and Temuka railway. , Bluff, Feb. 12. The William Ackers, from Dunedin to Newcastle, three weeks out, had to put into Stewart's Island, short of provisions. Port Chalmers, Feb. 12. Sullivan, the murderer of West Coast notoriety, is said to be a passenger on the Mikado for San Francisco. . . Westport, Feb. 12. At the land sale of town sections, today, capital prices were realised, being nearly double the upset price. j . Grahamstown, Feb. 12| „: The Railway Committee has appointed a sub-committee to procure data to lay before the Premier to induce . him 'to place the Thames Valley line upon the next schedule. A movement has been organised to endeavor to obtain Government assistance towards the expense of deep drainage of mines. The promoters meet to-night.