LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1840, 29 June 1874, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.] Wellington, June 27. At the theatre, last night, Miss Alice May was presented with a handsome souvenir in the shape of a gold diamond brooch and earrings. It is privately' stated they are worth over L2OO. Napier, June 27. Nearly 4000 shares were applied for in the new Colonial Bank. In the Provincial Council last night a resolution was carried that the Council be increased to nineteen members, six being for Napier town. Wanganui, June 27. Scarletina has broken out here. At present it is confined to one family. The father and four children are infected. Christchurch, June 27. The Provincial Council last night made a reserve of 200,000 acres of pastoral land for primary education, subject to a provision that they be open for sale like other land, and when any portion is sold 25 per cent of the proceeds shall be paid over to the Road Board in whose district such sale takes place. Dune din, June 27. A large meeting of the Water Works Company was held yesterday, and a conditional agreement between the directors and the Corporation for the sale of the works wa3 ratified. A fire took place last night at the Taieri in the stables rented by Cobb and Co. Of seventeen horses all were saved. The building, a lot of harness, hay and oats, were destroyed. The damage is estimated at L3OO. It was uninsured. The cause is unknown. Auckland, June 27.

The Immigration Commissioner to-day held an inquiry into the complaints of the passengers by the Loch Awe, against Dr. Wyllie, Surgeon - Superintendent in charge. The accusations are of an abominable nature. He spread reports against the character of Charlotte Beamont, a single girl, and said her sist«r had had a child. Charlotte Rout, a girl aged 18, says he put his hands up her clothes while she was going up the ladder ; the matron, Miss Gowan, being a witness. Alice Spanswick, a married woman, accuses him of wilful neglect, whereby her only child, eight months' old, died; The night before it died the doctor said it did not matter, it was only a little bastard. The doctor denies all the charges, and makes very light of his situation. The inquiry was adjourned till Tuesday, to enable him to bring rebutting testimony.