TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3566, 22 June 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

< [Pa* Guville’9 TEpfakf m Company, : f ' ' Reuters AWWib.l » AUCKLAND,June 21. Aft Incendiary fire at destroyed an holqfc. ' ' \ Arrived— Taranaki and Edith Haviland brig. ; Wheat is'quoted at 5s fid.' Provisions are unchanged. Mr Lennox reports -the- shareiparket os quiet. Caledonians, £l7; MoanaUuris,' £Gr 2s fid ; ; Bismarck* j £5 10s; All .Nations, £8 2s fid; Green Harps, £6 5* ; Nonpareils, £2 10s; Tokatea, 8s fid. Wellington, June 21. Mr Bobble quotes flour at £l4 in sacks, in bogs £1410s; oats, 2s 9d to 3s. Hokitika, June 21. LlFlour is tinalterod. ■" Oats are easier, in consequence of the arrival of large supplies. Butter is quoted at" lOd to Is. Other articles are unchanged. Geetmouth, June 21. The wreck reported as found betwieen Casf well and Thompson’s Sounds is all debris ’of the great flood at Qreymouth in February last. The papers, Illustrated Family Bible, slippers, &c., were in ’a desk belonging to Mr Whitmore, of Greymouth, and were swept out with the house. A quantity of planking and ships’ spars went at the same time. AUSTRALIA. Bluff, June 21,12.30 p.m. The Alhambra has arrived, having left Melbourne on June 15; sails for Dunedin tonight. Passengers: For Dunedin—Mrs Montrose" and child, Rev. S. Sutherland, Mr J. Dunn, Mr Mailer, Mr Jack, Eevi A. LeForrester, Mr Richardson, Mr Mitchell, Mr Smith, Miss Humphries, Mr G. Smith, Mr Wigley; and 18 steerage. Melbourne, June 15,

The new Ministry has been sworn in as follows -Mr Francis, Chief Secretary; MrLangton, Treasurer; Mr Cohen, Customs ; Mr Casey, Lands'; Mr Mackay, Mines; Mr Gillies, Railways'; Mr Kerford, Solicitor; Mr Stephenson, Attorney; Mr Ramsay holds a portfolio without pay, and will probably be opposed at the re-election. Only two Ministers are doubtful of being returned. A bill to prevent the spreading of foot and mouth disease has been passed. The House has adjourned to July 9. Arrived.-—City of Adelaide, from Auckland via Sydney. Sailed.—Hero, for Auckland via Sydney; Zephyr, for Hokitika; Mary Grant, for Auckland via Warrnambool. The wheat and flour market is firm. Flour is quoted at £l6 to £l6 10s ; wheat, 6s 9d to 7s 2d. 2000 bushels of oats were sold at 3s 4d. A parcel per Gothenburg has been sold to arrive at 3s 4£cL Tookeys—Buyers at £5 10s; sellers, £7. Sydney, Junel4. The Government appear to have a good working majority. A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce interviewed the Government in reference to a direct Californian postal communication. Mr Parkes considered it advisable to build ships specially for the line. Arrived.—-Magellan Cloud and Ladybird, from New Zeeland. "Wheat is firm" at 6s. Wool shows a slight decline in price. Newcastle, June 14. Arrived.—Magnet, from Lyttelton; Leoniand Southern Gross, from Wellington. Sailed.—Camille, for Wellington. Adelaide, June 14. A despatch from Lord Kimberley suggests that the colonies should agree to free trade amongst themselves, but invites further discussion. Sailed. —Grace Darling, for Wellington. Large sales of wheat have taken place at 6s; flour, £l3 to £l4 ss.