TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3570, 27 June 1872, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[Per Gretillb’s Telegram Company, Reuter’s Agents.] Auckland, June 26. At a meeting to-day, it was resolved to form a Pearl-fishery Company, with a capital of £500 ( in £lO shares, to fit out a vessel for New Guinea. Telegrams announce the acceptance by Mr Brogden of the contract for the Newmarket and Mercer railway, 41 miles, for £166,000, exclusive of rails and rolling stock, which will be purchased by the Agent-General and contractors, the latter receiving five per cent, on the outlay. If iron maintains its present price, it is expected that the contract will considerably exceed the Parliamentary estimate. Napier, June 26. A horrible outrage was committed at Gisborne on a Mrs Hardy. A man named Sehrichter broke into the house, assaulted the inmates, and broke a female servant’s arm in two places, Mrs Hardy is not expected to lire. Her husband was at Napier at the time. Gbbymouth, June 26. The body of Frederick Hodges, a compositor, was found in a snow drift near Inangahua. He is supposed to have fallen exhausted. The corpse was frightfully disfigured by rats. , Wellington, June 26. The Independent denies the statement of the Auckland papers, that the recent cases of small-pox were caused by defective quarantine arrangements at Wellington. It is probable that contracts for railway lines, to the amount authorised by the Assembly, will be signed before the session opens. Arrived, 6 p.m., Nevada. Invercargill, June 26. Ah Kee, a Chinaman, pleaded guilty to two charges of selling spurious gold. He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, with hard labour.