TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 4617, 1 December 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

, , [Fsom thb Peess Agency,] In the N.S.W. General, in answer to a question the dispute with Mr Hall, of the San pi . 10 Service, informed the House that had not performed the contract and i.sureties had not paid up the sums’ f or iv-? they were responsible. wtUc “ A letter has been received from Gold.*/., of Melbourne,intimating that the effort! get an Australian cricket team to m-or-iwu New Zealand, hao proved quite abortive Tenders for the construction of a gM.,dock were opened by the Harbour Board'p day, as followsMr Henderson, of and Sons, £86,787; Messrs Owen, Jones a* l ! Co, £99,591; Mr A. Overond, £110,814 . v Richard Dixon, £121,000; Mr David Prnmf foot, Dunedin, £130,008; Mr John TaZ £139,000; Messrs Smith, Finlayson, and London (informal), £153,000. The tendeil have been referred to the Works Committe' for report. 8 Colonel Hamlin, Chairman of Committees in the Provincial Council, announces himself a candidate for the representation of Fraatlm He stands with Mr Lusk, in Sir Geo. Gtej’s interests. 1 Wellington, Nov. so The Otago arrived from Nelson at 11 p [ ffi last night. She leaves for the South at three o’clock this afternoon. Ladybird from Nelson, and the from Lyttelton, arrived at 9 a.tn. At the annual meeting of the Fiji Banking Company, a profit for the year of £3897 waj shown. A dividend of five per cent is declared. Mr Gisborne addresses the City electors on Friday. The Court of Appeal did not sit to-day, bat to-morrow it will deliver several judgments. Only two cases remain for argument, but will probably not come off this Session. The charge of lunacy against Mr Osgood, of the Metropolitan Hotel, has been withdrawn, he having quite recovered, and returned to business. Parliament will be further prorogued tomorrow for a few days. The writs for the new Parliament will probably be out on Saturday. Staled—At 3.15 p.m., Otago, s.s., for South, Passenger^—Messrs Todd, Suffield, Larkin, Warner, and Persian. At 4.30 p.m., Ladybird, s.s., for South, Passengers—Mrs Woodroot, Mr and Mrs Shaggs, Mrs O’Neill, Mrs Shephard, Mr and Mrs Pearce, Rev Shephard, Messrs Allbrook, Austin, Winterbole, M‘Rae, M'Notean, Hanson, Olsen, Fawnicker, Millar, Jackson, and Crombie. Post Ohalmebs, Nov. 30. A true salmon, weighing lOlbs Boz, and measuring 26in long, with a girth of 15in, was caught in the harbour this morning.