TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5010, 10 March 1877, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[From thb Press Agency. Acckland, March 9. I- reply to a deputation, the Hon F. Whitaker eaid the Government would shortly n :: ; in a st the Thames for settlement KaiJway Commissioners recommend an extension of the railway to the wharf; also, ftsl railway tickets be sold in shops; and th&; there be cheap Saturday and Sunday tains. Taranaki, March 9. Tee expected meeting at Waitara will not, i; is said, take place. Jr? agricultural statistics for 1577 are just published. The number of holdings is 745; , wheat. 1016) acres ; oats (grain), 711 acres ; ; isrler, AS acres; grass land, 82,340 acres ; < potatoes, 596 acres; other crops, 268 acres— ■ total. 85,153 acres. The total increase of ’ tcre- under crop is 24,584. ( Dunedin, March 9. An inquest was held yesterday evening on ’ the b ody of Mrs Young, who was drowned at ; Ocean Beach. The jury rettimed a verdict of ! " Accidental Death.' The Hon D. Eeid arrived in Dunedin this , =:rzzg. : - J (TROH OYB OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Dunedin, March 9. THE WOOL SALES. Messrs Cargill, Qibbs, and 00. have received the following telegram from Messrs Helmuth, i Schwartr, and Co., dated London, March ( 6 —"lhe total quantity catalogued up to ds’e con-prises 103,000 bales. Both Lome i and foreign buyers act with much reserve. For the bulk of the grease and fleece, prices hire become gradually lower, particularly for secured wools and faulty and inferior grease. Prtc-i for superior fleece and grease are more rer_ir.” ,