TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1187, 28 February 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Per Press Association.

WELLINGTON.

This day. The Colonial Secretary has re-, ceived a cable message from Dr Keyworth, late of Wellington, now m England, accepting the position of Resident Surgeon of the Wellington Hospital. Dr Keyworth leaves England this month, Df M'Kellar remaining m charge until the 81st March.

CHRISTCHURCH

This day. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received the following cable from London, February 28 : — '■ The British King has arrived, all well, at Plymouth.

DUNEDIN.

This day. There was a fearful gale and rain on Tuesday night m Central Otago. The Molyneaux rose 12 feet at Alexandra.

AUCKLAND

Feb. 27,

The steamship Ruapehu, Captain Crutchley, arrived to«day from London, via Hobart, after a passage of 45 days 15 hours, out of which there were 81 hours for detentiouat Teneriffe and Hobart. There are 10 saloon, 22 second-cabin, and 25 third-cabin passengers for all ports ; also 109J statute adult immigrants for Auckland^ There was one birth and one death on tho passage, The latter was that of a child named Annie Besweil. The vessel will not get away before Wednesday next, but all the southern passengers proceed by the Tarawera to-morrow. The passengers are well pleased with the treatment received. The voyage was remarkably fine.