TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4252, 5 November 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Press Telegraph Agency.] Tauuanga, Wednesday. Mr. Holloway is doing the Lake district, and says that Taurauga is really the garden of New Zealand. He is well received by both populations. With the Superintendent ho returned to Auckland yesterday. Hokitika, Wednesday. Mr. Wm. Smith, of ICanieri, is the successful tenderer for the last section of the Waimca water-race, including the laying of the pipes. His tender was .£19,462 135., and the work is to be completed in two mouths. Christchurch, Wednesday. The Opera Company opened with “ Satauella ” to a crowded house last night. Miss Alice Slay was received with quite an ovation. A number of young salmon were placed in a floating cage in the river Avon yesterday. In about a fortnight they will be taken down the river, and moored at the junction of the salt and fresh water. The Acclimatisation Society is trying this experiment as it is afraid to turn the salmon loose yet, with the view of obtaining spawn from them for artificial hatching. (prom a correspondent.) Nelson, Wednesday. Arabella Goddard’s concert here last night was a great success. The Provincial Hall was crowded to overflowing. Everybody agrees that her merits have been under, rather than over-stated. A second concert will be given to-morrow night. The company leave for Wellington by the first steamer. (prom another correspondent.) The Provincial Hall last night was crammed; numbers turned away. Madame Arabella Goddard’s performance excited immense enthusiasm. Mrs. Smythe and other artistes were vociferously applauded. Another concert on Thursday. Company leave for Wellington on Friday.