TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4263, 18 November 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Phess Tblegbafh Agency.] "'• , ' '' Auckland, Tuesday. Two fresh' cases of Bcarlet fever have ocpurred jimongst the Hydaspea' passengers at the Quarantine Station. Most of the saloon passengers are southerners, and there are great complaints amongst them , about ,not being separated from the Government immigrants. Mr. Day, of the firm'of Heywood and Co., Christchurch, has sent a petition to the Superintendent protesting., Mr. Collins, of Nelson, aged eighty, is in a low state of mind, being possessed by the fear that unless removed within a few days he will die. He is not suffering from any disease. The passengers undergo great inconvenience from the want of proper sanitary conveniences. 7 p.m. The health officer has assented to the petition of the" saloon passengers per the Hydaspes for release. They will come up to-night. The Southern Cross, which sails for Napier to-night, takes a locomotive for Messrs. Brogdcn. Napier, Tuesday. The meeting of the creditors of Stuart and Co. was again adjourned till to-morrow. The offer made yesterday was not accepted at Wellington. There is a strong belief among the creditors here that the estate can pay twenty shillings in the pound. Preliminaries are being arranged for a complimentary dinner to T. Tanner, M.P.C. for Havelock, prior to his departure for England.

Gkahamstown, Tuesday. The piston-rod of the Pumping Association's big pump broke yesterday, and stopped the sinking. This will cause a delay of some days. The Thames Scottish Volunteers yesterday fired for the choice of district representatives. Campbell scored 87, McLean 85, and Gorrie 84. Donedin, Tuesday. Young Gait, who, at the last session of the Supreme Court here, was sent to gaol for six months for killing a calf, was discharged today. The pardoning of Gait was the last official act of the Governor before leaving Wellington. His unexceptionally good conduct was the cause of his liberation. Person's farm house, near Lawrence, was burned down to-day. The cause is unknown. The house and furniture were insured in the Norwich Union for £3OO, and Victoria for £2OO. Nelson, Tuesday. Thirty families of immigrants will shortly ba sent to Karamea as a nucleus of a special settlement. They will be ensured Bs. a day for three days in the week for six months. Pifty-five acres of land are to be leased to each family for 2s. per acre, and at the end of fourteen years to become their freehold. The Provincial Government is advertising for a £27,000 loan for harbor improvements. The Otago sails for Greymouth at 1 o'clock.