TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4299, 31 December 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Press Teeegravh Agency.] Auckland, Wednesday. The Whaler James Arnold has arrived in the Bay of Islands with 250 barrels of sperm oil, the produce of a seven months cruise. She reports boarding a water-logged ship in latitude 25deg. north, longitude 30deg. west. The ship was of 998 tons register, and laden with yellow pine timber. Owing to the fact that the stem was all smashed away, it was impossible to decipher her name. The crew evidently had abandoned the vessel some time before, as all the boats were missing. The vessel was apparently an English one. , It is reported to-day that the A.S.N. Company will carry on the San Erancisco service for six months longer. The Cyphrenes sailed at one o’clock for San Francisco. Mr. Andrews went as mail agent. Mademoiselle Arabella Goddard was a passenger by the Cyphrenes. GraHaMSIOWN, Wednesday. Thirty diggers, with swags, have left for Ohiaemuri, with the intention of waiting on the spot until the opening is proclaimed. A sample of coal was shown In town to-day, said to be from a seam on the land between Hikutaia and Ohinemuri. A few of the mines and batteries have resumed work after the Christmas holidays. Napier, Wednesday. The affairs of Stuart and Co. are being settled satisfactorily. Messrs. A. P. Stuart and Co., of Wellington, have arranged with the creditors to take over the estate and pay 17s. 6d. in the pound, by instalments at three, six, nine, and twelve mouths, with interest. The assent of the requisite number of creditors has been obtained. The business will be carried on as usual. The bodies of the two boys who were drowned whilst bathing in the river Tutaekuri have been found. An inquest was held, and a verdict returned of accidental death. Chrisichckch, Wednesday. Another branch railway,'thirty miles long, from the Racecourse Station, near Christchurch to Southbridge, will be opened for general traffic in February, The Acclimatisation Society have decided to request the Superintendent to remove protec, tion from house sparrows, which have become a nuisance in the province, and to sanction the issue of licenses for fishing for trout in the river Avon. Dunedin, Wednesday. Thirteen cases, including eight charges of robbery from the person, are set down, for hearing at the Supreme Court on Monday. This year 8920 souls have been introduced into Otago, under the immigration scheme, as against 2824 in 1873.