TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 467, 27 October 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

o (FIM)M I'll!''. 1 >: ■ KSS ,\u KNCY. ) "WELLINGTON. Oc/HIM'T 20. The .vckness mi board the Z -r11;11hIi:i. is small-pox. - oni! of the <t. , w was attacked wif.l-i it s' ortly a ter having 1 i<•, ami is still ill. lie w.is soon followed l.y another of e Ct'W, who di.d in a few days. A rhinl and fourth are aHark d. ;md are yet suffering from the <fl tts i f tin- disease. Tlu-tv an* several "t tv cases • f sickness alx>ard, l>nt not of a dangerous c'-araeter. T e Z -ala-tdia was liot an in.migrant s ;i]> ; tln-re was not a, doctor on l>oanl, and in consequence of the nature of the disease on hoard, soxe difficulty was ex-p'-rii nc -d in getting one to go into quarintiiie, l>ut. it is understood that the agents, L vien and Company, will send a nudicd man on board as soou as one is obtainable. O AVEtilVOiU'. October 27. Mess-:;. Bailie and Humphrey, owners of the schooner Frances Gertrude, have r"-cMved a Melbourne cable message to the effect that the vessel is a total wreck at Goose Island. The crew have all arrived at Melbourne. There were no passengers. Tue Vessel was partially insured. LYTTELTON. October 26. Captain Thomas, of (he ketch Unity, from Petorus Sound, reports that, when six miles otf Stoneyhurst he passed some wreckage, consisting of a hatch, two spars, and the galley of a vessel of from twenty to forty tons. " The galley was square, and the harch painted stone colour. Sail.d— Wngrien, for Oainaru. AUCKLAND. October 20. Mr. Biickland r< ports : - Fat cattle, 33s per 1001ns ; fat sheep, 3id ; fat lambs, 7s 6d to 16s i ac:i, scarce. Mr. Binney n ports : —Melbourne flour, L2l ; Southern, Ll6 to Ll7 ; sharps, L 8 ; bra.n, L 5 10s ; oats, 3s 8d ; maiz ■, 4s 9d ; oatmeal, L2O ; bacon ai.d I nuns, in cloth, 8d ; pearl barley, L 24 Share Market - Buyers : Bank of JS'-ew Zealand. L2l National iiank, 78s; Colonial Bulk, 4Ss ; National Insurance. 32s 0d ; Union Insurance, 12-> 6d. Sellers : South British, 78s ; Moanatairis, 60s ; Alburnia, 80s ; Kuraiiui, 14s ; Thames, 14s.