TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume XVI, Issue 1809, 12 September 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Wellington, Friday. It lias been rumored that Mr Curtis has joined the Ministry, but the statement is not true. Dr Pollen will act as head of the Government during Mr Yogel's absence. Tne following gentlemen are gazetted Justices of the Peace :—Martin Lightband, Esq., G, Wilsden M'Kae, Esq., of the Amuri, and James Sclanders, Esq. Mr Yogel leaves for the Manukau at midnight io the Luna. She will remain there for the Magregor's mail and bring it South. Captain Fairchild is shortly to go Home to purchase a suitable steamer for the Colonial Government. Flour £12 153 to £13 10s; oatmeal, 24s to 255; potatoes, £8 to£9, scarce; wheat, chick, 4s 6d, milling, 5s 9d ; oats, 4s lOd to ss; Bran, Is sd, to Is 6d pollard, 8s 6d ; sharps, 8s 6d ; Hams and Bacon, 10|d to Is ; cheese, B|d to 9d. Cheistchuech, Friday. The New Zealand Insurance Company has taken up the balance of the Christchurch Six: per Cent Drainage .Debentures, amounting to £10,600. Produce market: The following quotations are free on board at Lyttelton ; wheat, 5s 3d ; oats, 5s 3d ; barley, 5s Gd ; potatoes, £8 ; flour £13 10s; bran. £6; sharps, £6, haras, uncovered Is |d ; bacon uncovered, lOd. The market is quiet and bare of barley and potatoes. Auckland, Friday. Mr Saunder3 reports sales of South British shares at 52s 6d; Albion, 60s. Buyers: Bank of New Zealand, £17 10s ; National Bank, 68s -Caledonian,£B 7s 6d ; City of London 23s 6d. Sellers : Bright Smile 72e 6d ; National Bank, 70s. ' Arrived: Loch Urr, from London, 96 days from Gravesend, no passengers. The Reform League held a public meeting, at which the Mayor, who was chairman, passed a resolution in favor of abolishing Provincialism throughout the Colony. It is intended to establish branch committees of the society throughout all parts of the Colony. Captain Daldy was tae chief speaker. Mr. Buckland reports: —Fat sheep, 630 were sold at higher rates; dairy cows, £5 to £9 10s; calves, 25s to 425; fat cattle, 35s to 45s per lOOlbs ; sheep, 5d per lb ; ewes and lambs, 24s 6d per couple; store wethers, 10s 6d.

Mr. Binney reports:—Breadstuffa are improving; flour, £L 3 10s to £14<; oats, 5s 3d to 6s 3d ; barley, 5s 6d ; wheat, 63 to 6s 3d; butter, very scarce at Is 3d; cheese, 8d to Is 2d; ham and bacon, lOd to lid; hams, Is Id to Is 2d ; potatoes, £9.