PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN & PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1822, 4 November 1874, Page 2

PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN & PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.

Wellington, This dry. A prospectus has been issued of a new steam company to provide a steamer expressly suited for the bar harbors of this province. George Donne is the successful tenderer for the right of advertising on the following lines:—Auckland to Mercer, Nelson to Foxhill, Picton to Blenheim, and Bruriner to Greymouth. His .Excellency the Governor has gone on a visit to the Fielding Block,..where about 800 immigrants are now settled. He will then visit Mr. Fox at Westhoe.

Iveef ton, Tuesday. In No. 2 South Larry's claim stone has been struck said to be equal to tho Caledonian.

Napier, Tuesday. Messrs Dinwiddie, Morrison, and Co. are the successful tenderers for the right of advertising on the Napier railway lines —the Spit to Napier, Tarndon, Hastings, Pakipaki, and Waipukurau. Dunedin, Tuesday.

At a meeting of the Harbour Board $oday, a letter was read from the Government stating that they v, ould be prepared to hand over everything connected with the harbour department to-morrow, the chief harbourmaster being the only officer placed under the entire control of the Board. The financial committee recommended tbat the Board's account should be placed in the Colonial Ban!? ; on the subject of debentures that mortgage forms for £50,000 be prepared. The term of the loan is thirty years from the first of January next. Interest and principle to be payable at Dunedin, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, or, London, the first issue being £20,000. Eesolutions to give effect to the committee's recommendations were adopted. Mr. J. L. Gillies is appointed treasurer. It is stated that the Board has £60,000 in hand. This day.

At a meeting of tho principal ministers and influential citizens it was decided to form an association to cheapen thecostof funerals and simplify the present mode of interment.