Telegrams.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 1641, 29 May 1873, Page 2

Telegrams.

♦ [Peb New Zealand Pbesb AssooiAti • Auckland, May 1 Mr Maekay has returned to Waikato. is reported quiet there. A, large apd infl tial meeting of settlers at Ngaruawhaia splved to petition the Assembly to extent /Auckland, and Waikato railway to the c< cated boundary withoiit delay.' It is reported that MrJ. S. Macfarlane be a candidate for the Superintendency, for Mr M'Leod's seat in the Assembly. Napibb, May I lw» sons of Mr Harding, of Mount Ye were committed for .trial for having, v their father's instructions, destroyed a b: on a public road at Havelock. Wellington, May . Mr Murdoch, of the Rank of New Zea telegraphs to the Qblomal Treasurer tha minimum .fixed for, the , four per cept loa £7 JjlOfl, was 10s too high. I' ' A.i ■ _■_ ..-. CA

tenders received in Sydney were for the total amount of £432,600, of whioh only £500 was tendered fof above the" minimum. The remaining offers ranged from £85 to ££3 ss. In Melbourne, tondera were received for £350,000, of which £4000 reached the minimum, the .balance ranging from £80 to £90 ; but between the date of opening the tenders and the departure of the Tararua, £25,C30 had been taken up at the minimum. Hokitika, May 28. Beef is quoted at 22s €1 to 27s 6d per lOOlbs. No sheep.

Messrs Mark, Sprofc and Co. report having sold 139 head of extra good quality cattle at an average of £6 7s 6d per head. Dunedin, May 28. At the sale o sugar ex Hadda yesterday, the following prices were realised : — Good fellow, £35 17s 6d to £36 7s 6d ; fine yell ow, £37; finest yellow, £37 12s Cl to £38 ss; good white, £38 ss ; fine white, £39 15s to £40 10s ; yellow counters, £35 15s. The nomination for the Supeilntendency is Bxed for June 4— the election on the 18th. Major Richardson .declines to stand, although strongly urged. He stards for the Provincial Douncil. Ifc is believed now that Mr MacanIrew will be unopposed. He has issued an iddreas urging the province to return men letermined to gefc the business of the session >ver in 14 days. ■lhe Michael Angelo, 86 days oufc _\-om L mlon, brings 140 passengers, all well. The Fidelia, wrecked at the Cape, was »wned here, and waß intended to trade beween tbis and Newcastle. Blupf, May 28. The Alhambra wan to leave Melbourne on he 26fch for New Zealand via HoMtiVi, and he Rangitoto on the 29th by the same route. The Queensland hairless horse is on board he Tararua fer exhibition in Dunedin a id ther New Zealand towns. There was a terrific gale, with thunder, ightniog and hail, during last night.