LATEST TELEGRAMS.

West Coast Times, Issue 2238, 2 December 1872, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(NUW ZEALAND ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

Wellington, Nov. 30.

The Governor's carriage got stuck in a bog at the head of Porirua Bay. Cobb's coach me along shortly after, the driver of which extricated the carriage and brought the Governor and party to town.

Tlje average price per acre, paid by the General Government for 'larid required ibr railway purposes at the Hutt, is £55.

It has been decided to form a road round by Evans Bay.

In the Court of Appeal, the arguments in all the cases have been concluded, and the Court has adjourned to Wednesday next. The judgments will probably be given then.

NELSON.

Mr Luckie met the electors of the city last night. He contended that the public works were making satisfactory progz-ess, and defended the general conduct of ministers. A vote of confidence was proposed, and would have been carried but that the meeting broke off.

Mr Joseph Shephard has thrown v the treasurership of Nelson.

Dunedin.

The Chamber of Commerce , has resolved to call the attention of the city members to the necessity of the Government supplying better shippinginformation, and to urge the Government to constitute a Harbor Board.

Mr Bastings has joinecVthe Executive, as Secretary of Land and Goldfields.

Plummer has been sentenced to twenty-five lashes for insubordination, the visiting Justices being determined to vindicate the discipline of the gaol by the severest measures.

A fire occurred in Filleul-strect, yesterday, caused by using kerosene to light a fiie. Two cottages were destroyed.

Messrs ' Murrisbn, Rattray, and Beal have been ajdpbihted to select ah Otago eleven for tlie i.htei'provihcial cricket match. Arrived— H.M.S. Dido.