DUNEDIN.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1674, 30 June 1875, Page 3

DUNEDIN.

(From our own Corr r spndent.) . ' This day. The San Francisi) service. F The Guardian strongly ojpofes a permanent San Francisco service. l|sa|s,a branch to Fiji or Sydney is s-ffieien. fa. our purposes. Mr Brad slaw The Times .calls uponjMiißradsbaw to shake off disengenuousnejs ad say plainly ■whether he intends voting for abolition of all the provinces. * On April 19, there w^s punched from White Inch, a steamer mmd Ringarooma, for McMeckan, Black woid aid Co., which will form an addition to tieirfleet employed- - in the New Zealand trad- ler dimensions are: length, 245 feet; bekm,3ofeet; depth, 22 feet; 1100 tons. She pas ieen fitted with icomposite surface condensing engine, and is 300 horse power nominal jhaaccommodation for 80 first and 20 steeragp pajsengers. . By the mail the >Supe,.ntl_dent received advices from the Hom^ Aient that he is unable to charter vessels for the Bluff under £2 per head over Port ChilnErs' rates. There are fifteen casks jor trial at the Criminal Sessions. Daniel Sharp, the yojith who gave important evidence at the Oiect trial, yesterday ){. received three months fc. tieft. It appears he is a New York'thief. j f .•! t Libel Action dismissed. A criminal action forlibeliat Cromwell— Drury .. Aifcheson—forjpayttg complainant would find Hell Hill a ijaitajle place for his labour, was dismissed, b jeans the evidence * failed to identify thej defendant's handwriting.

WELLINGTON. (Per Press Telegiam it;ency.)

( Tuesday. . The San Erancisc* Maa Service. ihe following i 8 a cojiy bf • a telegram received by the Governor froi Mr. Thomas . fiussell:—"London, June 18J To the Hon. 'l»r. Pollen, Wellington .- Wellington and .: »an Francisco Service. JSydncir Government for delay. We n<hv have satis- . aotery tenders (£90,080) fori your service, ■ft'we second in printed (conditions sent you, wider which all vesselsjto Sad Francisco sail If*"* Port Chalmers, aid velels from San ftancisco sail to Sydnef, connecting at Fiji. ■-,c c *<> make a coitract In a few days. : °P?« d» eleven knots.— kussEEL.'' ■Mi Pri°ted conditions referred to are as :—Route £ : Frim Sail Francisco to oydney direct, and from NtW Zealand to San I *»ncisco direct; the mailsito New Zealand .«% transhipped &t, andjforwarded from ■^tadavu ; and the mails Mm Sidney being ; j awarded to, and transhijsed at Kandavu. . "',•;•■• :■■■■■ 1 i This day. | fpAnckland Capitation Granted. ib^" 1! 6- general Government paid to the pWTinci?,l : Government to-day the capitation Bp previously, withheld here and at *a?d, on account of interest on the con- '«■ e» railways, and to» recover which the *~...- provincial Governments purposed to I "M 0t * man^amus H the Supreme'Cotirt. [ »^^ er of Commerce Telegrams. of Telegraphs has inM 1! Dunedin Chamber of Commerce

that .lie Telegraph Department will be prepared to furnish it with telegrams noJifying the arrivals and departures at such ports as may be desired of all such vessels as may be named at a uniform rate of 3d. per.telegram, ihe offer has not yet been accopted.