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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 66, 19 April 1873, Page 3

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PEE anolo- Australian press telegraph .AGENCY. NEW COLONIAL SECRETARY. NATIVE TROUBLES AT OHINEMURL THE CATTLE MARKET YESTERDAY. THE NEBRASKA. THE JAVA CABLE INTERRUPTED. Wellington, Friday Evening'. Mr Hkhbt Reynolds, is Gazetted Colonial Secrettuy, 36,000 acres land in the Manawstu district was yesterday sold for £25,000. rhe Agent-Oenera! has telegraphed to the effect that he has called for tenders for two vessels. I. hat Messrs Shaw, Sat tile, and Co.’s tender was the only one, and that he agre i for £l/ per head for two vessels only. Shaw, Saville, and Co. offered to contract for a period at £l6 16s per head, but the Agent General declined, and referred the question to the Government. The Government will telegraph on the first opportunity to the Agent-General, ordering him to discontinue all arrangements with Messrs Shaw, Saville, and Co. Timaktt, Friday Evening. Ths Racks.—Hurdle race. Sir Tati on ; South Canterbury Handicap, Hatred j Free Handicap, Malice. Wmanoahci, Friday Evening. The laces are fixed for May 29. Aramobo Steeplechase, £IOO. Gkahamstown, Fiiday Evening. Gold returns for March, 9,1120 z. ; dividends. 6,287. Auckland, Friday Evening. At Ohinemuvi, mining pursuits have been stopped by Te Him. All diggers ordered off. Fat cattle in full supply, at 22s to 25s per lOOlbs. Fat sheep, 3H- Lambs, 16a 6d. Fat wethers, 17s to 245. Calves, 20s to 32s 6d. John Shea, an old soldier, suffering from delirium tremens, attempted suicide by catting his throat at Otahuhu ; injuries slight. Ohinemuri opening is a sell. Minors swags were seized and the men turned back, Hapiaoa repudiates the agreement. George Shaw, Pareangi, was lost in Flat Bush for five days without food. He is found. All the settlers turned out. The man was nearly dead, but is now recovering. The trial of seamen of the Alsagar, for scuttling ship, is now proceeding. At the inquest on Young, the verdict was ** Accidentally shot-” Robert Stirosou was convicted of rape upon an idiot girl, and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and 30 lashes. Arrived : Kenilworth, from ?amoa. She brings the crew of the ship Aisager, guano laden, which was scuttled off Tongataboo ; three of her men are in irons, charged with the scuttling. They were brought before the Police Court and remanded. The Nebraska is detained until 11 o’clock to day. It is reported she will refuse to carry mails unless subsidy is paid. Waikato natives say, if report of Governor’s visit to Kawhia is true, he wen Kawhia. Mr Thomas Russell is acting gratuitously. He is accompanied by Mr Gray, Post Office Secretary. Dunedin, Friday Evening. The jury in Ryan’s case were discharged, being unable to agree. The majority were for a verdict of guilty. The new trial takes place on the 21 st. AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Hokitika, Friday Evening, Governor Sir George Bowen arrived in Hobson’s Say, from Sydney, on Monday, the 31st, and was received by the Ministry, and escorted through the city to the Treasury, where the ceremony of swearing in was performed by the Acting Chief Justice, in the presence of a largo crowd. Lady Bowen was present. Sir George holds a levee on Queen’s birthday. The Governor opened the show of the National A gricultaral Society. The cable between Java and Singapore is interrupted, and there have been no messages for several days. The cable end baa been recovered, and the process of repairing is proceeding.