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JTELEGRAPHIC NEWS ARRIVAL OF THE NEBRASKA, BIsTG-LISH MAILS Via San Francisco. (from our ow.v correspondent.) ; —♦— DUNEDI N, Monday, 2.55 p.m. I The steamer Nebraska arrived at Napier this morning, with the European mails via Kim Francisco. The news is unimportant. file principal items are subjoined : L, , . Paris, June 15. ] ihc destruction of life and property bv the Cbmmunists vastly exceeds the Government, newspaper accounts. I June 10. J The International Society's proclamation says that the Communists are disarmed but not conquered. They have still a force of 109,000 strong. Favre and Troclm aio charged with beinothe authors of their misfortunes, aided by capital and priestcraft. J London, June 10. The German army entered .Berlin to-day. The procession was the most magnificent that has been witnessed in modern times. The army marched between two rows of cannon captured during the war, and exceeding 20,000 in number. The appearance of the troops was splendid, and the enthusiasm of the spectators was unbounded. London, June 21. The wool sales closed on May 15, at an advance of Id. to Ud, on former'quotations. The London Fire Brigade entered Paris on the 27th May, to aid in extinguishing the conflagrations. A marriage is arranged between Princess Thyra of Denmark and the Duke of Edinburgh. QUEENS T O W N. (j'UOJI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Monday, 4 p.m. The election of Mayor on Fridav resulted as follows: FMJenstein, 178: MakHian 114 : majority for Hatlenstein, (it. Great excitement prevailed. Snowballing was indulged in bv the Council and citizens generally. . The snow is now melting, and a hard frost has set in. PIR Cr?£'/ILLE'S TELEGRAM CWAHY, RZUTEH'S AC:>ITS.

I Tuesday, O.fi .a.m. I The election for Mavor has resulted in the return of Mr H. S. Fish, junr. The numbers polled were—Fish, 702; Thoneinan. WABirch, 170. Mr John Gillies, lute Registrar and Registration Officer, cliad on Saturday, aged 70? A young man nam )d John Brebner, resident at the Port, and .John Hansen, a cabman, have died suddenly. WiJl'am H'.tf, a hvwk'er, committed suicide while in a state o temporary insanity. The schooner Wn.r.erman was wrecked in the Ofcira iSo-.-go ? No li/es lost. Heavy floods hav \ o ■curred in C intorbury. Bridges are damaged to the extent of several tli msaud pounds. A rise has taken p'ace. in Caledonian shares, whLh arc now fir,u at £145, M- \V. S. Moorho.isc has resigned his appointment a.s Registrar of Titles, owing to private reason*. Maodonald, landlord of theWanga"ei Hotel, Wellington (recently destroyed by lire), has been arrested on a charge of murder. The Rangitoto brings Victorian news to the 15th.—Tiie excitement caused by tiiu Nunawading a*"air continues, further disclosures having baen made public.—A woman has died from t!ie eilects of chlorolonn, administered whilo she was undergoing an operation. Only forty drops were given.— " Bondizo MV hasb:cn presented mill V.'o