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Dunstan Times, Issue 1085, 9 February 1883, Page 3

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HOME AND FOREIGN.-;.-London. February 4 Eight men have been charged will com plicity i • the Phoenix Pmk ’murders, aud of these O'Brien, Brady, and - M-’Cafferly have been tullyr identified as having been seen lurking in the grass near the -scone of the murders. The medical evidence shows that the wounds on the ho lies exnct’y corre-', apond with those likely to he inflicted l-y the amputation knives found in a loft-house belonging to another prisoner named James Caiey, a resident of Dublin, and a councillor of the city; ■ The prisoners at first lauglie 1 at the ch rgo, hut now appear to be greatly alarmed. The most intense excitement exists in Dublin over the arrests. The Right Hon. Colonel Taylor, - Conservative member for Dublin, is dead. General Thehaudin, the hew Fr nch Minister of War, sates that the-'dyua-tio. princes.removed from the army retain their several ranks on the unattached-list.

INTERCOLONIAL. Melbourne, Fooruary s‘h. All attempts to float the Bd'i-n ;aria at the Barwon Heads have as yet proved unsuccessful. Three hundred tons of her cargo has beta lighterel, and a quantity" has een thrown overboard. OF the latter, * several oases of brandy, chernictls, am l furniture floated ashore, and fell into the possession of pillagers, who looted the spirits A scandalous scene, amounting to a wdd orgie, ensued, and lasted for several hours. The police were powerful to interfere. In a cricket match commenced hare on Saturday, between South Melbourne and St Hilda Clubs, the former scored 520 with six wii keta down. J. Slight made 271, and Rosser 192. The position of the ship Berengaria is im altered, but it is expecle I that she will be floated off when move cargo has be- n removed. Two hundred and fifty tons has already been jettisoned. Sydney, February s:b. Fifteen inches of rain has fallen in Sydney since the beginning of the year. The necessary preparations for raisin the Austral are now nearly -complete, and it is expected th it she will Be floated this month. Adelaide, February sth. Mr Redmond, M.P; for Now Rnss, Ireland, arrived hero to-day. and was accorded an enthusiastic reo ption by the local supporters of the Land League.

INTERFR. )VINCI \L. Auckland, February 5. The annual rateab'e value of the city of Auckland la £270,000, being an increase of £35,(100 over last year The increase within the ol I city limits is £20,000. Mr Gulliver, late secretary of the Pan sonny district, and now of the United City, who was encaged by the City Council to collect rates in Ponsonby Ward, states that this morning he went down to the wharf with £152 rates in his pocket, when he was seized with sudden vertigo, and nearly fell over, and that the po’ ket bonk was jerked out of his pocket into the water. The pocket book has since been recovers 1, but there is only £43 therein. Mr Cornish, of Whangarei, committed suicide bv drowning himself in his house tank. Be had been suffering from sunstroke. A destructive fire occurred at Whangareb Bollair’s store, Buck ridge's clothing eifablishment, Jacks unfa boarding house, and Hudson's furniture shop were destroyed. All except Jackson’s furniture was insured. At the Auckland Gat Company's annual meeting a dividend was declared of 8s 6d per share for the past half year. Shakespeare now gives l ’upuke Like, North Shore, as the locality where be found the diamonds recently exhibited by hinW Napikr, February 6. Tho Hawke's Bay Meat Export Company

has collapsed. Part of the programme of the Company wa? the purchase of the large works at Toman a owned, by Nelson Bros, and William, for £35 000. Two of the partners here agree ! to the sale, hut the three in I'ngland refused to ratify. It is expected the sharehol lo’s will consent to talte hick their mutiny with interest nt 8 per cent., which Nelson Bros, offer. Welitnoton. February 5. A proclamation in the Onze.t'e further prorogues Parliament until the 16th. April next. No information has bean received by Government as to the progress of affairs at Kawhia. A number of Chinese residents'in Wellington have subscribe 1 £4O towards th° Hospital nt Wellington, an’ a deputation will wait nu the Hon. Colonial Secretary on Thursday to hand the money over. Young Riy. of Carterton, died yesterday from the injuries he receive! when riding Comus in the Consolation Race at Taratahi on t.lie 22 id up. Three female prisoners escaped from the Wellington Goal this _ afternoon two of them are nimed Dobie, and the other Jloug'as The former "ere only recently sent to prison for passing base com, while the latter was committed f ,ll ‘ tidal for housohreiking and stealing wearing apparel Prisoners effected their esc a placing a form against the wall, and during the a'isenoe of the warders they sealed P. The police are out searching in all directions.