BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2258, 2 August 1870, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

» [from our owf correspondents.] Wellington, August 1. The Government lias received intelligence of an attack having been made by a party of Hau-haua upon the friendly Natives at Tolaga Bay, when tivo of the friendlies Avere Avounded. .Reinforcements Avere immediately sent from Poverty Bay to their support. Bluff, August 2. Melbourne, July 27. Mr Finn, barrister, has been elected for Avoca, in the room of Mr Grant, resigned. Studman, charged Avith assaulting Williams and using threatening language, Avas simply bound over to keep the peace, on the ground of the peculiarity of the case. The Town Hall is being fitted up, and Avill be opened in the second Aveek of August. Mr Eddy obtained a verdict of LoO at Ballarat against the London Chartered Bank for dishonoring a cheque and bill. Several publicans have been fined for selling liquor on Sundays. Fears are entertained of the stability of the Malmesbury reservoir. Burglaries are common in the city. Macy, clerk to the Scarsdale Borough Council, wbo disappeared a year ago after embezzling a large sum of money, has given himself up to the police at Creswick ] bail to the amount of LBOO accepted. % Smith, the Hotham murderer, has been sentenced to death. Donald Cameron, charged Avith Avife murder at Smythesdale, lias been pronounced insane. Commercial. active. Flour, Lll 15s to LI 2 ; wheat. 5s 2id; oats, 3s 7d to 3s 9d ; maize, 4s fid to 4s 7d. A large parcel of malt sold at 7d. Cornsacks, 11s KHd. Teas are inactive, pending large sales. Sydney. The Criterion Hotel, Wagga Wagga, was burnt. The loss is L2OOO, but the property was insured. HeAvison, mate of the Walter Hood, died from exposure. Fears are entertained of the safety of the ships Dunkeld and Harlech Castle. The Commercial Bank has declared a dividend and bonus of 17| per cent. Adelaide. The Yatala smelting Avorks, Alberton were totally burned on Hie 25th, The fire was caused by the bwling over of a cauldron. The property was uninsured. A little girl Avas shot dead at Kapunda by a boy tivelve years old. Gold has been found in the ballast brought by the Koh-i-noor from the Northern Territory. The Treasurer’s statement slioavs a deficiency in the estimates at the end of the year of L 200,000. He proposes to issue long-dated bonds. Business is quiet. A changs in the tariff is expected. ' ' Hobart Town. Mr Turner, miller, has called a meeting of creditors. A large dividend is Expected. Flour, LI 2. Passengers—For Otago: Misses Cole, Joyce, DoAvney, Master Kemp, Messrs Bell, J. R. : M‘Kenzie, C. "Hpllsden, Smith, Robert Heller, W. Black, Invercargill, The Daphne returned to-day. She met the Blanche, which searched the Auckland Islands, and found nothing. Sailed. The Emulous for Melbourne, Avith a cargo of produce.