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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2303, 23 September 1870, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(VROM 'f'lfjt XE"’ ZEALAND TELEGRAM (WANV.) Wellington, September 23. The report that Tito Kowaru passed through New Plymouth lately is false. Private advices to-day prove lie is on his way from Patea to the Native meeting. The report fhe Government are at their wits’ end about the Jfejiresentation Bill is also false. Section 7 provides for the present Cheviot Roll being used at the election, and the mistake of adopting the boundary of 1860 for 1865 can be rectified after the new House meets. IIqi( rprif A, September 23. The llangitoto, from Melbourne, arrived during the night. She va. tendered this morning. She left Melbourne on the 17th. Melbourne, September 17, Great disasters have occurred in many districts, through heavy floods. Bridges have been carried away, and squatting stations, tanneries, and other buildings destroyed. schooner Bertha, from Launces-

ton to Melbourne, grounded during a squall off Port Albert, and seven lives were lost. There is only one survivor. In Supple’s case the conviction was confirmed by a full Court, and afterwards he was sentenced to death. The Surcoeuf, a French steam gun boat, arrived on tho 11th, It is rumored that she sank a Prussian tea ship .The Ari/us says the law officers are undecided whether to allow her to coal. The Aye, on authority, denies this, and says the Victorian Government are not officially cognisant of the

war. The Surcoeuf left on the 15 th for New Caledonia, where it is believed the whole French armament in these waters will he mustered. Dr Casey was charged in tho Police Court with having caused the death of a Chinaman by an overdose of morphia. The case was dismissed. Sydney, September 16. The Duke of Edinburgh visited the Exhibition yesterday. To-day, the public schools, numbering 16,000 children, were admitted free to the Exhibition. Adelaide, September 16. At the Government Land Sale, 12,000 acres were offered, and only 10 acres sold, Charles Mathews is playing to tremendous houses. Flour, LID ; wheat, 6s,

Auckland via Wanganui, September 20. There is u good demand for grain. Butter and barley are dull. The Government steamer Luna arrived last night. A terrific hail and rain storm passed over the loavoi* Waikato. The Neglected Destitute Children’s Home has been opened.