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(from greville’s telegram company, heutek’s agency.) Bluff, July 16. The s.s. Gothenburg left Hobson’s Bay at 6.30 p.ra, on the 10th, and arrived here at daylight this morning. She sails for Port Chalmers to-morrow night. Passenger List. —For Dunedin : Mrs M'lntosh and infant, Mrs Daniels, Miss Filrnie, Messrs Wallace, Young, Jones, Lyttelwood, Anderson, Duhy, Heymanson, and Daniels. Melbourne, July 10. Mr Walsh, of Ballarat, has been appointed Attorney-General. His reelection will probably be opposed. The new Ministry are popularising themselves. Mr Grant offers increased facilities for occupying land to selectors. A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been inaugurated. Pleuro pneumonia has made its appearance amongst cows. The case of Fisher, the pretended Messiah, at Nunawading, is exciting much interest. A charge brought against him of obtaining money under false pretences was dismissed. Colonel Sankey’s scheme for the water supply of Melbourne will be ready shortly. Justice Pohlman has been appointed a Puisne Judge during the temporary absence of the Chief Justice on account of ill health. In the action brought by the Messrs Stevenson to test the legality of the collection of Customs duties under the regulations of the Assembly, a month’s further time to plead has been asked and obtained by the Crown. The refitting of the Cerberus has been effectively completed. The Gippsland railway will probably be constructed by a private company on the Climie, or Fairlio, painciple.
Colonial preserved meat tried by the emigrant ship Cospatrick is unfavourably reported on.. The markets generally are quiet. South Australian flour is at LI 6 15s to LI 7 ; and New Zealand ditto at LI 3 15s. New Zealand wheat is at 6s to 6s 4d, and Adelaide ditto at 7s 4d. New Zealand oats are at 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Tobacco is advancing. Shares in Tookey’s claim at the Thames, double issue, are firm at L3O 10s to L3O 15s.
Sydney. Captain Walker lias been reinstated in the employ of the A.S.N. Co. Mr Scott, bank manager at Greenfoil, has been committed for trial on a charge of embezzlement. The Fijian Government has written to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, requesting the co-operation of Great Britain in its efforts to suppress slavery and kidnapping in the Melanesian Islands.
Unfavorable reports have been received from the diggings in New Caledonia,
The schooner Challenge has been seized at Fiji by H.M.S. Blanche, for allegend kidnapping, and sent to Sydney. The wool sales show an advance.
Adelaide. Mr Goyclor, Surveyor-General, who was a passenger by the Queen of the Thames, in a letter gives an unfavorable account of the conduct of the captain. Ho says that nothing was done to save the ship’s cargo. A bailiff named Garraway, has been shot while in the execution of his duty. Wheat is at 5s lid. The market is quiet. Large orders from other colonies have been prevented from being executed owing to the limits fixed by the buyers. . New Plymouth, via Patka, July 13. Mr Richmond's resolution was unanimously opposed by the members of the Provincial Council, and was eventually withdrawn by the proposer. The s.s. Taranaki passed without lauding cargo, the sea being too stormy to allow of her doing so. The mails, however, were got off. Another Native meeting .will be held at Pariaka shortly. The Natives say that it will be the largest ever held. A number of the Waikatos will be present. o amaru, July 17. The nomination for the mayoralty took place to-day. The candidates proposed were Messrs Udall {the retiring mayor) S, E. Shrimski, and G. Sumpter. The show of hands was as follows : Udall, 23 ; Shrimski, 17 ; Sumpter, 7. The polling takes place on the 21st instant. Waikouaiti, July 17. Mr T. Pratt was to-day elected
Mayor for West HawkesWy out opposition. '"j ; ,olydS, July 17. Mr Hazlett has been re-elected 1 mayor.
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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2625, 17 July 1871, Page 2
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646BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2625, 17 July 1871, Page 2
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