BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 2950, 2 August 1872, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(from greville’s telegram company.)

Auckland, August 1, 12.15 p.m., received at 7.5 p.m. The Wonga Wonga left Sydney on the 26th.

Melbourne. Appell, the defaulting shareholder at Sandhmsfc, has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. Over 1,000 persons attended the Governor’s ball. Another case of small-pox has occurred at Sandhurst. The patient is a miner. The Education Conference has closed. The resolutions adopted practically support a mixed secular and religious education, to be imparted by the same teachers. It is stated that Sir George Bowen will probably in a couple of mouths succeed Viscount Canterbury as Governor of Victoria. A document, signed by thirty-four passengers by the Hero, is published in the Argus as to the cleanliness of that vessel. The steamer Somersetshire has arrived from London, bringing papers to May 26th. Commercial. —Sugars are easier. Maize, 3s Id ; flour, LIS. There is a great scarcity of bottled ale ; 1,500 packages sold at lOd to Is. Quicksilver, 4s. It is stated that 4,000 tons sugar are in bond, and that 2,800 tons are held by one firm. For Adelaide wheat 5s 7d has been I’efused. 250 tons of flour for shipment were sold at Ll3 10s.

Brisbane. The body of Captain Lake, late of the Hannah Bloomfield, has been found.

SYDNEY. Flour, LI 4to LIS ; wheat, 5s 6d to Os 4d. A damaged cargo of wheat, ex Gyres from New Zealand, sold at 4a 2d to 5s 2d ; bran, 9£d to Cagli’a Opera Troupe open on September 2 at the Victoria Theatre. Charles Simpson, an old settler, was murdered at midnight on the 23rd. The Hero is still in quarantine. Her doctor is recovering.

Napier, August 2. 10 a.m,, recieved at 11.19 a.m.

Te Kooti is reported be be between Tuhua and the Taranaki co ist. The prospectors at Taupo have been warned by the friendly natives of their danger.

Hokitika, August I. 11.57 p.m., received at 8.46 p.m. Sailed : Alhambra for Melbourne with 2,000 ounces of gold.

August 2, 11.50 a.m., received 12,5 pm. The markets are unchanged from the last report. Butter is still scarce and dear.

Auckland, August 1. 2.40 p.m., received 5.30 p.m

A full meeting of the agents of the different Life Assurance Companies was held here to-day. Resolutions were carried condemning the new Life Assurance Act as an attempt to coerce business to the Government office, and an unwarrantable interference with the charters of the Imperial Government.

1.56 p.m,

The Moawatairi Company has struck some rich gold shaves, and are now selling at L 6 10s. Caledonians, L 37. An address of condolence to Capt. Logan, of the Hero, which is quarantined at Sydney, is being signed by all the merchants and others.

2.26, received 4.14 p.m. Another case of small-pox is reported. A man named Ju;dy has just been conveyed to the pest house, and has been vaccinated. The attack is only mild. Baker, the other patient, is recovering.

July 27. The following telegram appeared in the Lyttelton Times: - In the Green Harp mining case, Davis was further examined. He deposed to a number of transfers having been made, many being unstamped. Mr Brookfield said it was evident that a fraud had been perpetrated on the Colonial Treasury by a breach of the Stamp Act. The Court seized the transfers, and the case was adjourned. DrJ. R. Nicholson states that two cases of small pox existed at Newton—the children of Cullen, a coachmaker. The infection was conveyed to them by a neighbor who had assisted at the funerals of those who died of variola. It is also announced that a boy named Dedwood has been suffering from a virulent attack of small pox, nearly confluent, for a fortnight. All the cases are now convalescent. Dr Nicholson attended them, but many discredit that the disease was variola. The Chamber of Commerce forwarded by the Phcebe a memorial to the Government on the subject of drawback, stamp duty, and licensing quartz [batteries. Wellington, August 2. 11.45 a m. A competent actuary employed by Government to value the claims accrued under the Civil Service Act, reports that the amount of the claims is L 285.000. The report was prepared under the Civil Service Pensions Act.