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Evening Star, Issue 3069, 19 December 1872, Page 2

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{From the New Zealand Press Association. Auckland, December IS. The Nevada arrived at 3 p.m. She left Honolulu on November 25. Passengers Messrs W. Philcox, Murdoch, Geo. Winter, D. Meyer, J. D. Brower, B. Keesing and daughter, J. Paris, Miss Turnbull, Mrs Turnbull, and 5 children, Mr Phillips and daughter, Joseph Rayner, and 11 in the steerage for Auckland. December 19. Phillips is re-elected Mayor, and was unopposed. A fire broke out and destroyed the Whan Hotel and adjoining cottage. The property was insured for L7OO. The New Zealand Insurance Company, at their half-yearly meeting, declared a dividend of ten per cent., leaving a balance of L 8384 to credit of current account for the half-year. The Nevada does not go South. Her machinery being in very bad order, and requiring repairs. She will probably not leave for San Francisco till the new year. Arrived —Hero, from Sydney ; she left November 12.

Sydney, December 12. Sir James Fergusaon sailed without much demonstration.

At the Newcastle fire the School of Arts, customs bonded stores and cellars, which were fully stocked, and five shops were gutted. Ihe estimated damage is L 5,000. The steamer James Patterson has been purchased by Captain Kennedy, for Mr Brogden. She has received new boilers and a thorough overhaul, and will leave for Wellington shortly. A woman was burnt to death in Sydney by a kerosene lamp explosion. Melbourne, December 12, At the wool sales 2300 bales were sold. Greasy fetched Is to Is 3d j fleece, Is 5d to 2s 3d. A man named Ligarde is performing here. He swallows four stones every night. Alluvial gold has been discovered at Gibbot (?). A great rush has set in there. The Chamber of Commerce passed resolutions declaring themselves tn be of opinion that a monthly mail service between the Colonics and America, vid Fiji and Honolulu, offers sufficient advantages to grant a subsidy. Miss Rose Evans is engaged for the Ballarat theatre. THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL, The horse disease continues to spread in the Eastern cities, causing stagnation in business. Ox teams have been brought into requisition. There is a small-pox epidemic at St. Louis. The American steamer Missouri was burnt off Key West. The vessel and cargo, valued at 500,000 dollars, were lost. The number of lives lost has not been ascertained. By an accident on the Central Pacific Railroad, a large amount of baggage and express matter was burnt. The Texas and Pacific Railroad is being pushed forward rapidly. A subscription is being raised for th« relief of the sufferers by the Italian floods. The steaships America and Angelina arrived at Liverpool on November 8. An attempt was made on sth November, tD celebrate Guy Fawkes’ Pay at Exeter,-but

the affair turned into a demonstration against the Liquor Licensing Act. Several speakers denounced the measure, and met with opposition from persons in the crowd. The affair degenerated into a riot; cudgels and brickbats were freely used. Many rioters were injured, and the police got the best of the mob and dispersed it. Several arrests were made. Seventeen men are in the hospital from injuries received. An extensive carpet manufactory, at Kidderminster, has been destroyed by lire, and a large number of hands thrown out of employment in consequence. 'lhe Emperor of Germany has conferred on Mr Hepworth Dixon, the decoration of Knight of the Golden Cross. Queenstown, Dcember IS. The expedition from Martin’s Bay has returned. It received much hospitality there. It reports having found rivers high, and very narrow escapes took place. The Greenstone route is preferred. Mr Beetham telegraphs particulars to the Government. Lyttelton, December 19. The Exhibition cannot be considered a success, the Mosgiel woollen exhibits being the best part of it. M essrs Reeves and Co. ’s cordials, the Dunedin Distillery Company’s spirits, Mr M. Joel’s ale and beer, and Mr Gilchrist’s varnishes and stains are all good. No catalogues arc ready. Port Chalmers, December 19. The Dido arrived at 4 o’clock. Arrangements have been completed for taking her into the Graving Dock at 5.80 this evening. She will remain in Dock to-morrow.