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Evening Star, Issue 3233, 1 July 1873, Page 3

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{From the New Zealand Press Association.)

Wellington, June 30. The tender of J. Taylor, of Christchurch, for the construction of White Cliffs contract of the Rolleston and Malvern Hills branch railway has been accepted, at L 8,036. Auckland, June 30. Two Hauhau chiefs have arrived at Cambridge from Te Kuiti. They report that the meeting of the 28th is over. Tawhaio recognised the acts of Purukutu, and refused to give him up. He decided to keep Purukutu at J e Kuiti, where he can be protected if necessary. Bewi, by the advice of these chiefs, returned Mr Mackay's revolver, which he lost when he was attacked. The schooner Florence, Captain Simpson, arrived with Captain Beaton on board, a prisoner, charged with stealing the vessel, Grahamstown, June 30. Mr Walker has proposed to the Thames Riflo Association to take the opinion of oimilar bodies throughout the Colony as to the feasibility of sending say ten of the lest shots of the Colony to compete at the Melbourne Rifle Acsociation meeting.

Lyttelton, July 1. The immigrants per Edwin Fox have been landed on the Quarantine Island.

Christchurch, July 1. The land sales for the month ®f June amount to LBO.OOO. The Education returns show a largely increased attendance.

Melbourne, June 24. The Electoral Bill passed ita second reading in the Assembly. The mail contract will probably be discussed to-morrow. The Governor visits Geelong early next month. The lease of Toorak shortly expires, and considerable difficulty is being experienced in reference to the Governor's residence until the new Government House is completed. It is stated that Captain Moresby, of H.M.S. Basilisk, has taken possession ol New Guinea as British territory ; but Com medore Stirling has received no official information on the subject. The schooner Florence, of Auckland (Dunedin?), with which the captain ran away, put into Pamoa, where he was arrested by the British Consul. Sir Terence Aubrey Murray, President of the Legislative Council of Sydney, died on Sunday night. The Hon. J. Hay is likely to succeed him. The Chief Justice of New Caledonia, died at Sydney, on Sunday. Several new collieries are about opening at Newcastle! The increased price of coal is only likely to be temporary. The new Electoral Act comes into operation in South Australia to-day. Tookey ehares—sellers, Ll4; buyers, 1.12 10s. Wheat, firm, at 6s 9d to 6s lOd oats, very firm, at 5s to 5s 3d. Shipping. Melbourne—Arrived : June 20, Eleanor, from Greymouth. NewcastleArrived : 10th, Edinburgh Castle, from Auekland; 20th, Eleanor, from Dunedin; Lady Emma and Princess Alice, from Lyttelton; Mary, from Wellington; P.C.E., from Dunedin ; 21st, Parsee, from Auckland. Sailed : 19th, Anne Mclhuish and Australind, for Wellington; Wild Wave, for Wellington ; 20th, Tasso and Glenehee, for Nelson ; 23rd, Formosa, for Dunedin; Alarm, for Bluff. The Princess Alice, from Auckland, put intp Broken Bay ©n the 20th with loss of sails. The Akbar, from Boston, has arrived afc Melbourne, with part cargo for Auckland,