BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3234, 2 July 1873, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

{JPrrnn the Ncvo Zealand Press Association.)

Wellington, July 1. It is expected that 400 persons will attend the Governor’s ball to-night. The Wellington Mutual Investment Society has terminated its operations. The total sum distributed by it was LW, 196. Wellington, July 2. The ship Holt sails for Lyttelton about tomorrow, and will be worked thither by a temporary crew. The captain hopes to procure a crew there. . The ball to the Governor last night was largely attended. The Governor opened the ball with the Mayoress.* The Superintendent proposed the Governor’s health, and His Excellency replied, thanking the Wellington public for his handsome reoeptidn. He apologised for the absence of Lady Fergusson through indisposition, and in the course of hi* speech said, " I know perfectly well, as was observed by our worthy chairman, that we are taken on trial, but you have already shown so much confidence in us, that it will be our earnest endeavor to deserve that confidence, and show that, taking the figure employed by the chairman regarding articles of consumption, we are neither hafd nor unpalatable.* * The Basilisk relieves the Rosano, The latter is at gun practice to-day. Alexandra, July 1. The Natives are selling immense quantities of produce. Many large canoes came down here loaded with maize, which sold at 4s 6d a bushel. Purnkutu remains at Te Kuiti, and intends remaining quiet. The Natives say there will be no war. Grahamstown, July 1. . The Caledonian weekly yield was 2470z5. Auckland, July 1. Mr Saunders reports buyers for Nonpariels at 14s j Eureka, 14s; Albion, 105s; Redqueen, 2s 6d ; Central, 15s ; Waitemata, is ; Beach, 2s 9d; Bismarck, 30s; National Bank, 235. . The crew of the Hylton Castle complain that unwholesome food was supplied during the passage. & A Customs inquny is pending.

New Plymouth, July I. A party came through to-day by the new mountain road.

Napier, July 1. Mr Carrathers is inspecting the sit© of the proposed breakwater. Wkstport, July 1. The township is rapidly extending. The Minister of Works has authorised an expenditure on road works. Albion coal shares are in request, owing to a report that Mr Higginson, the Government engineer, has reported favorably on a railway between Ngakawau and Wentport, and also en protective works for the Buller. The lease of the company's ground has been signed; it stipulates that the company must produce 5,000 tons of coal during the first year, 10,000 -tons from the second to the fifth, 15,000 tons from the fifth to the tenth, and 20,000 tons thereafter. An exploring party report finding a reef with reach leaders cropping up everywhere. Mr E. J. O'Conor, M.H.R., isVcandidate for the Superintendency. AUSTRALIAN UNFUBLISHED. Sydney. June 25. Great preparations are being made by the Jewish community for a benefit to Mr John Bennett, lessee of the Victoria Theatre, in return for giving the theatre for a benefit for the Hebrew Orphan Society. The Chief Justice of New Caledonia died on the passage ont. The Darrells leaye for San Francisco by a Newcastle ship next week. Carden, the tragedian, played a second engagement at the Victoria, and leaves for New Zealand shortly. B. N. Jones's management of the Victoria is considered successful. The funeral of Sir T. A. Murray, late President of the Legislative Council, waß very largely attended. The Hunt Club's packhounds have arrived. L 1735 has been subscribed for the completion of St. Andrew's Cathedral The Government have given Madame Arabella Goddard a complimentary railway ticket. A man hanged himself in the Bathurst lock-up. An official holding a high appointment has been fined in the Police Court for disorderly conduct and for assaulting a constable. Offences of a disgusting character are imputed to him. The Phcebe is announced to sail for the Manakau next week.

Melbourne, June 25. t The Electoral Bill has been read a third time. It is believed that the Mining on Private Property and the Labor Bills will be (ejected, A young girl has been committed for trial at Geelong, for leaving a child on the doorstep of its putative father. Exile is backed freely lor the Melbourne pop at 100 to 3,

A new trial of the divorce case Smith v. Smith has been moved for. The Suez Mail is due at King George's Sound to-night. Commercial.—Flour, for parcels, Ll4 7b. Devoe's kerosene, lis 8d ; maize, 5s 3d. LATEST FROM THE CAPE. The A.S.N. Company's new steamer Wcntworth, which arrived at Sydney on the 25th ulfc., brings Cape papers to May 20. The supply of diamonds is large, but the number of diggers has diminished.