BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3248, 18 July 1873, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Invercargill, July 18. At the annual meeting of the Acclimatisation Society last evening, a report was read which stated that seven hundred salmon have been successfully hatched, and thirty thousand trout ova are available for disposal this season, Waikouaiti, July 17. The following candidates were nominated to-day for the W aikoaaiti seat in the Assembly Thomas Slater Pratt: Proposed by Mr Charles Hammond, seconded by Mr Alex Bannatyne. John Lillie Gillies : Proposed by Mr John Smith, seconded by Mr Robert Oxley. John Graham: Proposed by Mr Richard Nelms, seconded by Mr James M‘Lay. The show of hands was Pratt, 6 ; Gillies, 4 ; Graham, 2. A poll was demanded by Mr Smith. Christchurch, July 17. The master tailors have agreed to pay a higher rate of wages, in accordance with the demand of the journeymen. In the case of Bramley v. Ball, heard at nisi prius, an action for false imprisonment, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff —damages L3OO. A new issue of Deep Sea Fishing Company shares has gone off rapidly. LI,OOO worth was subscribed for yesterday in three hours. The Provincial Government have advertised that they will return any money paid, on account of passages of friends to the Colony, to the General Got eminent, on the production of the receipt of the Immigration Officer.

The Museum correspondence has been stopped by both papers. Rangiora is now connected by telegraph with Christchurch. Auckland, July 17. Chief Justice Arney sentenced Job Tyler, for arson at Tararu, to six years’ penal servitude. Traces of the Rev. Mr Hamilton, Presbyterian clergyman, were found in the bush. Hokitika, July 17. The Claud Hamilton arrived early this morning. She left on the 11th inst,, and brings twenty-two saloon and twenty-one steerage pasaengers. She sailed for the North at four p.m. AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY, Melbourne, July 11. Two children were violated at Sandhurst, and the brother hung himself on account of the disgrace to his family. His suicide and locality were revealed in a dream. The Council notify their intention not to revive the Payment of Members Act. The new Electoral Bill, gives a vote to female ratepayers. Mr Morley, carrier and ex-Mayor of Sandridge, has been committed for trial for perjury, and the present Mayor fined for using abusive language. A woman at Sandhurst was blown to pieces while drying gunpowder at a fire. The Roman Catholics protest loudly against the Papal Bull for building (?) as interpreted by the priests. The laity who belong to benefit societies declare their loss by withdrawal will be LIOO,OOO. Smart and Phillips, executors under Jacobs, have been committed for trial for making away with the property and leaving the children of the deceased to be arrested by the police as neglected infants. The Budget speech estimates the revenue at nearly four and a quarter millions, and the expenditure four millions one hundred and seventy-two thousand. The iron-moulders’ strike continues. A million loan is proposed for a railway to Gippa Land. Sydney. Mr Hay is the new President of the Legislative Council. The decrease in the gold yield is 121,000 ounces. The new loan is being taken up at par, LG9.OQO was tendered for at L 95 to L 95 10s ; the minimum was L 95. Adelaide. The half-year’s revenue was L464,00h Brisbane. Brisbane will be the terminus of the Torres Straits line. Port Darwin. A newspaper is projected. The mining prospects are good.

Hobart Town. The Government had a majority of four on the no-confidence motion. The Ministerial position is, however, weak. UNPUBLISHED AUSTRALIAN. Adelaide, July 11. Fever and diphtheria of a dangerous type are prevalent at Moonta. The importation of New Zealand Stock is prohibited. Sydney. Gibson, an old pilot, is dead. The general entries for the Hawkesbury Meeting are—Trial Stakes, sixteen ; Guineas Stakes, thirty-three ; Prince of Wales Stakes, eight; Richmond Purse, twenty-four; Flying Handicap, twenty-five; Maiden Plate, twenty-six ; Club Handicap, sixteen. The question of the Californian boats calling at Moreton Bay is unsettled.