BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3273, 16 August 1873, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Hokitika, August L". The s.s. Claud Hamilton arrived from Melbourne this morning at ten o’clock ; but was only tendered at six p.m. Bhe left on the 9th. She brings 21 saloon and 18 steerage passengers. For Port Chalmers : Mcsdames Hughes, Aikman, and Douglas, and Mr Grant.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Mklj’.oukkk, August 9. There was a grand Roman Catholic jubilee on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Bishop Goold’s episcopate. Tho Bishop was presented with a gold watch, a carriage, and pair of horses. The Assembly rejected the proposal for a free English cable message for the Press. Mrs Daly, widow of a Police Magistrate, baa been arrested for concealment of birth. Constable Power has gained damages against the Government for wrongful dismissal,

The second reading of the Permissive Bill is before the House.

The total subscriptions for the sufferers by the Rip disaster amount to Ld,3OU. There is a largo body of police at Stawcll to preserve order between the jumpers and jumped. Several assaults have been committed. Wallace, the negro, who abused Mrs Cook, is to be hanged on the 11th. Another Wool Company is starting at Gnlgong. Bishop Perry will permit marriage with a deceased wife’s sister. A Hill is before Parliament for the amalgamation of Savings and Post Office Banks, Sir George Bowen’s economy is severely criticised by the Press. The ? ( ]nglish cricketing team will arrive in December. Mr Francis has telegraphed to Mr Vogel that he must settle the terms of the Suez service before negotiating for a Californian subsidy. Sydney. Several murders are reported from the country districts. Parliament opens on the 9th. Great fiscal changes are proposed. The year’s gold yield has decreased by lo,ooooz. "The whaler Robert Towns has been lost, Adelaide Anti-immigration meetings have been held in the country districts. Wheat is at 5s 9d. Hobart Town. The Colonial Secretary, Attorney-Gene-ral, and Treasurer have been returned unopposed. Fur, via Sydney. Cakoban has returned without subduing the Mountaineers. Another effort will he made to start a Bank The Government will give twenty years’ monopoly. New Caledonia, via Sydney. 1,700 more Communists have arrived. LATEST UNPUBLISHED. Adelaide, August 9. Mr Downer, Commissioner of Insolvency, has been appointed Judge of the Northern Territory, at a salary at L 2,000. Mr Reynolds has been offered the residcntship, but his decision is not known. In the Northern Territory, the crushing of the Princess Louise claim is the richest yet seen. Sydney. Rich tin has been discovered at Cooma. Three men have been committed for trial for flogging an aboriginal. The racehorse Lecturer has been sold for six hundred guineas. The Baroda takes 23,000 ounces of gold. Californian advices to June 7 state that flour is dull at 4i| to 5 dollars. Adelaide. The value of cereal export for the year is a million and a-half sterling. A Bde took place yesterday of 1,500 bushels of wheat at 5s 9d. Deals, niue by three, 9i]d, Hobart Town. Tenders for the Government five per cent, debentures range from par to one and a-half premium. Shipping. Melbourne— Arrived : 7th, Kate Conley and Sea Bird, from Hokitika. Sydney—Arrived : Wagga Wagga, from Auckland. Newcastle.—Arrived : August2, Wave, from Auckland ; Alardus, 4th, Yanga. sth, Amateur, from Lyttelton. 7tb, Oberliu, from Auckland ; and Woodbine, from Kelson. Sailed : August 2, William Ackers, for Wellington ; Woodville, for Dunedin ; Lady Frankland, for Auckland. 7th, Albion, for Auckland. Hobart Town.— Arrived : Chanticleer, from Dunedin.

Auckland, August 16,

Mr f-'aunders reports buyers of Caledonians, Ll9 10s; Thames, L 5 ss; Onion Beach, 30s;Tokatea, 30s; Bismarck, 345; Royal Oak, 15s ; Citv of London, 22s ; .National Bank, 32s 6d.