BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3287, 2 September 1873, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Lawaknch, September 2. Mr W. Woscow was drowned in the Molyneux River yesterday, while crossing the Beaumont Ferry. The body has not been recovered, Wellington, September 1. The N.Z.S.S. Co. have attached tha barque Anne Melhuish for L 2.000, for salvage. The case will be tried in the ViceAdmiralty Court. The inquiry regarding the grounding of the as. Lady Bird on the Manukau bar was continued to-day. Several of the passengers deposed that the captain was intoxicated, while the steward, cook, and several able seamen swore that he was sober. Mr Dransfield, the Mayor, retires from seeking re-election, in consequence of the severe criticisms of the Evening Post. Auckland, September 1. The first year of the South British Insurance Co. ended on Saturday. The investments of the Company amounted during the year to L 44.000, and will yield an income in excess of what is required to pay a dividend of 10 per cant. Arrangements have been made for the investment of an additional sum of LIO.OOO. Scarcely any business has hitherto been done in shipping risks between the Colony and London, and arrangements have been made for a large business of that kind. The Hero left Sydney on the evening of the 27th, bat brings no later news than the Albion. September 2. Simpson, the pilot at Hokianga, fell over the pilot boat, outside the bar, while shipping the rudder, and was drowned. He was formerly a mate in the New Zealand Steam Navigation Company’s service. A woman named Ellen Scudder overlaid her infant and killed it. Mr Saunders reports buyers Caledonians, LIS 10s; South British, 455; Bank New Zealand, sellers, LI6 10s.

Bluff, September 1. The s.s. Albion, with the Suez mail on board, arrived this evening at 5 o’clock. She left Melbourne at 12.15 a.m. on the 28fch. She brings for all ports .582 tons of cargo, and 52 saloon and 35 steerage passengers, including 13 ex Dallam Town. The Albion will sail for Dunedin at 4 p. m. Passengers for Dunedin :—Mrs Goodsir, Mrs and Master Hepburn, Mrs Henry. Mrs Anderson, the Misses Anderson (3), Mr and Mrs Curran, Mrs and Dr Abble and family (7), Messrs Anderson, M'Caul, Harper, Mitchell, Goodsir, Sheriff, Smith, A. Webb, Lang, Christophers, Simpson, and Murray ; and 20 in the steerage. Cargo for Dunedin :—2BO tons.

Hokitika, September 2. The Supreme Court was opened to-day by Judge Gresson, who dwelt on the want of a Colonial penal establishment where prisoners could be classified and instructed. The Judges should raise their voices against the inconsistency of spending money lavishly on education, while no money was voted to preserve the youth of the Colony from con tamination.

Greytown, September 2. Mr Nathaniel Grace’s flaxmill at Kohunui has been burnt, and a large quantity of flax destroyed.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Melbourne, August 27. Mr Francis Gifford, late of Wellington, died on the 22nd, of heart disease. The ship Dallam Tower has been visited by thousands. She presents a picture of utter desolation, and it will cost about L 6,000 to place her in a state of good repair. Her cargo, however, appears to be but little damaged Messrs Lorimer, Marwood, and Rome have provided handsomely for her passengers, and will send them on to New Zealand. The Electoral Bill has been laid aside by the Legislative Council. The second reading of the Savings Banks Amalgamation Bill has been passed. At the trial of Mrs Shannon for poisoning her child, the jury disagreed. 2,000 persons will attend the Mayor’s fancy ball to-night. The new Police Bill proposes superannuation at 55, after 15 years’ service, on L6O to L7O a year. Diphtheria is making great ravages. A man servant attempted to murder a fellow (female) servant, named Cook, with a sledge hammer. The second official report on the coal deposits of Victoria is very discouraging. Sailed.—Prosperity, for Hokitika. Sydney. A heavy action is pending against the Directors of the Peak Downs Copper Mining Company, who are charged with selling shares upon a false statement. The first instalment of the new wool clip has arrived from Queensland. The Admiralty Court confirms the seizure of the Challenger for a breach of the Polynesian Act. The markets have improved. Newcastle, Arrived—Fawn, from Lyttelton. Sailed— Camille, for Wellington. Launceston. All the new Ministers have been returned. Adelaide. Large anti-immigration meetings continue to be held. The secular character of the Education Bill is condemned. Wheat is in demand at 6s 6d. LATEST UNPUBLISHED TELEGRAMS. Melbourne, August 27Parliament is expected to rise in November. Payment of members will not bo revived. Wheat is very scarce ; flour is advancing. The following is a special telegram regardii_g the Dallam Tower:—“ The Dallam Tower’s cargo is being discharged, and will be stored at the Government Railway sheds until the ship is refitted. She will be here at least three months before she can proceed on her voyage to Otago. There will be c nridcrable damage to the cargo, and it will be desirable that consignees at once forward to their Melbourne agent* bills of lading and invoices of property, in order that their interests be duly protected. Several firms who have branch houses in New Zealand have applied for delivery of their goods here, but it will be impossible for the Captain to give up possession of anything without the production of the bills of lading and invoices, and a full acquittance. The passengers who remained by the Dallam Tower are on board the Albion. Those who were transferred to the Cape Clear arrived from Sydney this morning (with two exceptions, Messrs Vincent and Leech), and will probably proceed to their destination by next steamer, the Albion being full. 27th August, 1873.” Sydney,

The Randwick booths and stand brought LI 514. Benvolio is the favorite for the Derby .'and The Ace for the Metropolitan. J Adelaide. The Northern Territory Justice Bill has been read a second time. Wheat is firm at 6s 6d.

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