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Evening Star, Issue 3300, 17 September 1873, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Bluff, September 17. The Omeo left Hobson’s Bay at 1.30 p m. on the 11th, and arrived at the Bluff at seven o’clock this morning- She brings 31 saloon and 3§ steerage passengers, 000 tons of cargo, 31 horses, and 71 rams. She sails at 4p m. to-day. Passengers : Saloon—Messrs Tewsley, Trestrail, Morrison, Matthews, Henry, Miss Hunter, Mise Tewsley, Mr and Mrs Mills, Mr and Mrs Lawson, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Nichols, Mrs flaswell; and 32 in the steerage. She brings 31 horses, and 470 tons of cargo for Dunedin,

UNPUBLISHED AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, September 11. An Apgemhly caucus to-day insists upon the Government indicating its opinion re the Payment of Members Act, which expires next session.

Wardill’s diary will probably be published. He involves merchants, bankers, and others in his gambling transactions. A dissolution of Parliament is imminent. The Permissive Bill will be withdrawn, consequent on its informal introduction to the Assembly.

SUMMARY. Melbourne, September 11. The Legislative Council have refused to restore the Electoral Bill to tho notice paper, or discuss the new Bill. Mr Francis suggests a dissolution. The Ballarat weavers are ©n strike.

At Sandhurst 10,000 people attended the open-air hospital Sunday service. LI,OOO was collected at Sandhurst alone.

Bamford, the hangman, is dead. The Navigation Board acquitted Captain Davies, pf tfye Dallaju lower, charges pqt pne. They found that in bringing the ship to in a storm, he should have exercised more caution. The prevailing opinion is that the ship was too deeply laden, rather than any fault in managing her. , The alliance of New Zealand and Sydney rc the Pacific mail service is regarded as disastrous to the Suez scheme. The Bangalore left yesterday, and took §o,Qooozs. Tasmania officially adppted the Suez scheme. Mr Francis intimates that the Cape service will be established by private firms shortly. Sydney. There was ft great Roman Catholic demonstration at the opeping of St. Stanislaus’ College, Bathurst. A cavalcade pf one thousand persons escorted the Bishops. The year’s wool export is 3,500 bale? short of last year. A pnyatp Lpndon telegram states that pig irpp bps advanced to L(j, Parliament has fieep opeped. The Gover, nor announced that the Hon. Saul Samuel and Mr Russell had agreed in London for a joint Pacific mail scheme, New Zealand and Sydney paying equal contributions, the size and speed of the boats to be increased. Horatio won the Metropolitan. Queensland, Captain Booth, of the schooner slaver Jason, has been released. Adelaide. Farm laborers are demanding 30s weekly, and rations. The anti-immigration movement continues. The Reohabites number 1,900. Wheat, 6s 4d. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. The consignees of goods per the Dallam Tower are to pay 10 per cent, general average on the cargo. Consignees are also to pay all expenses, including freight, if they their goods sent per steamer. Queenstown, September 17. The District Court has been Adjourned for two months with the consent of numerous suitors and tfie Bar, Judge Gray being unable to leave Dunedin through illness. The suggestion that twelve months’ leave of absence should be granted at once has been well reccivcd* A Co-operative Store Company is announced. _ Auckland, September 16, A public meeting appointed a Committee to receive subscriptions for the sufferers by the late fire. Considerable interest has been created in the case of a lunatic named Smith, who was formerly resident in Canterbury, but latterly at Levuka, and who had been shipped to Auckland by the Fijiap' authorities, The

Deputy-Superintendent repudiates the responsibility of keeping the lunatic, and threatens to send him back. He wrote to Dr Clarkson, the Minister of Finance in Fiji, who is now in Auckland ; and the latter replied that Smith, being a British subject, was sent here by order of the Consul, Auck land being the nearest British port. Som§ murderers whom it was attempted to hang at Levuka, were cut down before they were dead, and also shipped to Auckland. It is thought such practices should be stopped.

Grahamstown, September 16,

The Rifle Association’s meeting commenced to-day. The weather was very unfavorable. In the match at 200, 500, and 600 yards, Lieutenant Hoskins was the top scorer, with 65 points. The share market is dull.

Christchurch, September 16,

A report was current to-day respecting a dismasted ship having been seen off the Heads, but on proper investigation it turned out to be untrue.

The case of the immigrants by the Berar, at Auckland, excites much interest here. The Lyttelton Times, in a leader on the subject, says :—“ It is almost impossible to believe that the succeeding details, which we extract from the same authority, can be true in every respect, they are so very revolting and so damaging to the reputation of the Colony. An inquiry into the whole of the circumstances is of course indispensable. The statements made by the Herald must be either disproved or substantiated, and the blame must be fixed in the proper quarter ; and if only a tithe of what is set down should turn out to be true, the treatment meted out to a number of newly arrived immigrants was disgraceful, and may prove disastrous ” The Press says that Mr O’Rorke, living in Auckland, should know the state of things there, and also condemns him as one of the worst of Mr Vogel’s puppets The Rifle Association project a monster art union to come off in October, for the purpose of raising money to defray the expenses of sending representatives to Victoria. The City Council intends carrying out an extensive scheme of side channelling in the streets.

The Board of Education at its sitting yesterday had before it the question of John Graham visiting Government Schools at Waimate and Temuka, and giving lectures there on table-rapping, &c. The Board decided to call the attention of the School Committees to the prohibiting clauses iu the Ordinance and to request that the same should not take place again.

Oamaru, September 17. During a stiff S.E. breeze this morning the schooner Oreti, in attempting to go to sea, drove ashore near the Flagstaff. A sailor named Carte went aloft to loose some blocks and fell on to the deck. The bystanders thought he was killed, but he is fast recovering, and had no bones broken. It is supposed that the schooner can be got off. Arrowtown, September 17. On Sunday, Long Eye, a Chinaman, was caught in a claim near Macetown, Arrow River, stealing washdirt from a tail-race. He was brought down yesterday, and committed for trial at the Supreme Court, Dunedin. Ah Sing was found dead in the same locality on Saturday. At the inquest an open verdict was returned.