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Evening Star, Issue 3471, 8 April 1874, Page 3

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' ’ Christchurch, April 7. j • ■‘Tn the .flood at Kaiapoi, the-.-Waimakariri' Was higher in the fresh yesterdaythan was ever; “town. It began to rise at.noon, and continued! rising until 11 p.m. The railway lirie was' washed away fpr about a mile and adialf,i between Chaney’s and the Railway Bridge over the Waimakariri. The bridge is undamaged. Kaiapoi, along the river side, was flooded; two firms had a lot of grain damaged. The people in thn eastern part of the town were taken out of their houses,in boats last night with : great difficulty, the current was so strong. The water rose 18inhhigherr r than the .great flood of Feb-' rua ?7.1868. A deal of damage, was, done, to grass land. .A good many cattle, pigs, and *heep., were drowned. Several stacks pf grain! were' damaged, ; Christchurch and the Busti Island portion of the town were a little flooded The embankment on the north baiik of the river ! wa£ washed away and damaged; also gardens and furniture on that side. The flood was caused by the fresh meeting the high tide .and backing the water up. ;. . . i Association annual prize firing coni eluded yesterday. The two principal prizes were won by Gunner Patch, of the Christ church Artillery. _The ‘fiood in the WaimaWriri has subsided. Considerable damage; has been done, and the repairstothe railway'line “will take a week. • ’ ™ i > Wellington, April 7/. The diver of H.M.S. Leonidas, Thomas Earman, inspected the bottom of the Mikado, and certified that he, found no damage whatever -than the paint scratched, and he was of opinion that no harm had been’done to the . !S ip * T hf. agents at Honolulu have written that the Mikado proceeded 'on her voyage at the ' hour origihally 'fixed. She grounded on a sandbank to the leeward of the entrance to the harbor. • ■ - ". The gale continued throughout the day, but M now abating. A small ketch, the Aj'ert, ; dragged her anchor and went.ashore during the ; gale.,. The vessels : at the wharf, are all right, andno pther damage is reported.' ,Thie Malay, Camille, and Alert' are . all still aground, hilt are being lightened. They are undamaged, and will /soon be got off, the ' ■ weather, being fine: r - ' . Auckland, April ?. - .v Nominations for the Autumn MeetingAutumn Handicap, 160 sovs; Young’s Tattler, .Discord, Parawhenua,. Batter, Ca* Lurline, M‘Gee’a , Golden Crown. Steeplechase, 100 sovs: Murray’s Pharaoh, Sam Weller, Bank’s Dostello, Wynyard’s Sam, Rilßtic. M Gee’s Quicksilver, Carroll’s Boy in okla^ d ou P_, Haildi cap, 100 soys : ***• ° s ** The , inquest on Mary Cotter showed that rieepmg m a draught was not the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict of Died from natural causes. , u . .... New Plymouth, April 7. The, Taranaki races came off yesterday Seven hundred prople were on the . course Maiden Plate: waikato (Maori horse) I.* , Falcon, 2; Flora, 3. Innkeepers’ Cup: Titanium. Railway Stakes: Lochinvar, 1* Fair Helen, 2. Titanium was scratched. Ladies’ Purse; The Peer, 1; Titanium, 2. In the first heat on coming up the straight a horseman inside the rope baulked Titanium, causing him to lose the heat. In the second the Peer bolted but managed to. save his distance. In the third heat Peer came in well a-head. -n. ... , ' . Nelson, April 8. .ff!® Alhambra; arrived here, from Melbourne, Pj. 30 a. m. _ She left on Tuesday (evening, Marcm olw and arrived at Hokitika on Monaayj but the bar was too rough to conaraunicatf.. about until yesterday morning, and then proceeded to Nelson,' arriving as Has twenty-four saloon and thirteen steerage passenger?, and 300 tons'of cargo for nigh^ ortS ’ - Wellington at midA' xr‘ ; ‘, -r Loneon , March 25. In the House of Lords, Earl Belmore, in moving for-the production of; papersrelative to it jT" x 1 99 5 l . ve question, inquired as to the nature of the instructions given td the spe- ■ cial commissioners to Fiji, asking whether they recommended Fiji to be constituted a OroWn ' .vMonjv‘-The Earl of Carnarvon, in reply, <fie t wntinupince ' of the detestable tmm<b “4 pwmiM the

instructions. He stated that Commodore Goodenough and Consul Layard were keeping the question of annexation in abeyance. The * Times,’ commenting on the subject, refers to the Pluto massacre.

; The body of Dr Livingstone has arrived at Aden en route for England. There have been serious colliery strikes, owing to the recent reduction of wages. Berlin, March 25. The German Parliament passed the new Press law. Prince Bismarck is slowly recovering from his attack of gout. Paris, March 24. A motion has been introduced by the Left for the dissolution of the Assembly. Turin, March 24. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the acees. sion of Victor Emanuel was most enthusiastically celebrated throughout the kingdom. March 26. The Lincolnshire Handicap was won by Tomahawk, and the Liverpool Grand National by Reugny, Chimney Sweep being second and Berlin third. The new Collieries Company for New South Wales was not floated and the deposits were returned. Money is rather easier. Bank return weaker. Com market dull March 28. A deputation of Irish members of Parliament waited on the Premier, asking him to release the Fenian prisoners.. ,Mr Disraeli declined to grant the request. The boat race Oxford v. Cambridge was rowed to-day over the.usual course, resulting in another victory for Cambridge, which won by two lengths. The weather was splendid!, and a lArge,crsjvd; witnessed the race.; * The Australian Anwrican. Steamship Company has been "registered, with a capital of six hundred thousand, to take over the new line of steamers running between San Francisco and Sydney. T-'ji , The Privy Council decided in favor of Mr Will an in the appeal against the Golden Gate Company, Taere Is a strike of 12,000 jolliers in Staffordshire. Paris, March 26. , The Assembly has postponed municipal electrons pending fresh legislation. March 27. The Assembly bas voted funds for the complete fortification of Paris. , ' A’'iiqption;'i brought forward by the Legitimist% pftrty in the Assembly to decide definitely > on the Ist of. June the form of Government in France, was rejected. The motion was opposed ' by the Left. ; O : , March 28. • A general attack was made by Marshal; Serrano on the Carlist’s position at Bilboa. j The result was indecisive, after two days’! fighting. t j • ’ . . Vienna, March 27. Thirty-two Bishops have denounced the Ecclesiastical laws as tyrannical. ;'i v New York, March 26.-, . Congress has increased the legal tender in circulation to four hundred million dollars.