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Evening Star, Issue 3501, 13 May 1874, Page 3

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mu. w , Auckland. May 13. The Wpnga Wonga has arrived, having left Sydney on May 7. b Acablepam from Bombay, dated May 4. states that serious rioting took place at Shanghai. In the 1 renoh settlement several persons were stoned, and houses burnt and sacked. The English settlement was not molested. Several rioters were shot. A number of sailors landed, aud the volunteers were called out to quell the disturbance. All is quiet now. The riot was caused m consequence of interference with some Nmgpo graves by the French, when constructing a road. .... . Christchurch, May 13. At the adjourned licensing meeting yesterday the renewal of the license of the Dunedin Club Hotel was refused, as it had no public lodging accommodation. Edward Dudley, the applicant, had only recently purchased the goodwill ot the house, andjjhad spent several hundred pounds m renovating it. A petition, signed by oJ- persons, including Justices of the Peace, merchants, bankers, &c., was presented to the Court praying for a reconsideration of its former decision refusing a renewal of the license to Tattersall a Horse Repository, but the Court declined to do so. Great sympathy is felt for the proprietors of Tattersall’s, who had promisodto provide good public accommodation u the license was granted. ~ . , , . Wellington, May 13. Mr Andrews s motion hostile to the Provincial Government, was defeated last night bv a majority of three, y

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