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Evening Star, Issue 3565, 27 July 1874, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

. ~ , Wellington, July 25, Au adjourned meeting of the New Zealand bteam Shipping Company was held this afteruoou. Air Brandon, on whose motion the last adjournment took place, did not appear, and the motion of which notice had been given, protesting against the sale of the company’s fleet was allowed to lapse. The steamers, therefore, will be sold as advertised on the 31st mst.

n , ... . Timaru, July 25. i C i , umc “ e d immigrants ex Peeress were Comerang' 6 fr ° m the steamers Wellington and

„ , Auckland, July 25. io-daya man named Finley fired two shots through the shop window of • Mr Young; butcher. Queen street, at Davis, his clerk; Both balls lodged harmlessly in the wall. The man, when arrested, had a six-barrelled revolver, loaded and cocked. No cause is assigned for the deed.

. William Gifford, whaler, has arrived at the Bay of islands with oil valued at LI.BOO, the produce of the year’s cruise.

ARRIVAL OF THE TARARUA.

_ m Hokitika, July 27. The s.s. Tararua arrived here from Melbourne last night.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

. Melbourne, July 21. ihe Lhief Secretary continues in a precarious state of health.

The Constitution Bill has finally passed in Committee of Assembly. The House has agreed, by a majority of 31 to A*, that an Address be presented in favor of the continuance of payment of members. The foundation for the new Supreme Court buildings is to be commenced at once. The Legislative Connell will to-morrow examine medical witnesses at the bar of the House on the Vaccination Bill. H.M.S. Pearl has arrived here from Sydney. Several more bodies have been buried at Rings Island. The wreck of the British Admiral was found in seven fathoms of water, and from its position itjjis probable the cargo will be easily recovered. The German residents sent a congratulatory telegram to Prince Bismarck on his recent escape from assassination.

The assistant branch manager of the Bank of Victoria has been arrested on a charge of for--000 **** e^a^oations 818 ®aid to amount to J ohn Cook to death for the murder of James Dixon at Beaufort seduction action-Eddy v.‘ Rowe-in which both parties attended the Wesleyan ?ward a d BCho ° ClaS8 ’ L 250 damages was

Mr Clement/ Hodgkinson, late Assistant Commissioner of Lands, is very ill. casa , iu the ri™ - —between the City of Hobart and the Otago steamers—tu# pilot was exonerated frvna blame. in ,T uil T is proceeding against the captain of the ship Dagworth, for running down a fishmg vessel in the Irish t, haunel and omitting to render assistance to its perishing crew The elections for Colling wood and Grenville take place next week. BTUiI

. Seventeen hundred invitations have been issued for the Governor’s bail next Thursday. Lady Bowen is likely to proceed to England by the August mail boat. England

Commodore Stirling was married last Wednesday to a daughter of the Hon De^Thom-

vadaSfd batweea the SierraNerelieved of aUbiaS*e P th# fonQ ° r h °* be#a ramopd rre ? n » the actress, has com* Tb! r- dlvoroe ? w t against her husband. Bhortly (jrOT * rilor U t0 visit Queensland the Torres Strait mail steamer Legislator made a good passage from Singapore,

The Conference between tbe two Houses in Brisbane fell through! owing to the Council’s rejection of the Assembly’s amendment on the Land : Bill It was consequently lost. Adelaide. The privilege debate has dropped. The Government withdrew the Loan Bill, and has introduced another.