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Evening Star, Issue 3689, 18 December 1874, Page 2

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Invercargill, December 18. ihe Supreme Court opened to-day. This only case heard was that of Brennaii, charged with attempting to murder Mary Hill. The pusoner pleaded guilty, and was remanded for sentence. Wellington-, December 17. Mr Moorhouse beat Mr Dransfield iu the .Mayoralty contest, and was elected by a majority of 500. J rni r. , December 18. Ihe Customs revenue taken at Wanganui during the last fortnight amounted to Ll,llo being an unusually large amount, * , Bluff, December 17. Ihe barque Alexandra has arrived from the Auckland Islands in connection with the German transit-of-Venus observation party. Captair. Beet, one of the scientific party, who arrived with the vessel, reports that they did not observe the sun till ten minutes after the ingiesa had taken place. The weither was then beautifully fine throughout. They sueceeded in taking 150 photographs. The vessel merely called at the Bluff for the purpose of com paring chronometers with the American party, after which she again proceeds to the Islands, and remains there two mouths for the taking of further observations. . Hokitika, December 18. c ivt ®‘ e H l t,on * or Mayor resulted in the return of Mr F. C. Tabart, who polled 233 votes to Mr J. Bevan’s 178. (From our own Correspondent.) . Auckland, December 17. The young girl, Cecilia Allen, charged with repeated attempts to burn buildings, seems to be quite an unnatural phenomenon. The police regard her as the most daugerons girl they ever had iu custody. When caught in the act of breaking down the wall of her coll last night with a hammer she declared she did not do it, and called heaven to witness the truth of her statement. The schooner Ivanhoe, which left here for Levuka with a cargo of timber four months ago, has been finally given up. No intelligence of her has been received since her departure. Unfavorable symptoms have setin in the case of the girl Brown, on whom successful operations for a fractured skull were performed. The unfavorable symptoms intervened two davs ago, resulting in death The Habor Board has accepted a tender of L 1.175 for the construction of a fore-and-aft schooner of thiity tons, for the Pilot Service. . gentleman, arrived from San Francisco, informs the l Star ’ that a woman from New Zealand, proceeding to England on a through ticket, was left destitute in San Francisco a few months ago by the refusal of the railway authorities to recognise the tickets issued iu the Colonies. When he left she was begging in the streets of San I* rancisco, and had only a pound or two when she arrived there, having depended pji having booked right through to Liverpool. The ‘Star’s’ ii.formant did not know the woman or anything beyond the fact that she was a passenger from New Zealand. The . calls upon the Government to inquire into the case and to afford relief, as the contract with the Colony was regarded as a guarantee to passengers of the bond Jide nature of the service. The armqunceraefit of the salp of Mr Thomas llus>ell s furniture is x’egardecl by some as a signification of au extended stay in England—longer than necessary to complete mail negotiations. An on dit connects it with rumors about the Agent-Generalship, Seventy-two pupils, chiefly from the public schools, are competing for six Provincial scholaiships, of L3O annually and free education for two years. ihompson, who endeavored to abscond, was brought up yesterday—first on the charge of embezzlement. Mr Quick, his employer, deposed that when arrested Thomson said 1-e had been drinking and backing bills for others, and thus got into trouble, and thought it better to clear out; that he had taken Ll2) of Quick s money, and had Ll6O of gold on him J’)ie evidence showed tljat Thompson fiat] re: t-ained the last week l s cash and pocketed it. There was no apparent defalcation previously* He reserved his defence, and was remanded till Monday, when the other charges will ho heard; and doubtless he will be committed for trial. Ti . , Napier, December 17. It is reported that the ‘ Hawke’s Bay Times,’ which at present appears as a bi-weekly, will at the commencement of the year appear as a penny morning paper. At Waipukurau to-day Colonel Lambert had a narrow escape from drowning. His bu ,r gy capsized in the river at Waipukurau Gorge, and he escaped with difficulty. „„ ~ Qijret.stqwn, December 13. Ihe dinner last night to the American observation party was a great success, and the speeches were quite above the level at such affairs. Professor Peters spoke twice, and predicted a grand future for this island. He stated that the results of the German expedition at the Auckland Islands will complete full observations. Lo-ilay the party have gone up the Lake per steanur. A writ for Ll,ooo has been ordered by Mr Robertson against the Corporation upon the arbitration decision.