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Evening Star, Issue 3765, 18 March 1875, Page 3

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Gbahamstown, March 17. At the inquest on the man Fox, killed in the Queen of Beauty mine, the jury returned a verdict that Fox lost his life by an accident caused by the neglect of those whose duty it was to see that the work was carried on with safety to |the men employed. It was also the opinion of the jury that had sufficient supervision been| exercised the accident would not have happened. It came out in evidence that 100 feet of driving and thirty feet of stoping had been done without any timber. Wanganui, March 17. The lease of the wharves and bridges was sold by tender yesterday. The former brought L 650, an increase of L 250, and the latter L 2,000, an increase of L2BO, although some tolls have been reduced. Nelson, March 17. In accordance with a Provincial Act which became law by the Governoi omitting to disallow it, the Provincial Government have succeeded in raising a loan of L 27.000 at 7 per cent, for the construction of a wharf and dock. March 18. A fire broke out last night in a stable adjoining Twist and Gray’s large livery stables, which the Brigade had great difficulty in saving. The building in which the fire broke out, and an adjoining one were entirely destroyed. Wellington, March 18, Mr John Pitcairn Stevenson, second clerk’s assistant to the House of Representatives, died this morning of heart disease, brought on by rheumatic fever. Mr H. W. Brewer, senior, landing waiter, who leaves for Auckland on Tuesday next, to take the position of landing waiter there, was last night presented with a handsome clock by the officers of the Customs Department, as a small token of their respect and regard. Mr Brewer was much esteemed and liked in Wellington. , Chbistchoech, March 18. The K a|oi regatta yesterday was a great OUOCOBS. r x he fallowing are the results CHAMPION FOUR-OAR RACE. Kaiapoi 1 Christchurch ... 2 CHAMPION PAIR-OAR RACK. Christchurch 1 Kaiapoi 2 CHAMPION SCULLERS’ RACE. Barron (Christchurch) ... ... 1 Wearing (Kaiapoi) 2 The H.A.C.B. Society held a soiree on a large last night, in commemoration of St. Patrick’s Day. The dinner projected some time ago, to commemorate the same event by Irishmen of all shades of politics and religion, fell through. (From <ntr own Correspondents.) Queenstown, March 17. The regatta was successful, but the attendance small. The events were well contested and the weather lovely. One thousand five hundred shares have been taken in the Nugget and Cornish Company. Probably the number will reach to 2,000 here, and to over 1,000 in Invercargill. . Riverton, March 18. Archibald Gavin, the prosecutor in the gold Belling case, died this morning from erysipelas in the head. He was in a state of delirium, raving about gold, ounces, pennyweights, ana grams till the last. . . Wellington, March'lß. A gratis evening paper is talked of here. Mr Wilson Heaps, late inspector of distilleries, is appointed Acting-collector of Customs here, while Mr M’Kellar is acting for Mr Seed. The appointment has caused considerable dissatisfaction, Heaps being put over the heads of officers of much longer service and higher standing. Auckland, March 18. The following special telegram has been received, per Mikado: —“ Tenders for the Otago (? Dunedin) City Loan Debentures offered in Melbourne were all below the minimum, and none were accepted.” ARRIVAL OF THE MIKADO. Auckland, March 18. The Mikado arrived to-day from Sydney, which she left on the 13th. She brings the largest number of passengers that ever went from Australia via San Francisco. CABLE TELEGRAMS. .p. . London, March 8. . *• , Archbishop and twenty-four bishops have issued an address to the clergy and laity ccncermng the course taken by the Government with relation to the' Church. They urge disCl^l ne » chanty, and forbearance. The New Zealand loan has been allotted, and dealings at a quarter per cent, premium. In the wool market there has not been any perceptible change since the opening sales. Competition is keen; scoured being in good demand. Archbishop Manning has been summoned to Rome to receive a Cardiuute. A bill relating to th e

State introduced by Government into the Prussian Parliament withdraws State endowdowments from those clergy who refuse to acknowledge the supremacy of the State; the endowment to be restored whenever (the supremacy of the State is acknowledged. The Government have prohibited the exportation of horses from Germany. Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.8., and Sir Arthur Helps, Clerk of the Privy Council, are dead. The mails via San Francisco were delivered on the Bth inst., and those via Torres Strait on the Ist. Lord Cairns’s Judicature Bill has been withdrawn. March 12. A new French Ministry has been formed. M. Buffet is Minister of the Interior; M. Dufaure, Minister of Justice ; M. Leon Say, Minister of Finance; M. Walloon, Minister of Agriculture. The other officers are unchanged. The Emperor William of Germany la ill.