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Evening Star, Issue 3690, 20 July 1875, Page 3

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Wellington, July 19. The inward San Francisco mail consisted of thirty-six bags, containing 2,321 letters. According to official information respecting the Schiller’s mails it appears the bags for London and Liverpool were saved, but the whole of the mails for the English country districts and for Ireland were lost. Some of the letters for Wales were put into the Liverpool bags and have been saved, but the greater bulk' of the mail is irretrievably lost. There is on immense flood in the Hutt river. The water is over the road and the country for miles, and is still rising fast. The people are all preparing < for ifi Seme houses are surrounded. It is raining and blowing hard.

Auckland, July 19. A Fiji paper contains further details of the fearful mortality from measles. The Natives are driven to desperation, and have committed suicide and burned villages. The bodies are left exposed, and are eaten by the pigs and dogs. The number of deaths on the island of Vanua Levu alone is estimated at 18,700. The barque Martha, from Samoa, reports that an American man-of-war has been there seven weeks, engaged in settling claims by American citizens for compensation arising out of the late war. On the advice of the United States Commissioner tho Natives have set up a king named Matutou.

Christchurch, July 19. The civil sessions of the Supreme Court opened this morning. The case of Bain, surveyor, v. W. C. Walker (an action for slander, L 5,000 damages), is now proceeding. The alleged slander is based on a statement that Walker, in a letter to the’ Provincial Govern* ment, charged Bain with laying out a certain road to suit hi* own purposes. [From our own Correspondents.)

Auckland, July 19. Mr Joseph May, M.H.K., has a very valuable bull, lately imported at an expense of over LSOO, and on Saturday evening his son, John May, was driving the animal from a paddock into a shed, using a small switch, when the hull suddenly turned on him, attacked him in a fierce manner, knocked him down, and, but for the peculiar shape of its horns, would certainly have gored him to death in a few minutes. May dexterously avoided some of the most violent thrusts of the furious animal, and while down on the glass pluckily reized the bull by the nose and called loudly for help. His brother rushed to the spot and gave timely aid as May was becoming exhausted by the severe struggle with the powerful beast. On being rescued it was found that the sufferer had sustained very serious injury on various parts of the body, including a severe bruise on the temple.

Abbow, July 20. The Crown Terrace Quartz Mining Company has opened a well-defined reef two feet wide. Samples of the stone crushed yielded at the rate of twelve ounces to the ton. A new company is forming to work the German Hill reef. The candidates for the mayoralty are Messrs Jenkins, Pritchard, and Graham.

A large public* meeting to protest against the action of the Waste Lands Board, re Kerin’s lease, will be held to-morrow night. Napier, July 1?. Several station properties have recently changed hands. Messrs Barker and M'Honald have bought 15,000 acres of freehold and leasehold land near Gisborne, with 9,000 sheep, for L12.C00. Twelve hundred acres adjoining sold for L 4,500. Mr Curtice has bought the Manganuareruu, Upper Wairoa, containing 5,000 acres and 2,000 sheep, for L 4,500 ; Mr Bruce, a half interest in the Waikari run, of 23,000 acres leasehold and 1,800 sheep, for L 1,600 ; and Mr Maney the Wiley’s estate, Waroa. of 5,000 acres, at the rate of 60s per acre. Mr Miller reports that several other transactions are pending. OAMARU, July 20. The ‘North Otago Times ’ to-day contains an advertisement inserted by Wiltshire taking up Edwards’s challenge, Wiltshire is willing to walk him 100 or 200 miles fer LIOO or L2OO, on the same ground that Edwards beat Macgregor on, and will also pay his expenses up, Wiltshire begins bis task of walking 250 miles in 100 hours to night at seven o’clock. Queenstown, July 19. The election for Mayor is confined to Messrs Betts and Warren, and the contest pronvses to be close, Mr Betts’s party is extremely active. Every influence is being used; private and domestic matters are made the subjects of untruthful canards . and servant girls’ quarrels are introduced. Mr Warren addresses a meeting to-night, an i will denounce such conduct. A deputation consisting of Messrs Symonds and Smith, of the Arrow Miners’ Association, waited on Warden Beetham re the sale of land to Kerin. Mr Beetham refused to interfere unless directed by the head of his department. He says he remembers refusing Kerin a lease adjoining his ground because it wairjauriferous. The sale, as proposed by the Waste Land Board, would block up the back workings. Kerin, having: so long been warned, is not en-

titled to compensation. Th« matter excites great Interest throughout the district, claims upon the lands sold and leased being marked out from Arthur’s Point in the direction of Miller’s Fist- The question of mining on P’’vate property and the Resumption Act will arise. The mining nows from nearly every quarter is favorable. Lawhexcb. July 20, At the dinner in the Town Hall last night to commemorate the opening of a branch of the Hibernian Society, 150 people were present. Mr Edward Cairo 1 !, the delegate from Dunedin, opened the lodge in due form. The municipal election is absorbing the attention of the citizens, and meetings are being held nightly, Mr Hay or Mr Fraer will be returned, and it is expected there will be a close contest. The weather is splendid. [From a Correspondent.) Wellington, July 20, Mr Inglis will move the reply to the Governor’s address. There are indications of Stafford’s party supporting the Government. M'Lean did not arrive in time to arrange.