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Evening Star, Issue 3885, 6 August 1875, Page 3

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*4 {Per Cyphrcncs ut Avxklnud.) Auckland, July 0. 1 he Cyphrenes has arrived. She left Sydney on tire Jist ult., and has forty-two through passengers. ■ -r, , Sydxky, July HI. .vne i ostrrmter-f tenoral moved resolutions approving ( f tile ucceplance of the contract hy uie i a sac id ail Do., with Messrs Elder and ■ i < rie.;or as siu eti's for Hie ban Francisco mail »]'.<■. after a debate the. resolutions. were agp ’•■! to by twenty eight to turn. rtm’. Vw+n r ’ I 1 ° m t ’ u ):„ !N!ov/ Guinea Expedition 7, A that the. barque Chovcrb was close to New Gmima and that all was well The Easby, which sailed for WcllinMon lost liu’i-day, has twice returned to port. Her lu-coml run mck took place yesterday. The lollowing ss her mport Ji ss i,y look her dep a t urn from tins port on the bound for Wellington, Had aboard 197 tons’of coal 2A31 bags of sugar, 440 eases of f m 'it,’ la-, bags of maize, and sundries, and also had twelve passengers. She cleared Sydney [ Heads at 7 a.m. with a westerly wind,' baro- | meter 29.00; as tin vessel p; oeeedcd to the I eastward the wind hauled round to SAY., and t the sea rose to such an extent tli.it the ship [ took in large quantities of water, washing ji away ail the fruit stewed near the fonhaceir > stalling the engine-room hatch, and coni- | vb-’-'-Jy smashing up (be covering cl Cm fd.ccr--4 :ir.g gear. Everything moveable <>a dock wav, i .swept away. .\t noon the ship was hovedo, J with her head to the southward ; but as the I sea still increased, Captain Kennedy deemed it ’ prudent to bear up for this port again. He had

to use much caution to get her into port by heading the vessel to sea in die hHHit of the squall. She made land yesterday off Wcolhunga, and with a considerable li t to starboard finally arrived alongside the Cosmopolitan wharf. The A.S.N. Co. has declared a dividend of ten per cent. The company have ordered three new boats. The master of the ship Result ha- been cited to appear before the Marine Board to answer the charges of neglecting to make efforts to float his vessel. The English war steamer Nymph has arrived. Melbourne. The Government obtained a majority of one vote on the tariff propositi >!!,_ and will probably cither resign or obtain a dissolution. 'ihe New Guinea Trading Colonisation Company is fairly staitcd. The Navigation Board has (-impended the certificate of the master of the barque Eliza Kawsden, which went ashore at Point Nepean. * During the past year over 5,G00 Roman Catholic children in the Melbourne district alone have been removed from the State to denominational schools.

The body of a man, with his throat cut from ear to ear, was found tied to the gate of the police station, Ronisey. The police are making inquiries into the matter. A writ of Habeas has been granted, calling on the Rev, Air Dalton to produce the Bates’s children. The will of the late Mr John AlTlierson was proved under L 30,000. The Canada, which put into Mauritius, is likely to be condemned and sold there. The Executive have decided on the execution of Ah Kat for the Bete Bete murder. A protracted meeting of the Cabinet has taken place, but nothing definite was resolved on. It is stated that the Governm-nt are likely to carry on, and that they will endeavor to obtain a dissolution. The latter course is urged by the greater portion of the Pres?, Brisbane. Hie remains of a man named Michael Scully have been found at Glen Haughton Station, he having died from want of water. A document was found describing his sufferings and bequeathing his property to Bishop Quinn

Adelmde. 50,000 baskets of wheat have been sold at ss, afloat. The market is slightly easier.