BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4051, 19 February 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

THE THAMES UNEMPLOYED. I 'j. ■-',-■ Auckland, February 18. ~ I In reply to a request from Mr Bowe,mH.R., far ■*, farther of money to employ the Tbames-xnioerfc Sir Julius Togelitelegraphg: "We have already, enabled £50,000t0 be spent tt «y the Thames goldfielda,.- No Government in any .other of the Colonies has done bo much. It would be ridiculous to spend money for the merepurpose of keeping men at the Thames. If "labor m not, required, plenty of labor is required in- othetf»arts of the Colony,' and if necessary, the Government would aid the, unemployed to go to parts where employment' is offered; <Ur Pollen his left fV Auckland.— ! Juxios Vooitti"

inquiry into the late fire showed .that a suspicious-looking man had been larking about atthe timeofth» outbreak, and the jury rp r turned a Verdict that there was a strong reason to suspect incendiarism. ' ' • '

Aic >, CHBtefoatJßOH, February 18. The efforts made by Mf Wm. Wilsoi to find an Australian;market for, atone from, his.white rock qnarry have been attended with sutcess. Avessettt'tow on the way from Melbourne to Jjyttelton to obtain a cargo for use in the eieotidn.ol* bank in that city. At the inquest on the caus*.of the fi;e in the Tmngletiu>afternoon, .the jury returned an open verdict, with a remark that they had *S&W&>L-iPBS&m.. »nneces?arily, a,, d. le,. wqueatfdthe coroner to nrfom the Minister of Justice that mqufcy was made~at the instance of the Insurance Companies without anything tojgstjfyiy yr A - ~; .. ■, -. * ,- ; B THE IHTER?OLOHIAL CABLE. ~ Jr'i' S ' WEttI NSTON, February 19; Telegraphic communication between Nelson «ie elftCT Ician m.chaige is applying ths final the public. . •'*■ : '-Jri''* X \ rS 6 ''' John Miliar, Oate Pro* hcil Engineer, >*a<. oharged at Jhe Police Court this moruiog, wi-h •*»*% £iols, from the SaSn Wilder false pretences. The Provincial Auditor, who institutes the pro'ecutidn, an* )s also the principal witness, b.insr now in Jiupeoin, the aeciwed wai remanded for a bofag allowed, himself in £3OO and twd sureties of £l5O each. ■ •■> The Cable steamer is at anchor in the bay.

r _k • &■■ :.' ■' , ™4'U. February 19. , a man named Griffiths, a stranger TT ,9^?^ u W» talked ov«r a oHff forty feet high, and sustained. a compound fracture of his right ankle, but no other serious iniurv He lay where hefell for three hour*, whea hM gtoawrwere heardin:* fibu-eiraritf ass stance was rende r ed him th i 8 going on splendidly all over