ARRIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO AT HOKITIKA.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1046, 2 December 1871, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO AT HOKITIKA.

< JHoKniKAf Deo. 1. ..'■" The s.s. Rangitoto, Captain Mackie, arrived in the roadstead 'yesterday at 6 p.m. The mails and passengers have just landed. She left Melbourne on the 25th ult., on which day the English mail, four days overdue, had not been telegraphed from Adelaide. Passenger List. — Mrs Tobin and child, Mrs Thomas Duncan, Miss Willmott, Mrs Fowler, Rev. James Laurie, Messrs Croft, F. Hall, Wood, Gilbert King, T. R. Batten, Frank Waterhouse. Cargo List.— We3tland, 103 tons ; Nelson, 71 toiis ; Wellington, 51 tons ; Lyttelton, 23 tons ; Dunedin, 92 tons. Melbourne, Nov. 25. The English mail is two days overdue. The non-arrival has caused considerable anxiety and speculation. Reports via Sydney state "that more massacres have occurred at the Melanesian Islands. ' Business remains dull awaiting mail advices. The Permissive Bill was thrown out in the Legislative Council. The Telegraphic Message Copyright Bill, protecting messages for thirty-six hours after receipt, was passed. Parliament was prorogued nominally till the 6th of January, but probably after recess till April. Mr Yale was sworn as Commissioner of Customs. His re-election will probably be opposed. Franz Yogel, clothworker, from New Zealand, has committed suicide by arsenic. Supposed cause, disappointment in not obtaining employment. Geary has been sentenced to death for tho murder of Brookhouse seventeen years ago ; his wife was acquitted. Mr O'Shannassy is ill. The Victoria Contingent Eclipse Expedition, consisting of about two dozen persons, leit for Cape Sidmouth, via Sydney. Rosenwax, the levanting pawnbroker, is under examination. Sydney, Nov. 24. Frank Brothers have suspended payment. Debts, L 40,000. The Government are likely to sustain a defeat on the Border Customs Duties, and if so, will accept it as a vote of want of confidence. Sixty pure-bred rams were shipped for California. The sailing of the Nebraska was delayed till Saturday. A handsome monument is to be erected to Bishop Patteson. Wool sales dull and inanimate, in consequence of the absence of English news. Adelaide, Nov. 24. The Ministerial crisis still continues. The Governor has been memorialised not to dissolve Parliament, but to dismiss his advisers. There is considerable excitement. Sugar has advanced from 30s to 40a. The wheat market is quiet &nd inactive, pending arrival of English mail. Launceston, Nov. 24. The body of a child was found in the Tamar. Verdict — Murder by person unknown.