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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1274, 29 August 1872, Page 2

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VIA SAN FRANCISCO. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] [A portion of the following was issued by us as an Extra yesterday : — ] Auckland, Aug. 28, 9 a.m. The s.s. Nevada arrived this morning. The Health Officer went to the Heads, and thoroughly inspected the vessel. He has reported that there is no sickness on board. The Nevada has made a passage of 16 days 10 hours. She was detained nine days at Honolulu for repairs to her damaged machinery. She brings 35 passengers and 40 tons of cargo. The doctor is now reporting to the Health Board. The vesssl will not be released till the opinion of the Board be known. 11.30 a.m. The Nevada's news is to July 15. The Neto York Heralds letters from Mr Stanley give a history of his meeting Dr Livingßtone, and the latter's account of his explorations. He says the Zambesi is the head waters of the Nile's sources. The doctor tells of two countries through which the river runs. He also tells of ivory being so cheap and plentiful as to be used for door-posts ; of skilful manufacturers of fine grass-cloth, rivalling that of India ; of people nearly white and extremely handsome, who he supposes are the descendants of the ancient Egyptians : of copper mines at Katanga, which had been worked for ages, and of a docile, friendly people. Livingstone and Stanley explored the head of Lake Tananniwika, and returned to Ujiji, where they spent Christmas. Stanley says he found Livingstone in a very destitute condition, having been robbed and deserted by his men. He looks to be only about 50, and is quite hale and hearty. In March, 1872, he began to organise an expedition to explore some doubtful points, which he thinks will take about eighteen months, when he will return to England. Storms and floods have been particularly disastrous in Cheshire and Lancashire, where a large amount of property was destroyed, and several lives lost. Geneva, July 15. Count Scholop, as President of the Board of Arbitrators, the Brazilian members, Messrs Custring, Davis, and Waite, are already here. To-day's sitting will be purely formal, and therefore, are still confidential. It is believed the sessions of the Board will continue from six weeks to two months, with four sittings in each week. The English agents make a strong contest against the American claims, but the prevailing impression is that the award in favor of the United States will be a large one. Proceedings are to be conducted in secret. The indirect claims have beenwithdrawn. Havre, July 15. The regatta was won by the yacht Sappho, beating the Livonia by ninety minutes. The Observer anticipates that by the award to be made by the Geneva tribunal, Eng* land will be obliged to pay heavy sums, although it believes the total amount will fall several millions below the American estimate. July 19. Chief Justice Cockburn i 3 to be created an Earl, in recognition of his services in connection with the Alabama arbitration. In the House of Commona, Mr Morrison moved the second reading of the Proportional Representation Bill, which adopt 3 the American system of representation. Mr Morrison said that, under the system Birmingham would be entitled to 7 and Liverpool to 11 representatives in Parliament instead of 3 each, as at present. London to have GO members instead of 20 as now. Sir Charles Dilke opposed the motion on the ground that Ireland and Scotland were not included in the Bill. The Times 3ays that the nomination of Greely by the democracy is a flagrant instance of demoralisation, and that the Democrats swallowed their opponents platform by the candidates confessing that they had none of their own ; that nobody believes Greely could be President four months without making terrible mistakes, and it canuofc believe he will be elected. Lo.vdon, July ¥6. Storms throughout England were very destructive in Midland and Southern counties. In many places the growing crops were prostrated and destroyed, and several people were killed by lightning. Gladstone, in answer to inquiries by Walpole and Gregory, stated that the result of the labors of th© Geneva tribunal would have no effect whatever on the question of the Canadian loan or the San Juan boundary. The Prince of Wales passed through the Bethnal Green route vhen he opened the Museum. The streets were thronged by a prowd almost equal to the gathering to witness the ftovfll thanksgiving. London despatches state a " lock-out" of builders and carpenters, the result of the refusal of the men to accept the com- ; proaiiae offered by the employers. Twenty thousand masons, bricklayers, and join«rs *

are out of work. The reason given for the strike is the increase in the cost of living. The ship Omaha, from Liverpool for Calcutta, wa3 wrecked in the Hoogley River, and seven of the crew drowned. The ship Lapwing, running between Liverpool and Rotterdam, collided with an unknown vessel off the Isle of Wight, and 21 lives were lost. The official correspondence between the British Government and Lord Tenterden, its agent before the Geneva Tribunal Arbitration is published. The correspondence closes with a despatch from Earl Granville, expressive of the appreciation of the services of Lord Tenterden and Sir Roundell Palmer. Granville says, "I should not do justice to the feelings of her Majesty's Government if I did not acknowledge the conciliatory spirit manifested by you aud your American colleagues, and the good feeling Bhown by both sides to facilitate the deliberations of the arbitrators. An International Prison Reform Congress is commenced in London, and representatives are present from every civilised country in the world. Earl Carnarvon presided. The Archbishop of Madrid is dead. Cabecilla's band of insurgents was defeated in Torragona, and Cabecillo was wounded and captured. The Epoca, commenting on a recent article in the London Times, advising Spain to cede Cuba to the United States, energetically scorns the idea of Spain parting with any colonial possessions. Journals reproduce letters of the Archbishop of Naples, advising the clergy in the jurisdiction to use their utmost efforts to persuade their parishioners to take. part in the administrative election of the country. Gambetta, in a speech, praised the French Republic as the embodiment of the principle of self-government, order, and prosperity. He compliraed Thiers in high terms, declaring that his administration had been a great success. Stanley gives the following account of his journey in search of Dr. Livingstone. His men, after considerable difficulty, reached the suburbs of Ujiji. He firing guns, astonished the natives, who flocked out. He noticed in the centre of the group of Arabs a pale-looking, greybearded white man, wearing a naval cap with a faded gold band and a red woollen shirt, preserving a demeanor of calmness before the Arabs. Stanley said he was Dr. Livingstone, he presumed. The man smiled, and answered yes. He informed Stanley thathestartedin March, -].gfK) r with 12 Sepoys, nine Johanna men, and seven liberated slaves. He travelled up the banks of the Rorurua. His men got frightened, deserted, and reported Livingstone dead as an excuse for desertion. He crossed the Chambin and found it not the Zambesi, but a wholly separate river. He explored 700 miles and found the Zambesi doubtless the source of the Nile, and that the length of the Kile was about 2(500 miles.