AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.
SYDNEY. 11th August, Serious complications have arisen respecting the Californian mail service, Hall having left for America per Mikado. The Tartar haß been ordered hence to China on her arrival, and the owners of the Cyphrenes have sent instructions here for her commander. The A.S.N. Co. will not charter a steamer for a single trip unless they have the balance of the temporary contract. Under these circumstances the Government will be compelled to take the matter into lts_ own hands, and intends to carry on the line despite present prospects. MELBOURNE. 11th August. It is reported the race horses Lurlint and Papapa have suffered a good deal on the voyage. Lurline will not be sent to Sydney, she being reserved for the Melbourne events. Edward Ainley, produce merchant, has been sentenced to three years for forgery. Business dull; nothing doing. New teas are moving off at advanced rates. 18th August. A vote of want of confidence in the Ministry has been tabled, but is not expected to be carried, it being considered inopportune. Redwood's horses, especially Papapa aro favorites for the Melbourne Cup. Markets generally dull. Mr Christopher Holloway is now in Taranaki. Mr Von der Heyde's election has been declared void by the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the matter. A sale of unreclaimed sections in tho Bay, Dunedin, on Wednesday, realized £18,600, the largest amount received for one day's sale in the province. A General Government Gazette, issued on 14th August, announces the issue of letters of naturalization to Gustav Ludwig Theodore Von der Heyde, merchant, Auckland, and M.H.R. for Waitemata. The Alhambra on her last trip brought a splendid stallion for J. D. Canning, Esq., of Napier, also seventeen mares and geldings and two stallions for Bethune and Hunter, of Wellington. Good Templarism has obtained a footing in the Fiji islands, and seems likely to be of some service in stemming the tide of drunkenness. A lodge named the " Hope of Fiji Lodge," has been established, and its membership is rapidly increasing. A determined suicide is reported from Dunedin. On Tuesday morning Anthony Haygeon, a commission agent, committed suicide by cutting his throat with his penknife in bed. His son was sleeping in the same room at the time. The Auckland City Council have resolved to proceed with the water supply works, according to Mr Moriarty'a propoosal. Plans are being prepared by Mr Errington, C.E. Tenders will be called for a loan and for the construction of the works. The trial of Bonsby, for wife-murder, and of William Millyard, as accessory after the fact, in the Supreme Court Nelson, excited great interest, the Court being crowded each day. At the close of the case for the prosecution, the Judge directed Millyard to be discharged. Tho jury, on retiring, after an hour's deliberation, found Bonsby guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude. A Press Association Telegram from Tauranga, dated Tuesday, says:—Tho bones of Rawiri, a great Tauranga rebel, were disinterred lately. The burial took place to-day in the church cemetery, next to Colonel Booth's grave, who fought against him. Tho remains were followed to the grave by three hundred natives. The pall-bearers were old European settlers and leading citizens, who respected the old Maori, for ho was very brave, and was very merciful to many Europeans—women and children—in the hour of need. The Wairarapa Standard says :—" A recent telegram reported the committal, on a charge of murder, of N. Boosely, of the the Bay View Hotel, Wakapuaka, and of William Millyard, as being accessory after the fact. It appears from the evidence at the inquest, that the lifeless body of Mrs Boosely was found in one of the rooms of the hotel, with her head and face frightfully bruised, and the medical evidence was to the effect that it was impossible for these to have been the result of falls. The deceased had been drinking for some days, and her husband when tho discovery was made, was so drunk as to be unable to give any coherent account of the circumstances. They had been a steady couple for many years, but after taking the hotel in which they lived, had given way to drink. How many similar cases are upon record of parties ruining themselves as well as their victims by engaging in the liquor traffic."
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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1605, 25 August 1874, Page 334
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725AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1605, 25 August 1874, Page 334
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