TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 274, 5 June 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

_ . London, May 23. : The Chilean authorities have released Cap-: tain Hyde, imprisoned for his vessel capsizing with Chilean passengers on board. The question of indemnity is pending. The competition at the wool sales was animated. Prices show an upward tendency. AUSTBALIAN SUMMARY. Melbourne, May 26. The trial of Green for the Queen-street explosion is concluded. The jury disagreed. .A. man named Ord, at Wangaratta, died after a fight with another man! The torchlight procession of Fire Brigades last night was a splendid affair. About 700 firemen from different parts of the colony took part in the demonstration. Thousands of spectators congregated in the streets. r Today a review is being held with all fire" apparatus. The Ballochmyle, bound to New Zealand with immigrants, has been spoken. The Nubia, with the English mails, is expected to arrive here on Tuesday next, 2nd June. Auckland, June 1. . The Star of the South news contains particulars of the murder of Ross Lewin, a planter, at Tanna. He was shot by natives in revenge for shooting a pig in his garden. He requested that his body might be burried in the sea lest the natives should dig it up. Hi 3 wife went out with a boat to comply with his wishes, when she was driven away by a S a ' e : a nd after enduring great privation she was picked up by the schooner Donald M'Lean, on a labor cruise. Bloodshed had occurred on that vessel previously, the mate having been killed with an axe by a native, and a sailor shot through the mouth with a poisoned arrow. Two others were wounded.