AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 201, 25 August 1874, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[Pbb Tabarua.] [The following telegrams were put in at the Hokitika office at 9. 30 a.m. yesterday, but the first slip did not reach nsnntil 330 p.m., when it^_u_{oo late for publication .— ] Mklbol^nb August 18.--->The want of confidence motion in the Go/vemment, after being debated for two nights, was negatived without a division,. The Government then proceeded with the ordinary business, and it is likely matters will proceed quietly until the Treasurer makes his financial statement, when a fresh onslaught is expected to over the tariff question. Two vacancies in. the Cmncil have been filled by the unopposed re-election of the retiring .members} % , . ._ „ The UfelJ»sion Walker v. Georgeahe publisher otlhe*Australasia}i, resulted iife a verdict for tbe plaintiff on two counts with farthing damages, and for the defendant on one count. The judge refused to certify for the plaintiffs costs. In the Slander action Mc« Ken, aolicitor, v. Neeley, where tbe plaintiff was accused by the defendant, a cleric in the Crown Solicitor* office, with putting his name to the Ire* of witn'ssea expenses after it had been signed by the judge, a verdict waa returned for the defendant. Rumors are current that the Californian service has collapsed owing to Mr Hail's sudden departure per Mikado. Tfie Government . have telegraphed to London for. information-, meanwhi c the City of Melbourne is advertised to take the next mail under the management of the A.S.N. Company, calling only at Honolulu. The Nubia with the Suez mail is expected at Adelaide to-day or to-morrow. • ' ./V Amining accident occurred at the Prince of Walts' claim yesterday afternoon, when two men were killed. At a meeting of shareholders in the Tookey mine held at Ballarat yesterday, it wasresolved that the capital of the Company be increased from £77,500 to .6117,500, by the issue of 20.000 new shares at £2 each, lt waa alao reaolved tbat the Tookey Company in connection with the United" Pumping Association borrow £50,00S faom the flew Zealand Government, the- Tookey 'a to give a mortgage for £150,0 JO, as their share of the propoeed loan, but no security to be given which would have the effect .of causing any liabilities to the shareholders. Sydney, August 18.*The Rooparelle has been towed intd-New-castle during a severe sqjall ; no lives were lost. The captain sprained his ancle while clearing the wreck. 'Ihe (ship Chrysomene, from Newcastle to Oaliiorma, has betn towed in dismasted The Government have addressed the Img*™ g authorities advlaing the annexing of Captain Gowland, R.N., tbe Admiralty surveyor, was engaged in a boat with three men, at the Heals, when the boat upset, and Captain Gowlan.i and one man were drowned. Parliament ie further adjourned to the 15th of September. A singular case of madness occurred on boar i the Minora, from Auckland to Newcastle. Jamea M'Lean, a stowaway, hung himself, and was just cut down in time to save his life. He was found to be rajinjg^iad. At the Hawkesbury races, fir. Ta'.t'a Goldsborough won the Grand Handicap, and Sir H. Itobinson's colt, Kingsborough, tbe Hawkesbury Guineas, and Mures' Produce Stakes. __ Adelaide, August 13. The.lntercolonial Free Trade Bill is behur opposed. -.- JSfJT 1 - 6 of J 2 ' 000 tDnB of .breadstuff* ia reported during the year, r^l

, COMMERCIAL. Business continues dull, Breadstuffs a trifle firmer; wheat fis 4d to 6a 5d for primer oats, not much dealt ia at 4s lld to 5s lor feeding.: A London telegram - reporting blight in the hop crop has caused sales to be made^at considerable advance. Large sales ot bottled ale and stout are reported. Brandies dull. The latest Mauritius dates report that the canes are yielding badly, the fiist cargo is not f xpeuted to leave before the middle of August, and as the market is cleared nothing can come forward for six weeks. \ SHIPPING. Melboobnb.— Sailed : Eliza Firth for Greymouth, Florida for Wanganui, Mary Bannatyne for New Zealand. Newcastle.— Arrived : Ribard from Wellington, William Ackers from Wanganui, Isabella from Auckland, Woodville from Dunedin, John Bull from Lyttelton, Ada from Dunedin, Sailed'; Cyrene for Lyttelton, Memento for Auckland, Fleur de Maurice for Auckland, Anu Melbuish for Wellington, Montana for Auckland.