TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4131, 17 June 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE CLAUD HAMILTON AT HOKITIKA. EUROPEAN NEWS TO JUNE 6. [Press Telegraph Agency.] Hokitika, Tuesday. The s.s. Claud Hamilton arrived off the port at mid-day, and was tendered at 10 p.ra. The following are the latest items of European and Australian intelligence : New York, May 30. Rochefort has arrived in this city. He declined to attend a public reception, hut published a letter justifying the burning of buildings and executions by the Paris Commune. He describes his sufferings in New Caledonia, and denounces MacMahon. London, June 2. 1 On Saturday, on the celebration of the 1 Queen’s Birthday, Earl Carnarvon entertained the Colonial Representatives at a State ■ Banquet. The Duke of 'Edinburgh was 1 present. All Australasian securities arc very firm. The balance of the New Zealand Loan was 1 taken at ninety-eight. | June 3. 1 The race for the Derby was won by Mr. I Cartwright’s George Frederick ; Lord Rose- 1 berry's Coronne de Fer second; Lord Falmouth’s Atlantic third. Twenty horses started, i Coronne de Fer was the favorite at starting. Acquila, Atlantic, and George Frederick were f also backed. i June 4. 1 The bank rate of discount has been reduced ] to 3 per cent. j June 5. , In the Oaks race Apology was first; Miss j Totta, second ; Lady Patricia, third. ■Jnnc 6. The money market is easy. The com ( market is unchanged. In wool sales corapeti- ( tion continues vigorous and very firm. Altogether 2221 bales were sold. The - French demand is large, and Home buyers are operating more freely. Obituary.— Andrew Lang. Sailed —Great Britain, s.s., on the 4th, for Melbourne. Arrived Zealandia, Ccheno, Christian McAusland. Rohe, June 4, The Pope has had a relapse, with loss of appetite, and is suffering from strong fever. His physicians are now alarmed. Juno 5. The Pope is better, and the doctors advise a change of au-, but his Holiness refuses to leave the Vatican. Paris, June 4. The Assembly is discussing concurrently Municipal and Electoral Bills which will have the effect of disfranchising three millions of voters. Berlin, June 3. The German Press ridicule the idea of the candidature of a Prussian Prince for the Spanish throne. AUSTRALIAN NEWS TO JUNE 9. Melbourne, June 9. On Monday last the Chief Secretary moved the second reading of the Constitution Act Amendment Act, and the debate has lasted all the week, with the prospect of extending over another fortnight, as a dozen speakers have yet to address the House. It is believed that the Government will havo a majority on the second reading. Nothing further has transpired with reference to the wreck of the ship British Admiral on King’s Island. The steamer Pharos proceeded to tho scene of wreck, and found no

more survivors, but buried six bodies. Tire car-go is strewn along the beach. The Customs and other officers are iu charge. Drafts to the amount of £4OO were found on one of the bodies. At the inquiry, the Navigation Board decided that the loss of the vessel was due to an error in calculating the longitude. The question of payment of members is to be brought before the Assembly on the conclusion of the Constitution debate, Forty members attended a preliminary meeting. The steamship Northumberland sailed with upwards of 300 passengers, including the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore. Butchart’s case is likely soon to be brought before the Court to determine as to his sanity. Mr. "W. K. Thompson’s Doerfoot won the Coursing Stakes. Governor Du Cane, after remaining a week in Melbourne, has returned to Tasmania. By a mining accident r at Smythesdale one man w-as killed and another injured. Diphtheria is very prevalent in some parts of the Colony, and several deaths have occurred. Sydney, June 9. H.M.S. Challenger sailed yesterday. The s.s. Tartar sailed on Saturday, the Gth. The s.s. Macgregor has completed her repair’s, and leaves on the 25th, via New Zealand. Admiral Kibout, who arrived by the mail, has proceeded to New Caledonia, to inquire into the circumstances of the escape of Rochefort. Residents of Bathurst have presented Bishop Quinn with 1500 guineas, prior to his proceeding to Europe. A collision happened between the steamers Balclutha and Lady Young, when the latter was cut down to the -water’s edge. Madame Goddard will arrive from Singapore towards the end of the mouth. The proposed release of Gardiner, the bushranger, has formed the subject of a debate iu the Assembly, and has been condemned at a public meeting. A private expedition to search for relics of Leichardt is being fitted out. Adelaide, Juue 9. Two motions of want of confidence in the Government have been tabled, and are to come on for discussion this week. Dour hundred and fifty-six miles of the overland line have been poled with iron poles and poles to a similar extent are under order. COMMERCIAL. Melbourne, June 9.

The markets during the week have been dull. Further large sales of brandy have been made at full rates, and 170 hhds. have been shipped from London under instructions. Liquors are dull, at a decline. Rum is in improved demand. Kerosene, very dull. Trade sales at Jd. to Id. lower. Wheat is in good inquiry at 6s. 6d. to 6s. Bd. Oats in fair demand ; milling, ss. Bd. New Zealand 4 per cent, debentures : Sellers, 88. New Zealand Bank shares, £l7 15s. SHIPPING. Newcastle. Arrived: June I—Esdas, Celestia, from Lyttelton. June 2—City of Glasgow, from Wellington. June 7—Camille, from Wellington. June B—Jane Bull, from Nelson. Sailed ; June 2—Antipodes, for Auckland ; Maggie, for Napier. June 6—Omega and Malay, for Wellington. INTEEPEOVINCIAL. Auckland, Tuesday. The London correspondent of the Star states the emigrants by tbe Loch Awe, which sailed from London for Auckland on April 0, are of the finest class that have left England lately. A little difference regarding the price has arisen between the New Zealand Sliipping Company and the Agent-General. The Prince Alfred has cleared to-day for Lyttelton, with timber, and part of the original cargo of kerosene by the American barque Florence. The Herald’s Alexandra correspondent telegraphs that Te Wheoro is still at Waitomo interviewing Tawhiao and Manuhiri. I am informed that messages are being sent by wire through Te Wheoro to the Governor. Something of importance is evidently going on. Report says that some promise has been given to Rewi by the Government that part of the Waikato will be given to the King. The sooner that illusion is dispelled from their minds by proclamation from tbe Governor the better for all parties. The Hauhaus say these railways through the country will he the downfall of Kingism, and now blame the Europeans who told them to make a King. They have been made perfect fools of by those pakehas, and have been severe sufferers by losing the Waikato and other lands. It is now the wish of the King party to live peaceably with us if the matter can be arranged with the Government.

Nelson, Tuesday. The Governor is the guest of Mr. Dodson, the Mayor. Ho holds a levee to-day, and attends a public ball to-morrow. Dunedin, Tuesday. Some sixty or seventy families still remain at the Gaversham Immigrants Barracks without employment, while no engagements have been effected at the Caversham Central Barracks for some days. All the immigrants who were sent to the branch depots are now employed. The committee of tho now Colonial Bank have secured a very suitable site for business promises in the centre of the City, near tho railway. Invercargill, Tuesday. Brennan was brought up at the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, charged with the attempted murder of Mary Hall, and, at the request of the police, was remanded for eight days. The girl having recovered consciousness, her deposition was taken at the hospital. She said she remembered Brennan saying “ I will kill you.” She did not know why he said so, as she had never done anything to him. Brennan, who was present, exclaimed, “God bless you. Not on this earth, I don’t wish it.”