ADDITIONAL ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4460, 6 July 1875, Page 2

ADDITIONAL ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(from our own correspondent.) Dunedin, Monday. The following additional news, per Tararua, appears in to-day's Guardian : —■ Melbourne, June 25. The wreck of the steamer Rangatira took place on a reef at the entrance of the harbor of Noumea, New Caledonia. No lives were lost, and the crew and passengers went in boats to an island twelve miles distant, from whence they proceeded to Noumea. The Rangatira, \inder the command of Captain Woods, left Sydney for New Caledonia on the 10th May, with twenty passengers and a general cargo. She was 460 tons register, and traded for a long time between Melbourne and Sydney. She belonged to the Australian Steam Navigation Co. They are their own underwriters, and have £7o,oootocreditof insurance fund. Thesteamer Lord Ashley brought Captain Woods and the officers and crew to Sydney. The wreck took place on the 31st May, on a reef near the Isle of Pines. The vessel, after striking, moved astern, when the blades of the propeller broke, otherwise the vessel would probably have been saved. Captain Woods received an address of sympathy, and 100 guineas, from residents of New Caledonia. The rumors of the insolvency of large firms in the softgoods trade are contradicted. Wheat, ss. Arguments are proceeding on law points re Overall. A letter is published from a New Zealand volunteer to a comrade in Melbourne, urging a joint team from the colonies to be sent to England. SYDNEY. The Ocean Beauty is loading breadstuffs for England. A man named Kennedy jumped under the paddle wheel of the steamer Agnes Irving, and was killed. Church and Hill's estate is sequestrated. The debts are £30,000, and the assets are £12,000. The Medical Bill is withdrawn. PALMERSTON. The Claud Hamilton will take sixty passengers and 3000ozs. gold. A large party has gone overland to Queenslaud. ADELAIDE. The mail steamer Ceylon arrived on the 24th, after a very rapid passage of eighteen days f rom Gallo to Adelaide. The contributions received from England in aid of the Gothenburg fund will raise the amount to £9300. Wheat, 3s. 11. LAUNCESTON. The Intercolonial Ploughing Match takes place on the 15th September. Peteis, the merchant, has been committed for trial for frauds. There have been great floods. ENGLISH NEWS. Restraint is to be placed on the exportation of horses. Gladstone and Lowe have severely criticised the financial policy. Pensions of £2OO per annum are voted for the widows of Canon Kingsley, and Sir A. Helps. The new Bribery Act is rigidly enforced. One hundred thousand children are added to the metropolitan school roll. The Peninsular and Oriental Company is unable to pay a dividend. Obituary.—Sir Joseph Hawley, Ransome (agricultural implement maker), and Admiral Shevard Osborne. The month's exports to New Zealand amount to £297,111. SPAIN. Don Carlos perseveres, and money flows to him from mysterious sources. CHINA. By Torres mail, wo learn that attempts are being made to recover the treasure, amounting to 800,000 dols., in the Pacific mail steamer Japan, wrecked in twenty fathoms of water. The diver succeeded in examining the wreck, and the treasure will probably be recovered.