NEW SOUTH WALES.

Southland Times, Issue 1284, 26 July 1870, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Stdnet, July 12. Mr G. R. Smalley, 8.A., F.R.A.S., Government astronomer, died suddenly yesterday. i Mr Edward Bowen, house-agent, of Bathurst street, committed suicide last night by cutting his throat with a razor. The Plunkett annuity fund, for the benefit of the widow of the late AttorneyGeneral of that name, now amounts to £400. ■ ' f i The awards have been made by the judges in the wines sent for exhibition. The first prizes were taken by Messrs Cox and Adams, of Albury ; Doyle and Gilliard, of Adelaide ; Sir Wm. Macarthui(l), and Messrs Wyndham (3). Second prizes, Messrs Gilliard, Cox, Helman andMacarthur (2), Wyndham (3). In class 242, for light red wines of any vintage older than 1868, Messrs Gilliard and Wyndham were equal for the first and second prizes ; and in class 943, for full-bodied red wines, Messrs Wyndham and Jacobs were equal for the first prize. * . v ... J July 13. A dinner and ball, under the auspices of the Orange party, were given last night, when about 700 persons were present The 'Wild Wave has arrived from Tonga, one of the South Sea Islands. , She brings news to the 17th June, and ; amongst other things is mentioned the fact that three men had been hanged at Tonga for murder. Also, that a great \ hurricane had visited the Islands, during , which the Government schooner Eleone wag driven ashore. , July 15. The Mercantile Bank has declared a dividend and bonus equal to 12£ per cent i per annum.* r A portion of the Exhibition entries ' closed to-day, and the applications are more numerous than was anticipated. Mr Cordner, a well-known professor of music, is dead The schooner John Bullock has been towed put of the breakers, near the Red \ Head, to Newcastle. Captain Parker and i one of the sailors were drowned while attempting to land and get a steam-tug. The inquest on the remains of Mi ; Charles, which were found near BranxtoUj } has been held, and resulted in a verdict of death by a gunshot wound, inflicted t by some person unknown.