SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1786, 11 April 1874, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(Per Anglo-Australian Press Telegraph Agency,) ■ -e- ' ' Atjckund, Friday. There has been an unusually large amount of business in the skaremarket to-day:—Sales: Union Beach, 20s, 21s; Bismarck, 15s; Ooliban, 8s; Cure, Bs, 9s 6d, 8s 6d; Windsor Castle, Is 6d, 3s; Caledonian, £8 10s| £8 15s; City of London, 245; Albumia (double), 623— (new issue), 30s; Crown Prince, 12s 6d; Nonpareil, 4.3; Pride of Tokatea, Is 6d; Queen of the May, 13s.r-The Supreme Court has been occupied all day with the case of Minnie Garlick, charged with infantcide. The jury found her guilty of, concealment of birth. She was only sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. The returns for Franklin so far make: - May, 118; Goodfellow, 116; Troup, 98. -r-The 'Olio' from New Caledonia reports trade there brisk. Flour (scarce), £24 10s; timber, overstocked, The mines are progressing favourably.—A hurricane occurred at Norfolk Island damaging plantations, fences, and buildings. A church was blown down. Three or four hundred pine trees, some 25 to 30 feet in circumference) were torn out by the root 3 and hurled like sticks before the storm. There was a tremendous sea. The road from the landing-place at the Cascade is strewed with wrecks, supposed to be; the 'Diebofc' and 'Mary

Ann.' The embankment facing the sea is "utterly destroyed.—Arrived: The s.s. 'Paterson.' Alexandra, Friday. A telegram received to-day states that Eewi remains at Kopua. Mr Maekay, Colonel Lyon, and a party of the Armed Constabulary have gone to see him, (fboji oue own cobbesfondents.) ■' Cobomandel, Friday. City of Auckland obtained 401bs of specimens from tho winze ,to-day. They cut a new leader, 18 inches wide, at 190 feet in the old road level.—The Pacific got a few specimens yesterday from the surface stope. They commence crushing on Monday.—Union Beach, nothing important.—Tokatea, 60ozs retorted gold for the fortnight's crushing. / Tatjbancu, Friday. The Colonial Government steamer 'Luna' arrived here at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and leaves again for the South at 10 o'clock this evening.