SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1860, 9 July 1874, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Tress Agency.)., I .iK ?.'■!) •. ;, —c '' "' : "-''■ ■■■■ii J.i . ■ AucKiANDi/Wednesday, 6,5 p.m. | The s.s. '•' Cifcyvpf Adelaide' has heen detained until •: six. o'clopfc ;- t to-morrow morning. Arrived: The schooner' Papua' from Rorotonga. - Tho''master reports the total wreck: of the. schooner/; fanner' at the Islaads,-. Tlio sohooaer; ''Herald,' from Fiji, brings news to Juno tho 28th, but nothing-of importance. .The Govern-1 raent troopshadachieved another victory ovor the'Mquntaineers'pf Vitu Leva, and eighty of .the enemy- were, killed.—The i schooner"''Dauntless •'; has" arrived from iNew Caledonia, and'..reports that the schooner 'Mai-y-Stewaff'is a total wreck at New, Hebrides. .The crew were picked upiift'an I 'open boat- 1 at ana takeri-fto Noumeai i. JAdmit'al/]iibo.ufi;bap Arrived at Noumea to inquire" into the escape of be removed to tho„ Islo, of Pines, andAanother.'.VislandjiSito'j k®A ?plectedi-! Batema'n-has bderf'senPflSFrariOe..tdiilfulfil his term of The convict executioner wa3 murdered by one of the B Th'e derer was afterwards guillotined. Duels ; are very.!prevalent;v on | the 20th Juno. One was between LieuItenanfDe'Yarelltoe atfd J3ous the/latier,, Permission to fight was given .byifthe. Goverhoi', who attended the fuhij.riil 1 afid-'afl-dressecl tlie soldiers up'oii hpnol'ding'{lieir lroiiDireT6rarthe"c"osrof"]ifer; —-—

The Suez per' Oily of •;, Sliai-emaijket iitSputli. Una )( T% i i %i9|r!ffik4S 3 » City of London,-,-28s.6ii'iij Bird-in-Hand, 30s; Golden Oalf,~Hs 6d • Oaledoniau, £9 7s6d. v;.^ ; f Jio^, f , u -.HPfli?; panylsi iwte ..Held' to-day/ ! '''aMvtl#'^6ilrj:^r"fep ! b r adopted ijjg-.CflnlpeMtioA'jj|fbr l :-!;l{usinBS3i)tlii8j.iCflfflji pauy' more''tliiii''maitißaiu3» its-i-position, aud.its Til e'- tt." ( ! fed 'd/iiring." 1 past; largest sum yet received foripreMumsiii: any.half yeaiV'shewing-iin'/incroase of 1^ i -2d :^nI '4e ::; c6we , half year fqr, ;1873j .increase of of November,!-1873. ,:.T.lie; directors have in . vibW-->'plaiis' ::! ''-fb'r' - J ' : still ?l "'fuirlliei*' extending ■ the- -company*s—business. The .balance andpMt ; fpr tluvpasi halftliis I ;result isViattained.-after- making I .provision ibr losses -which have during the current' half-ye'aiv have ~:•:m ::-.i ;-.-. ;:.rr, J . ,.. :.: ,';'.;'"' .J I ''-," ,['sri.'- .^.ff-'i'i been •carefully have been enabled to add a sum of £5,000 fOrthe iiioroQGodTnluoof shares and other securities held.. Thp diroetoFs'recoramon d the'Vr'dma'ry'' dividentl' ! of 10'' per' Pent; The' amount now* invested stands at £200,965." 'The directors 'Mv 6 felt the importance of increasing the number of shai'e^6lders;ahd'have:'res6lvedto'r6commehd!the shareholders to 'ihcrtiasbVthe capital Of'tlie company^jand' :: jiflposq, of a portion of the new stock tptho/si?. Ji.ljoly.jto promptotits business. ,--.k\ .spcqial'general meeting of the company vpill;be-cbn\ f ene'd date* to discuss' to be'submitt6dTo^'this''purpose". J '\'V r '''' *''' , ; rr„u. ; , ..... ji, : ;-j.-,ji,-,- ;o' ti.Aj;i) , .'. , ..j£lJ at Dor,

——(FROM-OUE-OWN-CORIIESP-ONDENT.). ...-. In the New Pacifica number of hands: w'erb disdhnrgdHl tb-dayYioVv thdrMisJribti sufficient,funds flfc'preaenj; tq 7 ,carry ( ~onj iull parly igofelozs I of .m^U^gflll^Mfl^P^i^MsPl 1 ■ stuff taken looking j very well on the groundof thfttfßru'ius — I ! have 'completed;;tho : '''reform f ! of the. com- \ party,, and work jr'eTcommen'aedi'ito-'d'ay. oh j itiie'sf'old'i!; shaft, '.tlip is | reported there will i: be;a reduction l: 6f| hands' "aft6r,Vihig ': ! weelof ThV ' Who'd-j liavp-tho'uglit:itppbratioiishaVe been'sus-i pended for.a few days..!.; The .'.weather i'isj interfering with works ,riear ! the 'surface. ~The Gity of Auckland,'have declared, a! dividend of £40, Jarge.,'reserve; fund.—The Plutus started a rise from! Na 3level to,the'.winz^in,'^o/S, : an'dalsp ;3.Jt6.]tlie ;i)lat-| form <the ;Tokatea to-morrow to; ask : the Go-j "yernme'nt ! , to'' lay "a 1 'trani'way'along'tho! Waikoromiko track./;: -jyis^-i a j-.'.'-.W- ; ',-v., j