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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1874, 5 January 1875, Page 2

STAR TELEGRAMS — -♦ ——— '■ ■ PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY. Auckland, This day. In the Supreme Court, Thompson, Quick's absconding manager, was sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment with hard labour. " Arrived : Ship Glenlora, 100 days out, from London. V t Dunedin, This day. A dinner to the American and French officers of the transit of Venus expedition will be given by the members of the OtagdIntitute on Friday next; ARRIVAL OF THE S. S. HERO FROM SYDNEY. ■.•'".. ———-♦ ———-— ' •'•■ Auckland, Monday evening. - The s.s. Hero arrived at 7 p.m. Sheleft Sydney on December 29. ;j English^ ; London, December 25. I An express train on the Groat Western Railway left the rails near Skipton. The carriages were precipitated into a canal, and thirty persons killed. An explosion occurred in a colliery in Staffordshire, which caused the deaths of twenty men. Australian. ; Melboubne* December 29. : The Intercolonial Cricket Match commenced on the 28th, when 5000 people were present. Victoria : First Innings. : Sleight b Spofforth ... ... 0 . Cooper c Woods b Spofforth ... 45 Kelly c Spofforth 14 •Horan b Goates ... 3 Boyle, runout ... .17 Goldsmith cThompson... ... 3 Cosstick c Gilbert ... ... 6 McGann b Tindall 0 Campbell b Spofforth 25 Blackhani b Thompson ... ... 32 Murphy, not out 0 Sundries ... 4 Total ... ... ... 149 New South Wales : First Innings. Gilbert, st Blaskham ... ... 11 Thompson, c Murphy ... ... 17 Sheridan, 1 b w 25 Powell, c Horan 6 Gregory, c Blackham ... ... 0 Bannerman, c Cosstick 81 Coates, c Cosstick ... ... 0 Spofforth, b Cosstick ... ... 21 Morgan, b Cosstick 0 Tindalli' not out ... 26 Wood, c Horan, by Boyle ... 9" Sundries ... 20 Total . ... 216 i Victorians: Second Innings. Goldsmith, b Spofforth... ... 14 Cooper, b Coates 4 Boyle, c Sheridan ... ... 3 Kelly, not out 37 Horan, not out 12 Three wickets for 70, when the stumps' were drawn. I Two drunken men on the Yarra, on . Boxing Day, upset a boat and were j drowned. ' Twenty sisters of the Cross and several, Catholics priests were passengers by the ' steamer St Osyth. • j Sir George Bowen will be entertained i at a banquet by the Mayor previous to his departure. ! There is a general holidaying, and business is suspended. Brisbane, December 29. It, is reported that the Communist refugees were set adrift by a ship now off the coast. > - -.... .. ARRIVAL OF THE MACGREGOR AT AUCKLAND WITH San Francisco Mail. ; « Auckland, This day. The s.s. Macgregor left 'Frisco on December 8. She was detained three days for the arrival of the English mail. Left Honolulu on the 18th. Passengers for Auckland-—Messrs A. Waddell, H. B. St. John, Mr and Mrs Styak and two children, Mr Elliott and 13 in the steerage. Passengers for Dunedin —H. E. Cameron, J. Stewart; for Sydney—2l; for Melbourne—7. Cargo, 2647 bags sugar for Auckland and a large cargo for Australia. General Summary. London, December 7. Calcutta telegrams statethat the Government are satisfied the man captured is not Nana Sahib. A ship, supposed to be the Pontaic, from Suuderland to Bombay, has been burned at sea. Twenty-six of the crew perished.