WELLINGTON.
Yesterday. The British King sailed for Lytteltonal noon to-day, she takes 9000 carcases o: frozen mntton from here.
The immigration and emigration returns for April are:—Russell, departures, 3; I Auckland, arrivals, 660, departures, 393 ; Wellington,, arrivals 95, -departures 194; Napier, 3 arrival^; Greymouth, arrivals 4, departures> 12; Hokitika, arrivals 3; Lyttleton, arrivals 9, departures 82; Timaru, 10 arrivals, 4 departures; Dunedin, arrivals 228, departures, 3; Inver» cargill, arrivals 293, departures 375; total arrivals; 1324; departures, 1066. Of the arrivals, 622 were from the United Kingdom, 655 from the Australian coN onies, 35 from Fiji, and 12 from the South Seas; of the departures, 94 were for the United Kingdom, 832 for Australia, 18 for Fiji, 17 for olEer British ports, and 98 for the South Seas. Chinese, 4 arrivals, 23 departures. The Secretary of Telegraphs has the following message :—" London, May 11th, — The trial of the Central New Telegraph Company v. (ho Eastern Telegraph Com* pany concluded to-day, after occupying nine days. The Lord Chief Justice summed up in the Eastern Telegraph Com* pany's favor* and put to the jury the question :—" Did defendants', Eastern Telegraph Company^ through Sir James Anderson and Mr BeDJamin Smith (the Company's superintendent at Alexandria), divulge the contents of the Bur^ leigh message (containing news of the victory at Tel el Kebir?" To this the jury answered: "No," and the verdict was given in favor of the Eastern Telograph Company, subject to a point of law yet to be discussed. ,
This day. Vogel Qualified for Election.
The name of Sir Julius Vogel appears as a freeholder on the electoral roll for Waikouaiti district.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4791, 17 May 1884, Page 2
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269WELLINGTON. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4791, 17 May 1884, Page 2
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