ARRIVAL OF THE WONGA WONGA. AT AUCKLAND.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 119, 19 May 1870, Page 6

ARRIVAL OF THE WONGA WONGA. AT AUCKLAND.

Wanganui, May 12th. The Wonga Wonga arrived at Auckland without the English mail. No summary is to hand, the arrangements not being completed. The following items have been received. Auckland, May 12th. The Wonga Wonga arrived on the 9th at 5.15 p.m. She arrived at Honolulu, a distance of 3997 miles, on the 18th ult., in 17 days 4 hours. The passengers were all well. They proceeded on per Idaho on the 21st ult. Mr. Hall went on to San Francisco to complete the arrangements. The Wonga Wonga left Honolulu on the 22nd, and arrived as above, after a passage of 382 \ hours. She sailed for Sydney on the 11th. The s.s. Lord Ashley, with the San Francisco mails, leaves to-day. She takes no English letters. A dinner was given at the Northern Club to Mr. Yogel on the 10th instant. It was successful. Five rebels have been shot and one captured near Waikaremoana.

London, April 4th. The Navy Estimates amount to nine and a quarter millions. A scheme is projected to lighten the transatlantic cable. Mr. Charles Dickens has had an interview with the Queen. The anticipated reduction in the newspaper postage rate has been announced. The bill for enforcing the law in Ireland has passed. It provides for the trial of some cases without the intervention of a jury, for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and enacts that the press shall be held responsible for the publication of articles inciting to disturbance. It is reported that an addition of £20,000 per annum will be made to the allowance of the Prince of Wales. The consideration of the evidence in the Mordaunt case is going on. It is rumoured that Mr. Bright intends to resign his seat in the Ministry. Mr. Gladstone's Land Reform Bill is very unpopular in Ireland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has discoui'aged hopes of reducing the income tax. The British-Indian cable has been completed. The Marquis of Bute intends to visit New Zealand. Paris, April 4th. Prince Pierre Bonaparte was fined 25,000 francs. The lightness of the sentence excited great indignation. The Prince is still in prison. A new conspiracy to overthrow the Government has been discovered. Numerous arrests have been made. Washington, April 4th. The Postal Committee recommends a subsidy of 1,000,000 dols. per annum (about £209,000) to the service between San Francisco and China. Mr. Winer, the American Consul, has been imprisoned by the Haytian insurgents. The American and Englise squadrons have been sent there. Mr. Bennett has sailed to prepare for the yacht contest. The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce rocommends a subsidy to the new Australian route. A bill to subsidise 2000 ton steamers to run from San Francisco to Sydney passed the Senate, and is now pending before the House.