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Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 222, 2 May 1872, Page 6

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(FROM GREVIIiLE'S TELEGRAM COMPANY, better's agency.) Auckland, April 23. Mr Yogel leaves for Wellington next week. Nothing is disclosed regarding the Mail negociations. It is believed that the Herald's version is incorrect, and that the subside is larger. Michael Hutton, nephew to Archdeacon Williams, was killed while duck shooting at the Bay of Islands, through his gun accidentally going off while lifting it over a wall. A large number of new companies are being registered at Coromandel. Wellington, April 23. The Gazette of to-day prorogues the Assembly to May 29th Hokitika, April 24. The Eangitoto arrived here at 1 a.m. She left Melbourne on the 18th, and had tine weather throughout the vo\ age. Passengers : Mesdames Buckingham, C. Henderson, and Pickberg, Dr Aveat, Master Pirani, Misses Calderwood, Montgomery, Cullet, Cameron, and 25 in the steerage. Cargo for all ports, 150 tons. Melbourne, April 18. The first section of sixty-four miles of the North-Eastern Bailway has been opened. Banquets were held at Seymour and Kilmore. The latter was attended by the Ministry. Ministerial banquets are to be held at Maryborough and Carisbrook to«day. It is proposed to form a South Pacific Steam Navigation Company, with a capital j of L200,Q00 to buy up Messrs McMeckan, Black wood, and (Vs. nine boats. They propose to retain an interest in the Company to the amount of L 50,000. Feeney was convicted of the murder of Marks by shooting him in Fitzroy Gardens. He was sentenced to death. He was perfectly unmoved throughout the trial. The sentence will in all probability be carried out, I in spite of the attempts made to shew that he was insane. Thu body of Mr Adams, a squatter, was found in Richmond River, with a bullock chain and a heavy weight attache t to it. The body of William Jones, commercial clerk, was found in Darling Harbor, with marks of injury upon it. The jury returned an open verdict. The Sydney Marine Insurance Company declared a dividend and bonus equal to I*s per cent. Arrived — City of Melbourne, from Auckland ; Agnes Jessie, from Lyttelton. Sailed— Wonga, Maaellan C.oud, for Dunedin ; Hero, for Auckland. Markets.— Flour, Ll4 los to Lls per ton Wheat, 6s 7d. For New Zealand oats, ex Rangatira — three samples of stout oats — only 3s 2Jd was offered. They were withdrawn from sale. Victorian, average quality, 2s 6|d. Shares.— Tookeyß are held for L 7; buyers atL5. Sailed. — Emulous, for Dunedin. Sydney. Wool Sales : — Fleeces and scoured are a shade dearer. Sugars are firmer. Adelaide. The wheat statistics show a surplus for exportation of 20,000 tons. Price 5s 84 d to 5s 9d afloat. News unimportant. Nelson, April 24. Mr Richmond addressed a crowded meeting of the 1 City ' ele'etors last night. He generally condemned Mr Yogel and the Ministry, and also condemned Dr Featherston's immigration proceedings. He declared the House to be the arena of place hunters, whom he denounced. A vote of thanks to the candidate was passed. Pioton, April 24. The Captain of the Emerald reports seeing a vessel bottom upwards ten miles west of Stevens Island, and found rer name to be "Ocean Bird." There were no signs of the crew, who are supposed to be lost. Cromwell, April 24. Mr Shepherd addressed his constituents last evening in a speech of two hours and received a vote of confidence. Auckland, April 25. The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New Zealand was held "yesterday. The report showed a net profit up to March 31, after providing for all bad and doubtful debts, of L 44.5395, while the balance from the last half-year was L 7,604. A dividend at -the rate of 15 per cent, per annum was declared, leaving L 7.600 undivided. The Governor, accompanied by Mr Donald M'Lean, arrived at the Thames yesterday, having crossed overland from Eati-kati to OhinemurL His Excellency visited the leading mines yesterday, and reached Auckland last night. There are bitter complaints from the country districts of destruction of crops by pheasants. Tbe Volunteer Representatives write to the Cross accusing Colonel Harington of strong partiality towards Otago, and of unfair treatment of other representatives. They also complain that the stewards at the ball left strangers (representatives) to watch the Christchurch people dancing, having secured all the partners for themselves. Wellington, April 26. The survey of the Waitara Railway extension to Auckland is nearly completed. The estimated cost is L4OOO per mile. Naseby, April 27, Messrs Mervyn and Armstrong addressed the electors last night in the Masonic Hall, which was well filled. Votes of confidence were unanimously passed. Christchurch, April 26. The Prov'ncial Council was opened to-day. The Superintendent, in his speech, said that the land sales since the Ist of October last amounted to L 45.000. The new Education Ordinance had given a great impetus to education, and eighteen new educational districts had been formed since September. The cost of the Northern Railway had slightly exceeded L4OOO per mile, exclusive of the cost of the land. This economy snowed the benefit of local management of large works. The central administration of such works would be likely to prove a costly experiment ; and the appointment of a Resident Minister for the Middle Island was practically an admission that it was impossible to administer public works and immigration in the Middle Island from Wellington. The taxpayers would not long submit to unnecessary complication, and the appointment of a Resident Minister for the Middle Island was either preliminary to the i adoption of a separate system of finance and administration for each island, or to a change in the position of the Provinces. If the latter, the change must soon take the form either of the definition of the powers of the Provinces, and the utilisation of them as agents in promoting colonisation and public works, or of their entire abolition.