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Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 231, 4 July 1872, Page 6

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(from greville's telegram company, reuter's agents.) Hokitika, June 24. Barlow, the ex-postmaster, has been further remanded. ! Wilson, a boatman, is missing, and is supposed to have been drowned. Auckland, June 24. Mr Thomson, the small-pox patient, became worse on Saturday, and died yesterday. He was interred the same afternoon. Every precaution has been taken, and it is believed the disease has been successfully stayed. There have been no fresh patients so far.

Auckland, June 24. The Hero brings Sydney dates to June 17 Nicholls and Lester will be executed tomorrow. Numerous applications have been mnde to witness the execution, and a hundred tickets have been issued. Captain Myhill, of the Day Dawn, has injured his spine in a fall. The Sydney Morning Harold comments favorably on the establishment of a San Francisco mail service. It says the laps 6of the Duffy-Vogel contract opens the way for fresh negotiations. The efforts that have been made to develope a transpacific route prove that the route can never be abandoned ; and although it has hitherto resulted only in irregular and incomplete communication, both for postal and passenger traffic, yet it has capabilities that cannot be ignored. The opening up of the route was entirely owing to New Zealand taking the initiative in the matter. The Duffy-Vogel contract was sound in the principle, bHt altogether out in the details. Flour is at Lls 10s to Lls 15s. Melbourne. Mr Langlands opposes Mr Langton for West Melbourne. It is reported that Dr Rowes is a candidate for Murray. A public meeting at Richmond refused to hear Mr Francis, and he retired into a small room, where he delivered an address. Mr Gaunscu, the rival candidate, addressed 2500 of the electors, and received a vote of confidence from them. Mr Grant, ex-Minister for Lands, disproved the charge of dishonest administration of the Land Act brought against him by Mr Francis, and read an apology from Mr Francis for the statements he made on the previous evening. The Ministerial prospects arc cloudy. The ship Irish Empire is at the Heads, with ten of her crew in irons for mutiny. Mr L. L. Smith has instituted an action for libel against the Age, for some comments of a political nature, arising out of the. Government patronage of his paper, the Times and Alines. Flour is at Ll6 10s, and wheat at os 6d to 7s. A parcel of New Zealand oats has been sold to arrive at 2s lid to 3s sd. Adelaide. Prime wheat is at os, and inferior at 5s lOd. Country flour is at Ll3, and town flour at Ll4.

Charleston, June J24th, Mr O'Conor addressed a meeting regarding the Westport leases, but failed to get a motion passed calling for an enquiry into the affair. The meeting decided to suspend judgment on the matter.

Westport, June27th. Mr O'Conor's meetings are causing excitement. The people are indignant at his attempts to create a false sympathy with himself, and his indiscriminate abuse of the public and the Press. He will very probably be called on to resign his seat. The sea is still encroaching on the town, and the Bank of New Zealand has been pulled down to escape its ravages. The schooner Dunedin went ashore on Friday, but was got off again on Sunday. She has sustained but little injury.

Wellington, June 26. The Independent denies the statement made by the Auckland papers that the recent cases of small-pox were caused by defective quarantine arrangements. The Independent says there is only a small sum in dispute between the Government and Mr Brogden- respecting the Auckland and Mercer Eailway, and believes the contract will be signed in a day or two. It is probable that contracts to the amount authorised by the Assembly will be signed before the Session opens.

Napier, June 26. A horrible outrage has been committed at Gisborne on Mrs Hardy by a man named Schricher, who broke into the house and assaulted the inmates. He broke a female servant's arm in two places. Mrs Hardy is not exppcted to live. Her husband was in Napier at the time.

Greymouth, June 26. The body of Freddy Hodges, the missing compositor, has been found in a snow drift near Inangahua. It is supposed that he had fallen down exhausted. The corpse was frightfully mutilated by rats.

Wellington, June 47. Mr Brogden's tender for the Wellington and Wairarepa railway has been received. Aucklvnd, June 27. At a meeting yesterday, it was resolved to form a pearl fishery company with a capital of LSOOO to fit out vessels for New Guinea Mr Brogden's tender for the Newmarket and Mercer Kail way, has been accepted. The amount is T. 166,000, exciusive of plant and rolling etock. Invercai:uill, June 26. The Criminal Sittings of the Supreme Court were opened to-day. Kee Chang, who pleaded guilty to three charges of selling spurious gold, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labor. In the case of Davidson, charged with robbing Kee Chang of L 25 and a silver watch, the jury retnrned a verdict of "not guilty." A similar verdict was returned in the case of Ah Hoon, against whom there were two charges of receiving money fraudulently obtained. There are eleven charges still to be disposed of. lugpen's case has not yet been considered by the Grand Jury. June 27. In the Supreme Court to-day, Connor, for stealing cheques and cash, was sentenced to eighteen months ; Bishop, for larceny, was acquitted ; Christie, for stealing money and horses (two charges), was found guilty on both, and sentenced to four years' penal servitude on the first, and two years' imprisonment on the second. No bill was returned against M'lntosh for larceny as a bailee. Hokitika, June 28. The Eangitoto left Melbourne at 4 p.m. on the 22nd, and arrived in the roadstead at 4.30 p.m. on the 27th. She brings eight saloon and thirty-one steerage passengers,