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

together with 270 tona of cargo for all ports.

Melbourne, June 22. The nominations for the re-election of the new Ministry show that five are opposed and two unopposed. It is believed all will be re-elected. There has been a great exposure of manipulation of the Land Act, by permission, evasion of penalties, and non-compliance with conditions, and also of corrupt subsidy given by the late Government. The Times and Minea, the ]ate Ministerial journal, was subsidised at the rate of L7OOO a year in Government advertisements. It has be<?n determined by the new Government to nullify the San Francisco postal arrangement made with Mr Webb, and to rescind Mr Hoey's appointment. The new Government promise not to interfere with the fiscal policy for the present. James Stevenson, a new arrival by the Ren Ledi, from London, shot himself at Queenscliffe. Commercial. — For Tookeys, buyers offer L 9 ; sellers aak LlO 10s. Flour, Ll6 to Ll6 1(R Wheat, 7s to 7s 4d. Oats, 3s to 3s 3d. A line of 3,000 busheis of New Zealand oats sold at 3a. Sugars are firmly held for an advance. Sydkey. Nicholls and Lester have been executed. Both admitted their guilt and the justice of thfi" 1 «f ikoir aoiitotinp. They warned young men to profit by their sad example. Lester said, " Send the news of my death to my mother in England." The ship Anuie Fish takes 343 bales of wool to San Francisco. •Sailed : John Knox and Amateur for Lyt-* telton ; Hero and Catnille for Auckland. Newcastle. Arrived : Star and Mary from Dunedin ; Atnherst from Auckland. Sailed : Mary Miller and Colistra for Auckland ; Anne Melhuish for Wellington. Adelaide. Bills have been introduced ]to amend the Distillation and Board Acts. The Transcontinental Railway Bill is opposed in the Assembly. Commercial : Flour, Ll3 to Ll4 ; wheat, O3 lOd to Gs. Wellington, June 27. The Agent-General's despatches, received to day. announce the sailing of the Halcione, for Wellington, with 50 cf Mr Brogden's inraiyants, ami 50 Scandinavian, and 140 British Government immigrants. The ship Friedburg was to leave Hamburg on th<3 IStk May with a full complement of immigrants. The ship Hodwig was to leave (Jhristiania on an early date for Napier, with 325 immigrants, being part of the 1200 sent for by the Superintendent of Hawke's Bay, for a special settlement at the Seventy Mile Bush. Tlv. ship Celestial Queen had left for Auckland with 90 British immigrants. Advices have been received of the shipment of 600 tons of railway iron for Mr Brogden, as well as turn-tables and cranes for the Clutha line. Arrangements have been made with the Messrs Brogden for the passages of their Vi borers, the firm giving promissory notes at the rate of LlO per head. This sum has lven fixed upon, as the firm will have the exclusive use of the immigrants' services for some tune. Dr Featherston asserts that the Finland's passengers were carefully examined ami inspected before the ship's departuic from London. A lett'-r from Mr Hugh George, dated •Tune 13, says that no arrangement has been made with Mr Yogel, and that it is very evident nothing can be done in that direction. Wha 1 ever arrangement is made must be that the w hole of the Press of New Zealaml be allowed to share in the telegrams on a fair footing.

Auckland, June 28. More rich specimens have been found in the Caledonian. The Green Hart crushing, Coromandel, averaged s-even ounces to the ton from a hundred tons. A patient is in the hospital, supposed to be suffering from small-pox. The symptoms are not serious. The patient will be isolated, and precautions against to spread of the disease have been adopted. Invercargill, June 28. At the Supreme Court, Wheeler, for stealing a mare, saddle and briddle was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Hitchcock, for shooting with intent to do bodily harm, to six months' with hard labor. Ingpens case

is now on. Auckland, June 29. The barque Ayr has transhipped a quantity of railway iron per Helenslce for Lyttelton. The Bella Mary, from Hobartown, reports great floods, and destruction of property there. The Caledonian and Bismarck at Coromandel, have come upon rich specimens. Caledonians have advanced to LIS. The Luna sails South to-morrow. The Governor is a passenger. Te Kooti left 8?e Kuiti, intending to settle at Mokau, but the friendlies there threatened to kill him, and JEtewi compelled him to remove. Wheat, 5s 3d to 5s 6d ; oats, 2s 6d. Hams ami bacon, 7AcL A seaman, belonging to the ship Helenslee, died suddenly in a hotel to-day. A deputation from the Tbatneg waited upon the Superintendent, and protested against the proposed Orange demonstration The Superintendent promised to prevent any breaches of the peace. Napikr, June 29. The Rev. G. Morice has been presented with a purse of sovereigns on the eve of his departure for England. Wellington, June 29. Mr Sherrin, from Dunedin, intends prospecting from Tuhua to Tauranga. ETe expects to receive aid from the General Government. He is the original discoverer of the Westland goldfields. Canterbury flonr, Ll4 to Lls ; local brands, Ll4 to Lls. Oats, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; wheat, no demand except for special lots. Captain Kennedy leaves the Wellington, and will be succeeded by Captain Carey, of the Go-ahead. Invkkcargill, June 29. fngpen has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

Moeraki Jetty. — The new jetty now in course of erection at Moeraki has been nearly at a standstill for the last fortnight, as it was found that the piles could not he screwed in. Several attempts were made, hut without effect. Mr Barr, engineer, was up there last week to. inspect the work, and it is expected that thepilas will have to be driven— which can be "done, as the screws can be detached. Six have already been driven, and the girders placed on them. The late heavy seas have hindered the work, but the earthwork at the end of the new jetty, which will be four or five feet higher than the old jetty, is progressing.