Telegraphic Despatches.
[From our own Correspondent.)
Dunedin, March 6th.
The Omeo arrived at Bluff Harbour to-day. The following are the chief items of latest English news : — The Ministry have been officially constituted. First Lord &f the Treasury, Disraeli; Lori Chancellor, lord Cairns : President of the Council, Duke of Richmond ; Lord of Privy Seal, Earl of Malrasbury; Foreign Secretary, Earl of Derby; Secretary for the Colonies. Earl of . Carnarvon ; Secretary for India, Marquis of Salisbury ; Socretary of War, JGathornc Hardy ; Home Secretary, B. A. Cross ; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sjr Stafford Northcote j - Postmaster General, Lord John Manners; First Lord of the Admiralty, George "Ward Hunt ; Attorney-General, -Karslake ; Solioitor-General, Baggally ; Viceroy of Ireland, Duke of Abercovn, The Marquis of Normandy, Sir Alfred Stephen, C.8., late Chief Justice of New South Wales, Sir James M'Culloch, and John ,
O'Snannessy have been appointed Knights Commanders of St. Michael and St. George. The British had to fight two battles before reaching Commassie. Our losses are severe. Three hundred were killed and wounded at Commassie. The King promised to come and •ign the treaty of peace. . , s
City election. — At 4.40 p.m., the Returning Officer declared the state of the poll to bo —Reeves, 588 ; Cargill, 428 ; Isaacs, 56 ; and Chapman, 50. The English Opera Company are passengers by the Omeo. A case involving a charge of malpractice against Dr. M'Brearty, West Taieri, was commenced in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. Damages laid at £100. " Sydney.
Hume reiterates his story about Leichardt's relics having been stolen from him, which nobody believes. The Palmer River rush is over ; all are returning. There are many dying from exhaustion and starvation on the way.
Adelaide,
The Barrons Creek telegraph station has been attacked by Blacks. The telegraph master and lineman were killed, and the operator and a black boy seriously injured.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 336, 7 March 1874, Page 2
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