BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 963, 19 April 1872, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(FfiOil OTJfi OWK COBRESPONDENT3.) HOKITIKA. April 17. The s.s. Alhambra arrived at 8 a.m. this morning, having left Melbourne on the afternoon of the 11th. The following is the passenger list for the ports of Hokitika and Greymouth— Messrs Cassius, Davidson, Harrison, Smith; Mrs Clog-trom and three children, Mrs Peteison and Miss Martin. MELBOURNE. April 11. One innings, single wicket matches, have been played between New South Wales and Victoria, and have resulted in favor of the latter. Advices have arrived that telegraphic charges between England and Australia will be nearly double to what was previously announced. The Governor subscribed £25 in aid of the burnt out theatricals. Whitworth has published a series of tales entitled " Under the Dray," which have been very successful. Wheat is quoted at 5s lOd; flour IiUUI dUJLU iiU ,viO OS. Robert Ayton, charged with passing valueless cheques on a bank at Auckland was further remanded. A ministerial fete has beeu held at Clunes on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the Town Hall. Ministers have visited Gipps Land, and promised extension of railways iu Jf.iat direction. The lion. Wrixoa has had a fall from his horse and sustained concussion of the brain, but he is doing favorably. SYDNEY. ! April 10. The proposed National Exhibition ia likely to be a great success. A subscription has been initiated for the survivors of the New Guinea expedition. Hamlet, the Victorian colt, won the Queen's Plate. Readett, a circus performer, is dead, and foul play is suspected; two men are an ested on suspicion. Fine copper ore has been discovered in the Darling district. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. April 10. A railway is proposed to cross the

confines of the South Australian territory, to cost £200,000,000 of British capital. A vigorous opposition is expected on Parliament reassembling.