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Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1133, 16 December 1873, Page 2

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(PROM -* CORRESPONDENT.) NELSON. December 13. The Superintendent returns are now aIJ in. Majority for Curtis, 320.

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REEFTON. December 15, 9 p.m. The Break of Day claim, at Lyell, crushed 1512 tons, which yielded 1164 ounces retorted gold. WELLINGTON. December 12. A deputation of the Sugar-refining Company has interviewed the Superintendent regarding site for works, and the Superintendent has intimated that his Government would willingly recoma free gift of land. Superintendent Bunny is visiting the West Coast Districts. Ship carpenters have decided to demand an increase of one shilling per day. They are now getting 12s.

AUCKLAND. December 11. M'Arthur, Sheard, and Co. have sued the Collector of Customs for £IOO, being the difference of duty between the new and old tariff, on goods landed on July 30th, a sight entry having been passed on the 22nd. The question at issue is when did the Act come into operation, and over what goods. The judgment is reserved The steamer Governor Blackall is chartered to take the outward San Francisco mail. She leaves Auckland on the 22nd instant. December 12. The Fiji Council has received intimation that the Fiji Government can. not afford to contribute towards the subsidy to the San Francisco mail at present. The Phoebe left Sydney on December second. The Penang and Singapore cable has been repaired. The fault was caused by the cable being fouled by a ship's anchor, adn to clear which the cable had been deliberately cut through with an axe. A reward will be offered to discover perpetrators of this mischief. Bread-stuffs are much changed. The Baroda with Australian mails arrived at Galle on November 26th.

DTJNEDIN

December 15, 2 p.m. The Clutha line is ppened as far as Abbot's Creek. Messrs Vogel, Reynolds, Richardson, and Oreighton, M.H.R., with the Mayor of Duuedin, have travelled over the line in a speciai train. The submarine boat has been successfully launched before the Superintendent and a large assemblage. Five exhibition pictures have been opened in connection with the School of" Arts.

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS

MELBOURNE. December 3. Bishop Perry will resign, as his health is bad. An outrage by the Daphne, slaver, is under inquiry. A fire has taken place in Solomon's furniture warehouse. £4OO worth of stock was burned ; it was uninsured. A threatened duel between a wellknown doctor of law and an architect has been amicably settled, It had been arranged to encounter with pistols. A case has been heard at Beechworth involving a charge of entrapping females in Melbourne as servants, and sending them to Beechworth for prostitution. In the case in question, a woman refused to accept the alternative, and was sent away without a shilling. The Bench awarded a sum for board and coach fare back to Melbourne. . A prisoner in Pentridge, confined for forgery, died, leaving £16,000 to his eldest daughter. He refused to grant his other five child, en anything. The premises of Lawrence Adams Glendie, merchant, Williams street, have been destroyed by fire. There was a large stock covered by insurance. The German Consul has prevented a mining speculator from placing a mining venture in the German market on the ground that it is inadvisable to invest German capital in Victorian mines. Seven suicides were reported in Melbourne yesterday. Arrived.—Tararua; from New Zealand. At a seamen's public meeting on the wharf, the men resolved not to ship unless eight hours were conceded.

SYDNEY. December 3. The Australian Mutual Provident Society Bill has passed through Committee. Woolley, storekeeper, on Bushman Lead, quarrelled with his wife, and shot her twice. Her wounds aro dangerous.