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[Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Agency.]
DUNEDIN. June 30. A large meeting of the Water "Works Company was held on Saturday and a conditional agreement between the directors and the Corporation for the sale of the works was ratified A fire took place on]the night of the 27th at the Taieri in the stables rented by Cobb and Co. Of seventeen horses all were saved. The building, a lot of harness, hay and oats, were destroyed. The damage is estimated at .£3OO. It was uninsured. The cause is unknown. CHEISTCHURCH. June 30. In consequence of bad weather, the grain and produce market during the past week has been quiet. Se/eral large lots of wheat have changed hands for shipment to England. Market quotation—Wheat, 5s to 5s 2d; oats, 4s 9d; barley, 5s 3d to 5s 6d ; flour, £l2 to £l3; bran, £6 10s ; sharps, £7 10s potatoes, £-1; cheese, 7d ; butter, Is to Is 2d ; hams, lid ; bacon, 7d. LYTTELTON. June 30. The ship Stonhurst, eighty days out, has arrived from London, with 416 passengers on board ; all well. The ship Ealcaia has cleared for London, with a general cargo valued at £95,000. WELLINGTON. June 30. Mace and Arkell are putting up premises for establishing a brewery here. It is expected that 20,000 shares in the new Colonial Bank will bo taken up in this province. June 30. A locomotive for the West Coast has been shipped on board the steamer Kennedy. AUCKLAND. June 30. The Immigration Commissioner has held close inquiry into the com- j plaints of the passengers by the Loch Awe, against Dr Wyllie, SurgeonSuperintendent in charge. The accusations are of an abominable nature. ■, He spread reports against the character of Charlotte Beamont, a single girl, and said her sister had had a child. Charlotte llout, a girl aged 18, says he put his hands up her clothes while she was going up the ladder; the matron, Miss Gowan, being a witness. Alice Spanswick, a married woman, accuses him of wilful neglect, whereby her only child, eight months' old, died. The night before it died the doctor said it did not matter, it was only a little bastard. The doctor denies all the charges, arid makes very light of his situation. The inquiry was adjourned till Tuesday, to enable him to bring rebutting testimony. Latest intelligence from Fiji states that 11.M.5. liosario has arrived at Levuka. Also, that an excellent crop of cotton is expected.
GRAHAM STOWN. June 30. Trie men working at the Pumping Association's shaft have struck for 9s n day, and the manager has acceded to their demands. LATEST ENGLISH & AUSTRALIAN N-E W S . GREYMOUTH. July 1. The steamship Tararua arrived last night, but was not tendered at Ilokitika. She brings later English and Australian news. ENGLISH NEWS. (T:EE XEUTER'S SPECIAL CABLE.) LONDON. June 20. Owing to election for North Durham having been declared void, a fresh election was held, resulting in the return of Palmer (Liberal), and Elii >tt (Conservative). June 22. Judgment by the House of Lords authorises continuance of divorce proceedings in the Mordaunt case. The failures of. Snelgrove, of Mark Lane, merchant, for £300,000, and a Belfast linen manufacturing firm for nearly a million, are reported Wool continues firm. The arrivals for next series of sales amount to 130,000 bales. Wheat dropping. Hemp, common to medium, has been sold at £l7 to £2-1. ROME. June 20. The Pope, on receiving congratulations from the Sacred College, on the anniversary of his accession, said he had refused a proposal from high per'sonages for reconciliation with the King of Italy, because he believed any concession would be equally injurious to the Church and Society. Garibaldi is seriously ill at Caprera.
AUSTRALIAN NEWS. MELBOURNE. ,'une 21. Qlie barque A lma has arrived here from V\ estport. June 24 The Torres Strait mail steamer
Flintshire, lias been totally wrecked in p Cleveland Bay, North Australia. All n on board saved. 1; Madame Goddard and Blondin a were passengers all night in an open t boat. They reached shore safely, but r lost all their effects. 1 Diptheria is prevalent in Mary- ] borough district. - f Markets are a little brisker. Large p speculative purchases of keroseno t made; Is 5d now asked for Devoes ( brand. Breadstulfs :—Grain uual- f tcred. s SYDNEY. < June 24. 1 The steamer Mongol made the run from Hong Kong in eighteen days. i A public agitation in favor of ; secular education has commenced. i Mr Saul Samuel received the compliment of a public banquet last night, in recognition of services in connection with the California!! mail service. ;
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1190, 3 July 1874, Page 4
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