TELEGRAPHIC. (From tbe Daily Southern Cross.)

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 343, 25 July 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. (From tbe Daily Southern Cross.)

. Tauranga, Thursday. Captain bellars, of the Southern Cross, was fined £Band costs ibr t-arrving sheep and caigo contrary to the Customs Regulations. r ,, . _ . Nelson, Thursday. Charlotte Besley, landlady of the Bay View Hotel, suburban north, was found dead undnr suspicious circumstances. A Coroner s inquest lias been held, and the jury, after an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of " wilful murder against Norman Bes'oy, the deceased's husband, and against William Milyard, barman, as accessory after the fact. ' The body wiu teiribly bruised about tho'head and face. The meihcal evidence wns to the effect that death had been produced by rupture of a blood vessel in the head causing pressure on the bruin ; that the rupture had been caused by a blow behind the ear Melbourne. July 15. •} |,Tlie revenue for the year amounts to £4,152,000, the largest amount }et obtained, and exceeding the Treasurer's estimate by £300,009. Customs, public works, and miscellaneous show largo increases. The territorial revenuo has fallen oil' owing to the Government withdrawing land sales by auction. A prospectus hao been issued for the Pakawhau and Victoria Coal Company, for the purpose of, working a mine in Kelson. Capital £30,000, in £1 shares. A correspondent has written to the Argus, stating that the Key Robert Fleming, late ofOtago, has been refused recogmt ion as a prear-her in Victoria, and no reasons wero assigned by Iloine Mission Committee of the Presbyterian Church. The Assembly la«t night passed the Reform Bill through committee, and agreed to the proposition of the Government prohibiting the joint Assembly from making any alteration in tlio moneyjbilk. Captain Duncan, of the barquo Palace, from Wangaroa, reports seeing a light ashore at Sister Island, Bais' Straits. Conjectures are made that it is a castaway from some wrecked vessel. Brendstuffs are without material alteration. Flour, £13 ss; wheat, 5s 3d; oats, 5s 3d to 5s 6d. Sugars show a decline of £1 5s per ton. Quicksilver is advancing, 7s now asked. Cornsacks, 10s 6d. Hennessy's case brandy offering at lower rates ; Associated Vineyard, 6s 9d. A private London telegram reports pig iron lower. A private London telegram reports private sales of wool at a penny advance on last public sale. Adelaide, July 15 Ernest Giles, the explorer, has sent a telegram from Charlotte Water, dated July 13th, stating that he had discovered a frosh water lako and a splendid country 150 miles beyond Goss's depot. (Brisbane, July 15. Bath Housps have agreed to a conference to-morrow respecting the Land Bill. Blondin performs on Saturday week under the patronage of the Marquis of