The race-horses Lurline and Papap.ipa will not be sent to Sydney. They are being reserved for the Melbourne event. All but 51 entries in the Melbourne Cup have been scratched. Late Australian news mentions that the New South Wales Government intend to cany on the San Francisco mail service themselves, and that serious complications have arisen respecting the Californian mail service. Mr Hall having left for America per s.s. Mikado, the s.s. Tartar is ordered hence to clean, and the Cyphrenes' owners have sent instructions here for her commander. The A. S. N. Co. will not charter a steamer for a single trip unless they have the balance of the temporary contract. Under these circumstances the Government have been compelled to take the matter into their own hands, and intend to carry on the line despite present prospects. Madame Goddard is playing ;<.t Bathurst, and proceeds thence to Dunedin via, Melbourne! The ship Rooparell from Auckland for Newcastle has been seen off the coast dismasted. A steamer has been sent from Newcastle in search of her.
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Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 353, 18 August 1874, Page 2
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176Untitled Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 353, 18 August 1874, Page 2
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