SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1850, 27 June 1874, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph PressJAgency.)

Auckland, Friday,

An official inquiry will be held to-mor-row into the charge against the doctor of the ship ' Loch A we' for behaving indecently and using foul language towards the single girls on the passage out. All the girls readily obtained employment and also a fair proportion of the married women, The Danish immigrants proceed South to-morrow, in the 'Wellington.'— The Chamber of Commerce have adopted a memorial to the Hon. Julius Vogel, protesting against the pamphlet issued by Dr. Featherston, comparing Auckland unfavourably with other provinces. The Star to-night, in alluding to the alleged depression in the Whau and City of London stock, says: — " When persons who, from the position they occupy, should uphold the interests of shareholders, make use of their influence and information for the purpose of 'bulling' or 'bearing' stock, while they buy and sell, deserve to be held up to the execration of all honest men. This is what has been done in the cases mentioned. It is immaterial whether the shares are above or below value leading men connected with the mines ought not to be found buttonholing smallholders, and advising them to sell, asserting that' the gold has run out,' that ' they had got past it,' and so forth. Yet men who have been notorious in connection with the Whau mine, have thus amused themselves, and shares have bobbed up and down in response to their breathisgs. The way bona fide investors have been victimised before, rendered them fearful of anything resembling a swindle, and they are more ready to become panic stricken at a likelihood of a fall in stock. This lays them open to the machinations, of practiced operators. There is only one safeguard" we cannot too strongly urge, namely, that in mining as with other business transactions, men shall act reasonably— shall look well to the prospects of the mine before buying, and demand reasons satisfactory to themselves ere selling. There are no changes in mines or their prospects like those we see in the scrip market, and when the cause of many of the fluctuations is so palpable, it behoves shareholders to be very wary, and act more on their own judgment than on the action of others."—Arrived: The p.s. ' Luna' and s.s. ' Go-ahead.'

Sharemarket:— Sales: Queen of the May, 12s; Moanataiari, 30s; Queen of the Thames, 7s; Union Beach, 15s. Buyers: Caledonian, £9 ss; Una, 4s; Golden Calf (double issue), 10s; Cure, 12s 9d; Old Whau, £4. Sellers : luby, ss.

(fbom oub own coeeespondents). CoEOMiNDEL, Friday. The City of Auckland, owing to severe weather, stopped conveying quartz to the battery, and will crush on Monday.—The Three Brothers have specimens and picked stone got yesterday.—Slips are reports all along the track to Paul's Creek.—The man charged with lunacy was brought up to-day, and was remanded for further medical evidence. There have been heavy rains with high winds a ll day. No material damage has been done. The night is fine. Taubanga, Friday. The wife of Mr McAuley, a muchrespected settler, died suddenly yesterday. At an inquest held on the body the following verdict was returned:—" Death from natural causes." Dr. Armitage, through illness, was unable to render any assistance.—This district is about to suffer a loss in the departure of the officer in charge of the police department (Mr Baden), whose official duties and private life command the respect and esteem of the community.