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Bruce Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 711, 22 June 1875, Page 5

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ARRIVAL OF THE ALHAMBRA AT HOKITIKA. . Meibouknb, June 12. A charge of forgery is being investigated against Duncan Longern, formerly an officer in the Dragopnß, and a member of the Assembly. Further failures have occurred here. James Humack and Benjamin Cocks, boot and shoe dealers ; liabilities, £9000. The overland telegraph line has been interrupted for the last two days. A cargo of New Zealand feed oats, ex Mary Bannafcyne,. fetched 4s Id. The 'Argus' has' commenced a suit in equity against the ' Gipps Land Mercury,' for using English telegrams without payment. A County Court Judge is accused in the newspapers of intoxication on the bench at Maryborough, in Victoria. He gave several decisions, and much complication will arise if the Grovernment sustaituthe charge. . Morris, a passenger on board the City of Adelaide, from Sydney, jumped overboard while suffering from drink. He was rescued with difficulty. Hock Kirn, a Chinaman, has killed a baby in a house in Little Bourke-street.^ He struck at a woman, but missed her, hitting the baby, which died instantly. He has been committed for trial. A woman named Newman, at Williamstown, died in child-birth from neglect of a drunken nurse. . Frank Stephen, the inventor of the lifeboat, proposes to sale in it to Sydney. The steamer Edma has been purchased for the Newcastle trade. In the Small-bore Rifle Match with Tasmania, the Melbourne team of six made. 614, out of a possible 672 ; the conditions being sevens shots at two, three, five, and six hundred. The Tasmanians did not all fire. The Melbourne rowing men intend ohalI lenging Sydney. • Sydney. June 12. Mr Barnes' cable resolution in the Sydney Assembly assents to a subsidy of £7,500 per annum for 10 years — two-thirds to be paid by New Zealand, and one third by New South- Wales. Minimum message of 10 words to cost 7s 6d. The cable to be laid within 12 months. The company are prepared to accept a contract on these terms. "The blacks attacked some Chinese on the Palmer River, and robbed their tents. They speared one Chinaman, and subsequently ate him. Six hundred and fifty Chinese landed at Cooktown from Hong Kong within the last few days. A testimoftal has been given to Mdlle. Jenny CJaus, violinist. The Government were defeated on the bill for the appointment of an additional judge