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Evening Star, Issue 3394, 7 January 1874, Page 2

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The following" was’ issued'cby us as an “Extra”;last night:— AuckLani >, January The Phoebe has arrived, from Sydney. She left on December 31; has 200 torik of cargo for the South, and twenty .passengers. Most of her news has been anticipated by the Gothenburg. —i J-L-i l ‘ - ■ '■ v■ ADDITIONAL ENGLISH NEWS. ’ t London, December 28. The * Times ’ has an article commenting on,, the, free trade policy of New South Wales,. as disclosed, in the - • budget, says Sydney' has' got' the 'start of Vic-' toria in the right direction, and anticipates i that unless the protection' policy of Victoria is speedily abandoned 1 Melbourne will be commercially, outstepped.- This crucial experiment in the politico-economical .history of* the .Australian Colonies ip patched with unit versa! interest, and ‘the ‘Times* is.of opinion there can be ho doubt as to the result. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. ; ; , . Sydney, Decembers!. '.The arnvaLof the • new- Ajchbishop Vaughan, seems likely to create a political''religious war. The members : of the Anglican t church ; aud Nonconformists puto the pretensiop : he electsto . the universal dominion of; the Catholic Church, and the tenability of it, if subjected to the public education system. The Bishop of Sydney (Dr Barker) has taken the opportunity of protesting against Dr Vaughpn’s, assumption. . , MELBOURNE. • ■ ; Consxderahle .consternation prevails ia mercantile circles owing to the. adoption of a free trade policy by New South Wales, -The Sydney v houses ;have" sent out travellers to 1 the Riverina . districts, who ■ are obtaining large orders of goods, ns by the’repeal of the ad valorem duties they are able to furnish supplies twenty per cent, lower than : appearsjcertain that a protective (?) tariff must be adopted. • : , Brisbane. ~ from is been obtained at the Palmer in great’ quantities. One nugget was found weighing 108 ounces, and several ranging from 3oz t0250z. The population oh the ground is 500, but no rations are. to be, had for love or. money. The general health is go id/but horses 1 are much required. Auckland, January 5. John Ken 1 , a pensioner at Qnehunga, has been burned to death in a ,four-roomed house which was destroyed. The. other inmates escaped through’a window. The origin of the ‘ fire is a mystery. . • A large body of armed Natives have left H for Waikato, and it is generally believed that i| is : intended toemploy them on the railway at thi frontier. The Superintendent tum^thc-first sod of the railway, opposite Ngaruawahia, on oaturday next.\ . ’ ' * - -• 1 ■ • ' 1 • ■ ■ ■! ■ T , ’ >;a;j A , („ ’ Nelson, January 6. At the Supreme Court sittings to-day, -the Donne y. Lucas came on fori hearing. . 0 lurn i a mL lB proprietor of the ‘Eveni«g Mail.. ThO action was brought to recpVer the,sum of LSQO, as damages on account of theinsertion, op 10th July f of a libellous .telegra- : phic report of MiTvess’s speech to his cdii-‘ 1 stituents at rßeefton, The telegram was in- 1 sertod accidentally, and exoiaed’ks soon 1 as aden ’ by the editor, and an apology published ; 'a ? frwi ] days after. Th 6 jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with b«e ’farthing The <

ill I ruroorei thitith {> f °™dt° contest ®^ n will be ggrt h 1 ;•; JBi>atbg Clti'blmeets h«wf Th„«. day, to select Regatta. Rowing matters here - are very quiet.