THE Marlborough Express.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1872. “EXPRESS” TELEGRAMS.
.“Givk me the liberty to know, to utter, ami toprgue freely according- to conscience, above all other liberties —Milton.
* (Per Australian Press Telegraph Agency.) Wellington, Dec. 16. Tlie Jessie Headman has arrived with 335 passengers. .All well. Hokitika, Dec. IS. . Arrived; the llangitotp, from Melbourne. Wellington, Dec. 18. An early settlers association is formed. Auckland, Dec. IS. . It is proposed to purchase the barque Tell for a reformatory ship for boys. Five horses ai;e nominated for the Ellerslie Handicap, including /Redwood, junr., and Walter’s Yattcrina. ... Dunedin, Dec. IS, Over £llOO will be run for" at the jockey Club races in March next. Hokitika, Dec. 18. . The Haugitoto arrived at' 9 p.m. yesterday, with Melbourne dates to the 12th, and London to the 10th Dec. s! '"‘ London, Dec. 10. Lady Doughty on her death-bed reaffirmed that the Claimant was not Roger Tichbourne. Her declaration has created a strong impression on the public mind, and the popular enthusiasm iii the claimant’s cause is abating. A destructive hurricane visited London, doing enormous -.damage to the river shipping, and public, and private buildings. A modification in the French Cabinet. Leon, suy Finance ; Goulard, Interior ; and Gourdon, Public Works, which gives a more healthy tone to the public tunds. The present indications in France are pacific. New Zealand fives, consolidated, 102 J. FlaXfscarce. Tallow, a shade easier. •
A fdrewell meeting was giyea to Bishop Selwyn, the new Melanesian Bishop, at Wolverhampton.; He will be consecrated in. Hew Zealand,.;, 4 Over 60,000 bales of wool wore quitted at the London sales,. : , The next sales will be on 13th July. Dr. Feathers ton is shipping more emigrants to Dunedin. A private telegram dated London 10th gives discount at. 4. • , ! IVEelbourne,, Dee*, 12. Parliament prorogues on Tuesday. The Education and Diseases in Stock Bill passed. ■ _ . ; Commodore Stirling declines the Yic* < t 1
torian steamer for the suppression of the labor traffic. .-there is a demand for wheat at low rates. r .iNeiv Zealands 5s 9d toj;ss lid. Flour auctioned at 297/. Bl T ADELAIDEjDeC. 12. Governor Fergusson is betrothed to Miss Richman, sister-in law to Hughes, a wealthy Moonta! proprietor. The marriage is to take place in London. Extraordinary wheat crops; one run of 5,000 acres will give 25 bushels on aii average. New crop immediate, 4s scl.
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Marlborough Express, Volume VII, Issue 457, 18 December 1872, Page 2
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