TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4509, 2 September 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

PER PRESS, AGENCY.) Auckland, Wednesday. Several shopkeepers retailing milk, were fined £1 to £5 to-day for adulterating it with to water an extent from 8 to 45 per cent. Gbahamstown, Wednesday. A petition is being signed here, asking the House of Representatives to pass the Abolition and Local Government BLUb this session. The Customs' revenue collected at the port of Thames for August was £937 6s. Bd. The gold returns for August are :—Hauraki, 82230z3. ; Coromandel, 20370z5. ; total, 10,2600za. A miner working in the City of London mine got hiß skull fractured by venturing down a pass in the mine, the use of whinh had been forbidden, except for sending stuff down. Alexandra, Wednesday. Over twenty canoes came down last night from Kuiti, deeply laden with produce. The landing-place is like a fair, and alive with tents, and the storekeepers look cheerful. Tawhiao's party arrived from Kawhia, and took the body of a deceased child from" Whareomohi to Maitania for interment. Balolutha, Wednesday. The Clutha line was opened to-day. A train arrived at 2.20. There were great demonstrations all along the line. At Tokomairiro, Dyer, the Mayor, made a, short address to the Deputy-Superintendent, and said this was the beginning of a new era for the Clutha district,

He complimented the Government for the successful carrying out of this great work. The Deputy-Superintendent made a suitable reply. 1 The luncheon ia now going on. Over 400 persona are present.