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TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, June 23th. 1 Te Kooti has removed from Te KuitS to Mokau, where he intends to settlM with his remaining followers. ' jB The share market is dull. CaledonialS shares have been sold at £17 10s, Bismarck shares at £5 10s, and Green Harp shares at £5 15s. Greymouth, June 28th. The Energetic claim at Inangahua has struck a reef in the lower tunnel. Gold is visible through the stone. A trial crushing yielded at the rate of 4oz. 6dwts. ; to the ton. Christchurch, June 28fch. Wheat has been quiet. Small lines have been quoted at 4s 9d to ss. Stocks appear to be light, and holders are firm in demanding higher rates. Flour is afc £13. Barley is scarce at os to 5s Gd. Prime oats are at 2s to 2s 2d. Butter is scarce, and is readily bought at B|d to 9d. Cheese is at 4-|d to sd, and hams and bacon at 7d to 7-£ d. Hokitika, June 28th. Barbor, the late Postmaster, &c., has been committed for trial on two charges of embezzlement. Bail was allowed. The markets are unchanged. Butter is scarce. The Rangitoto left Melbourne at 4 p.m. on the 22nd, and arrived in the roadstead at 4.30 p.m. on the 27th, with 8 saloon,. and 31 steerage passengers, and 270 tons cargo, for ail ports. Melbourne, June 22nd. At the nominations for the re-election of the new Ministry five of the latter were opposed, and two were unopposed. It was believed that all would be re-elected. There has been a great exposure of the manipulation of the Land Act by permission, and evasion of the penalties for noncompliance with the conditions. The Times and Mines, the late Ministerial journal, received at the rate of £7000 a year in Government advertisements. It is determined by the new Govern^ ment to nullify the San Francisco postal arrangement between Messrs Webb and Dufly. Mr Hoey's appointment has been rescinded. The new Government promises not to interfere in the fiscal policy at present. James Stevenson, newly arrived by the Benledi, from London, shot himself at QueensclifF. Arrived.—Kate Conley, from New Zealand. Sailed.—lO, for Greymouth. There are buyers for Tookey's shares at £9, but sellers want £10 10s. Wheat is quoted at 7s to 7s 4d. Oats j are at 3s to 3s 3d ; a line of 3000 bushels j of New Zealand was placed at the former I price. Sugars are being firmly held for an advance. Sydney. . Nicholis and Lester, the Parramatta river murderers have been executed. Both of them confessed their guilt, aci knowledged the justice of their sentence, | and expressed a hope that young men I would take warning and profit by their j sad example. Lester said that the news of his untimely end would be the death of liis mother, who resides in England. The Annie Fish takes 3403 bales of wool to San Francisco. Sailed. - — John Knox, and Amateur, for Lyttelton ; Camille, for Auckland. Newcastle. Arrived.—Star of the Mersey, from j Dunedin ; Amherst, from Auckland. j Sailed. —Mary Miller, and Colistra, for | Auckland ; Anne Mellmish, for Welling--1 ton. Adelaide. Bills have been introduced to amend the Distillation and Marine Board Act?, . The Transcontinental Railway .Bijl ia opposed in the Assembly. Flour is at £13 fco £14, .and wheat at sslodtof»g, te— ' ADDITIONAL SUMMARY. Melbourne, June 22nd. A great ybld has been obtained from the Daylesford mine. 300 ounces of gold were obtained from 12 tons of stone. In the case of Clampit v. Dr Blair, the plaintiff: was nonsuited, i Appell, a levanting Sandhurst sharebroker, was intercepted on board tlie mail steamer at the Heads, and taken prisoner with a large sum of money in his possession. j " Captain Mopnlite," the Egerton Bank robber, and one of the gaol breakers j at Ballarat, has been retaken, with two others. An organisation, consisting of Messrs I Coppin, Harwood, Stewart, and Hennings, has been formed to rebuild the I Theatre Royal. A proposal has also been made to rebuild the Opera House. Kate Vinson, nee Warde, the actress, is dead. Great excitement prevails regarding electioneering matters. Jackson, who was found guilty of an outrage on an old woman at Footscray, was sentenced to death, but the sentence was afterwards commuted to twenty years' imprisonment, the first three years in irons. The Hon. Mr Casey has been appointed Minister of Agriculture. Judge Barry is seriously indisposed. Miss Emily Burchall, governess to a Mr Orr, of Heathcote, has been committed for trial for infanticide. A disgracefully rowdy scene took place at an election meeting at Sandhurst. Sydney. Krohman's claim at Tambaroora continues richer than ever. H.M.S. Blanche is to continue her cruise among the South Sea Islands longer than was originally intended. Some cattle imported by the Rowe were pronounced diseased, and were not allowed to land. The Government will probably accede to the proposition for the abolition of tlie tonnage dues. The Government undertaker was guilty of disgraceful conduct in making a public show of the bodies of Nicholls and Lester. The proceeding was promptly stopped. Newcastle. Three coloured seamen belonging to the ship Swallow, stabbed three white men belonging to tlie ship Dexter. The condition of one of the latter is considered dangerous. Brisbane. The Marine Board acquitted Captain

Cooper of the wilful loss of the Young Australia, but considered that his conduct showed error of judgment. Adelaide. Tlie Government are arranging for the expenditure of £4000 on assisted immigration. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Cox, a commercial clerk, on a charge of forgery. He has left the country. _. Six new copper mines have been ■ferted.

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 3244, 29 June 1872, Page 2

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TELEGRAMS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 3244, 29 June 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAMS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 3244, 29 June 1872, Page 2