SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1839, 13 June 1874, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Press Agency.)

Auckland, Friday.

The arrangements for tho next Oalifornian mails are as follows :-The 'City of Adelaide' is due in Auckland about 'the 20th with mails ex' Mikado,' which proceeds to Sydney to be docked in consequence of grounding at Honolulu. The 'City of Adelaide' goes South and returns to Auckland about the 6th proceeding direct to about tho Bth of July. The'' Macgregor,' which has been thoroughly repaired, will, arrive here

direct from Sydney about the 4th of July, and leaves on the 6tli with-the outward mails, &c, brought from the South by the ' City of Adelaide' to bo transhipped at Kandavu into the ' Mikado' for San Francisco. Tho ' Macgregor. returns to Auckland about the 18th July with mails ex' Cyphrenes,' and proceeds South. On returning she leaves Auckland on the 3rd of August for the through run for San Francisco.

In the Provincial Council- to-day, Mr Swanson moved, and it was carried, that the report of the Select Committee on the old Supreme Court site be adopted.—

Mr Tonks brought forward a motion for amending the members Bemuneration Act, which was agreed to.—The Council were then invited by Mr Beveridge to consent to the second reading of a

bill for facilitating the sale, lease, or exchange of lands held in trust for the Auckland Grammar School. Mr Philips supported

the motion, which he characterised as one greatlyneeded. The second reading was carried, and the Council went into committee on the blll-At the meeting of insurance agents held to-day it was resolved to. use every endeavour to detect

the culprit who attempted to burn Hobson's Buildings. The affair is still involvcd in mystery—The members of the leual profession ■ have petitioned the Superintendent in favour of a reformatory for criminal children.

Sharemarket-.—Sales.: Crown Prince,

19s 6d; Alburnia (new), 425; Bed Queen,2s; Bismarck,7s; Old Whau, £4 14s; Queen of the May, 12s; Union Beach, 15s 6d. Buyers: City of London, 263; Central Italy (third issue), 3s; Tookey (new), 60s; Alburnia (hew), 41s -(paid-up), 445; Caledonian, £9 17s 6d. Sellers: >'ons of Freedom, £5; Watchman, 4s 9d; City of York, 6s 6d. (FEOM OUE OWN COBEESPONDENT.) Cobomandel, Friday. Tho New Pacific retorted to-day. The yield from 21 tons was about 32ozs.—The Union Beach crushed 2901bs of specimens to-day at the Whakaroa battery for a yield of 18o2s(?). The general stuff is shaping well.—The Golden Point got a

little gold in a leader to-day.—The Eoyal Oak gofc'2slbs of specimens from a shot of gold just reached in a leader one foot wide, and took out gold in another part on the same leader. 62 tons of quartz have been sent to the battery, and more will be forwarded on Monday.—The Tokateaf got a few pounds of specimens from theßismarek level, and a little gold from the No. 2 pass. -The Harbour Yiew have 60lbs of specimens and picked stone from No. 2 level.