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Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2200, 16 November 1875, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

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iCHXBj; Y> /.AwiiND,'Monday, si irrivcdV 'Bcsbe,' from tlibTSoutb, with- 29 saloon: ah*d 10 steerage passen- < barque,'from; Wellington,:22 days out. .The' Wave,' brig, from Timaru, 27 days out.—Sailed: '« Tarahaki,* for the' South; • SfcV Kilda,' forWangariui; v;'- ; .-•■ ■ :■■■ '■,-; ; .■■'. :;; .. : ■' :'John Brady, carpenter; was'brdught up ■at the Police Court to-day on three charge's of forgery, with intent to, defraud three ;hotelkeepersi.- Ho. /was. committed for; ;triaW;., i; ;•,;!-,,,,' :'■.,-.'. '~,., : „. ; : vv ,'' A huge sunfish was caught on Friday at Wangarei, weighing 12 cwt, and brought to town in the schooner ,I Clyde,' and is to bo exhibited. -V;;'Excitement, was caused in, town to-day by a spurious .telegram from Wellington, giving the result of the Melbourne Cup with Polidori as winner. .. ,■ :.-D,r.;C.Bmpbell.and., Colonel Haultairi, as a deputation from the Education "Board, waited on ItyPolJon this morning, to ask him for a grant for the building funds. Dr Pollen replied that the Government had already to-pay, £20,000 • towards,the current expenditure for education, and could not afford to prdvidb- much: more. Ho requested the deputation to consult as to what was the smallest sum required, and if possible the Government would accede. ,' ; ' . Sharemarket.—Oaledoniau, sellers -87s 6d,no buyers ) Cures, sales lis; City of London, 28s; Tairua, sellers 12s 6d; Old "Whau, sellers ss : 6d; ■ ■'.'•''■'■