STAR TELEGRAMS

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1730, 20 July 1874, Page 2

STAR TELEGRAMS

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. Port Ghalmees, Saturday. The Ship Sussex, from London, was off the Heads on the 16th. Messrs McKerman and Times were nominated for the Mayoralty. j !'Alrrired :h,Ship" Sussex, 75 days from Gravesend with. 495 souls, all well. This week we have received over 1,500 immigrants by the four ships Caroline, Hindostan, Cartsburn and Sussex. ; TJberSussejrspoke the Hereford from London for Canterbury on the 12th May, in.about latitude 10, north, and left her behind.

. CHnisTpHtrßOH, Saturday. V At a. public meeting held here, at which about 44 were present, a resolution protesting against the proposed alienation of ■fivei acres of; the public^ domain for the erection of the Canterbury College, was carried by a very large majority. Messrs Williams, Knjgnjt,^ Miskel 1; and Andrews••' members of the"Provincial Council, spoke in suppqrt of the resolution- The Superintendent andt he Rev.. C. Fraser against it. The Mayor, who presided], signed the petition on behalf of the meeting, against the bill now before the Assembly for the purpose of alienating the land. '

Westpobt, This day. ' On Saturday evening Mrs Carruthers, wife of the Town Clerk, committed suicide by plunging into the Buller off the Nelson-sfereiet groin. She had been drinking for some days. The body has not yet been found.

WELLur&TOif, This day. Two thousand slmres in the new Colonial Sank were applied for this morning.

Atjchxand, Saturday Evening. A coroner's, inquest was held to-day on 4he .body of Eliza Battersea, who was burned to death at Pakiri. The evidence showed that the, man Dyer, with, whom sh« was living, J-had ifiequently; struckand threatened her. He had dona so just prior to the occurrence. The evidence was conclusive as to the-keroseneonde-eeased's clothes, and as jo her burning, but there was no one tut Djer in the house at the time. He explained jthe occurrence by stating that a tin of kerosene fell over, her head, which ignited from a match shejwas,striking atthe timte.' Two witnesses deposed that deceased confirmed this statement when taken out of-the water. The jury are unable to agree on a verdict. •-. This day. : At the inquiry re the Pakiri tragedy the jury returned a verdict of "wilful murder " againsti Dyef. The Supreme Court has been occupied all the morning with the case, Donnelly t. Burnside, an action for alleged seduction. The plaintiff was servant in defendant's employ and only fifteen-years old. - Defendant is a marriad man. - The case is proceeding. - < * Sharemarket. —Sales: Caledonian,£lo; Whau, £2 11s. 6d ; Tookey (double), £3 17s. 6d. Bayers : City of London, 295.; Crown Prince, 255.; sellers, 27b. 6d. - , Tattbanga, This day. ■'Messrs.' Frith, Jl Wrigley, Hannori, Bodell, Conway, and Norris" were returned as Town Board Trustees. Botoeua, This day. The natives have concluded the sale of tWenty-t»o thousand acres of forest lands on the west shore of Lake Botorua to the Government. The natives are anxious to deal with several large, blocks of land on ] the north "and east shores iof !the lakei .. i