STAR TELEGRAMS

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1819, 31 October 1874, Page 2

STAR TELEGRAMS

F£R ANCLO-/.USTHAUAN PRESS TELECRAPH ASEHGy.

At'ckland, Friday. The .11; Mr s; s. Ma cgregor" has" arrived. She loft Sydnry on the. 24th, and leaves for San Francisco with outwafirt mails at midnight. Mr. Thomas- llussell and. -27 others tvcijc passengers for Au cfc 1 rind , f and. 17 for San.Franciscp. Mr! Kusspll? has arranged on behalf of New, Zealand!with, the GpvGrnmeiit; of Nevv South Wales to re-establish the mrfil service.' *I\ie boats are to call at- Auckland on eacb. Wyag© upward and downward for the purpose of landing passengers" aud mails. :Thotwo Governmrnts are prosecuting the sureties in order to recover penalties incurred under Ll eir bonds for brcifeh! of- Contract, and thry have agreed to unite in re-esta-blishing ..the service onginallj'- agreed upon immediately Messrs Fall and Forbes make any breach of < the* permanent contract. The s.s. Macgregor is to be the.boat this month ; the s.s. Mi%do for November: and the s.s. CyphrWes for December.

.Intelligence had, been received in Sydney from Noumea (New Caledonia), that the cutter Lapwing,* of Auckland, trading among the islands, iiaid beejr attacked by natives on the Santa' <3ruz group, and that the : whole of her crew were killed, and the vessel destroyed by fire. It was alscv reported that the schooner Firefly had been attacked by natives, with great loss to the latter;

Melboubne, October 24 _ The Council passed the Customs Duties Bui through all its stages, at, a short sitting. The partial failure of the loan on the London money market gave rise to discussions in the Assembly. -The Treasurer explained that the minimum of 90 was recommended by the banks and the Agent-General,; that he himself thought more should be obtained. Five of the associated banks' arranged to take up the unsubscribed amounts at.the Government minimum. Sir : James McCullough and Mr. Langton expressed an opinion that 90 was not a fair value for the sureties, and condemned the arrange* ment. ' ' '

The Sunday freedom question has been much discussed in and out of Parliament. The debate in the Assembly is to terminate on Tuesday next. It is likely- to be in the negative. H.M.S. Barracouta is shortly expected on the station. . '

H.M.s troopship Adventure, with, supernumeraries for the station, has arrived in Sydney. The body of Miss Pettitt, a; young lady who so mysteriously disappeared from school in East Melbourne 'some fire months ago, has been found in the Yarra. No further light is thrown on the matter, and an open verdict was returned., A petition is to be presented to the Government for the release of Gerald Supple. If liberated he is £o leave for New Zealand to reside with his sisWs. The prayer is not likely to be acceded to. The final payments on the'Melbdurne Cup show 26 left in, a good field, including Lurline and Papapa. -Other ; entries are veryriumerious. The Rifle Association matches have been concluded. Captain King won the Sargood Cup at 1,000 yards. The Scotch, team won the international match, Aus« tralian second, Ireland third. I-? 1 Blondin has at length foumd a site, and commences his performances on Nbvember4th. -....;■> A London telegram recently announced that the Admiralty had offered H.M.S. Sosario to South Australia, for a training ship. Mr. Vogel thereupon reqmested tke A gent-General to inquire into the matter, seeing that New Zealand had asked for the same vessel, and had been informed that she could not be spired. The Agent-General has replied that the offer to South Australia was made by an oversight, but the Colonial Office hopes to obtain a better vessel for New Zealand; • Sydney, October 24. A public meeting has been called for Monday to urge upon the Government A separate Californian service, irrespective of New Zealand. Messrs. Kussell and Samuel agreed to a temporary service, which continues at the joint expense till a permanent contract commences It is intended to erect a monument to the memory of Commander Gowlland. The Labouring Men's Union have notified their intention to demand ten shillings for eight hours' work after the Ist of December. ..,:■; The Mikado has been chartered to take next months Cahfornian mail. Launceston, October 24. Bird, the pedestrian, and two publicans, have been sentenced to six months for a conspiracy in a sham Tace. ' •

Auckland, Friday. The following is the list of passengers hj the Wellington :—Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Pearce and family (3); Mrs. Alexander and family (2); Misses O'jC&rk» (2), Shepherd, Macdonaldand Valentine ; Messrs. Calcott, Willis, Harrison, Stuart, Shepherd, Hamer, Ross, and Knight. Steerage: Messrs.- Campbell, ..George* Macfayder and two natives.. / : Dunedin, This day. Papapa is being backed heavily for the Melbourne Cup; ■'■'' !> ' ■•'."? In Banco JudgeChapnian has given ail important decision re : Cf. lr'M.. Bell land Wentworth, who in June lodged applications with the Southland liand.'!Bpard for land at 20s per acre, the' day before the proclamation increasing the price of, the land to £3 an acre was gazettediiTlic Judge liolds that they are entitled to the land, but leave to appeal aigairiit" the

judgment has been granted. If the de? cision is upheld, it means a loss of £20,000 1o the province. Henry Bedford, the celebrated Victorian pedestrian, was charged at the Magistrate's Court to-day with, forgery at Sandhurst, and remanded to Victoria. An unusually large number of deaths have been registered this month—large proportion from measles and bronchitis.