WELLINGTON.
Thursday.
Three of the men so murderously assau'ted at the Hutt still linger on, but Leedle and PauV cannot survive much longer. Their brains are oozing out, and their feet are cold and getting black. Young, who was cut on- the neck, stands some slight chance of recovery.
Tlie. table between \Penang and Madras is still interrupted. The route via Siberia isu open. > The Minimum charge to London is £13 10s 6d for 20 words. Steamers continue tp run. between Penang and India,, and Singapore and India, by which means all messages are forwarded. '
The Luna is almost Certain to start to pick up the Cook's Straits cable on Friday afternoon. About three miles of the spare cable is taken on board, and a new donkey engine fixed for winding purposes. -•.■;•» -vv; ■; ' '
This day.
-. Thefirst firing of the Artillery for* the choice'of representatives for the Colonial carbine" prizes took place l this morning here with this result :-^-Mason, 93; Stevens, 86; Macredie, 86. ;The next firing for the same will be on Thursday. Theniinimum to qualify is 160.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2181, 31 December 1875, Page 2
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