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Star (Christchurch), Issue 2212, 19 April 1875, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

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AtjoicJ-And, April 19. ' Complaints aro mado booauso fcho Suos. mail was not sent on to Auokland by tho Cyphrenos, as tho Wontworth, brought tho mail to Sydnoy twolve- hours boforo tho Cyphrenos ldf fc. '

Platinum and a fow rubioo, havo boon disoovorod twonty milos south of Ahaipara. Latost Maokaytown tolograms, otato that tho Maoris oontomplato lnakiug a raid on the gum and coal diggers. Thoy alloge thoy did nofc sell gum and coal to tho Government.

Encouraging Yield at Tairua. Tho prospectors' claim afc Karangahapo is looking woll. 160 lbs of stono from Rotokuru yioldod fivo or six ponny weights of gold. The main reof is nofc yofc found. ' Thoro waa groat oxcifcoinont at Tairua, oonsoquonfc upon fcho yiolds of fcho tosts from tho prospectors' claim, No. 1, sixtoon pounds of stono, gavo eight dwts. sovontoon grains. No. 2, thirty-five pounds of stono, yioldod throo .dwts,' No. 8, 552 pounds of stono, yioldod twolve ounoos oloven dwts., altogothor thirteen ounoes twd dwts. and fifty grains of molted gold from 608 pounds of stono j value, £2 18s p6r oundp. Obhor disoovorios aro reported. Grahams-town, April 19. The Result of the Trial & ushi g. Tho trial orushing from tho prospector's claim, at Tairua, of 6031 bs of stone, gavo 18 o;-fl 8 dwtu of smolfcod gold. , Blenheim, April 19. Shock of Earthqake. A vory smart shook of earthquake was folfc afc twonty-fivo minutes to two this morning, tho dirootion being north and south. Wellington, April 19. Arrivod — Taranaki, s.s., from Lyttolton, The Edwin Fox, The Edwin Fox made a long passago of 114 days from Gravosond. Sho brings 215 statute adults, 295 souls. One adult diod, an old man of 68, through broaking his log. Four ohildron died from bronchitis and catarralv Thoro woro six births.

The New (Zealand Census. 'Iho Now Zealand consus for 1874 is jusfc oufc of fcho hands of tho Rogistrar-Oonoral. Tho population of. tho oolony on March -1, 1874, was 299,514, of whom 4816 aro Ohinoso. Tho males amount to 170,981, fomalos to 128,588. Tho prinoipal returns aro as follows i—Auokland, 67,451} Taranaki, 5465; Wellington, 29,790 1 Hawko's . Bay, 9228 j Marlborough, 6145 } Nolson, 22,558; Westland, 14,G60j, Canterbury, 58,775 ; Otago, 85,118. Tho popula-: tion of tho ohiof towns :— Auokland, without suburbs, 12755, with tho suburbs (Parnoll and Nowton) 21,590 j Wellington, 10,647s Napier, 8514 ; Now Plymouth, 2044} Wanganui, 1134; Nolson, 2806; Hokitika, ,8352} Greymouth, 2551 j Christohurob, without suburbs, 10,294, inoluding suburbs, 16,959; Lyttolton, 2974 ; Timaru, 1969; Dunodin, 18,499; Port Chalmers, 1535; Inveroargill, 2479; Oamaru, 2819; Town of Tharaoe, 8073,

Greymouth, April 19. ' The prospecting claim will bo applied foxby Kilgour and and Ohostorflold for ground aboufc a milo south of Greymouth on tho Marodon road. Ifc is reported that tho proB^eofc gives half a dwt of ooarso gold to the dish.

; Dunedin, April 19. It is understood fchafc Mr JB. J. Upham, latoly of Wellington, and now inspootor's acoountant at tho Colonial Bank, proceeds on Wednesday to Napior to assumo tho managership of tho Colonial Bank opening thoro.

(]-«0M OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ' Dunedin, April 19. Attempted Robbery. Tho 'Times correspondent tolographs, that a murdorous ausault, with infconfc to rob, was commitfcod on Saturday morning, upon a Gorman storokoopor, namod Haldy Timai, about four milos from Balolutha bridgo. Tho man in custody is Denis Auglor, a sailor,- who came, out in tho Scimitar. Ho kiokod Timai violontly in tho faoo, at.d wad arrostod two hours aftor wards.

The Criminal Sessions-Heavy Sentences. Tho Ohiof Justioo, this morning, •flcntonood two prisoners to long poriods of'pOnnl servitude, Goorgo Johnson, aged 44, oonvioted of having committed a oriminal assault upon his step-daughter, whon only nino yoars old, was sontonood to 21 years. John Waltor, aged 45, conviotod of manslaughter, who otabbod James Amos Holmes, at tho North East Valley, was sontonccd to 15 yoars with hard labour. John Haorty is. now upon his trial for assault with criminal into/it upon ,A.nn Syvorzon, tho wifo of a ph'otbgraphoi- at Timaru. Prisonor had promisod to tako hor in his dray to Caversham', for payment as far as tho Bonovolont Asylum j but tho prosecutrix, boing a stranger, ho drove past the Institution and boyond Caversham, on to a loss frcquentfcd part of tho road, and thon attorn]., tod to commit tho offlonco of .whioh ho is now charged. Tho woman, ho wovor, soroamod, and thon ho lot. hor go, but af towards pursued hpr.