GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 61, 10 April 1869, Page 3

GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

Mr. Greville, late manager of the Forbes Bank, has been found guilty of embezzlement. At Thames, N.S.W., a grocer's shop fell in, burying six' people, who were dug oat, much injured. The ship Countess of Kintore, which sailed from Auckland for England on March 10, took 806 bales dressed flax, which was valued at £2269. A blast furnace is about to be erected in Tasmania, to utilize th» famous black sand. It is calculated that Canterbury will be able to export 573,991 bushels of wheat this year. Property in Marlborough, mortcraged some time ago for £lUUO, was sold lately for; £135 Is. A flourishing state oi: things certainly. Mr«. Robert Heir has been arrested at Auckland, at the suit of Mr. J. Hall, who claims £600 damages for | breach of agreement. The lady has been released on bail until the trial of the cause. Amidst the conflict of parties in the Church of England, it is not surprising that the leanings of the highest personage in the state should be a subject of interest. The London correspondent of the "Bury and Norwich Post " takes ■ upon himself to assert that " Her Majesty has no sympathy with the high church nor the low church ; her opinions are now, as they were when she published the selections from Zschokke, extremely broad church. Her type is Dean Stanley, and I believe it is perfectly true that she asked Mr. Disraeli if it would not be possible to make the Dean Archbishop of Canterbury." A company, under the name of the Melbourne Omnibus Company, has started business in Melbourne. The 'buses are built on the model of the Broadway stages; and the charge is " threepence all the way." "A respectably-attired and rather good-looking aborigine yesterday applied to the police magistrate at the Central Police Office," saye the "Sydney Morning Herald" of the 19th ult., "for ' an order to see the Duke.' She is a very intelligent young woman, calls herself Louisa Grove, and says that she is twenty-three years of age, and that she was brought up at Ariuidale, by the Key. Mr. Board, Church of England clergyman. K"ot only has she been instructed in • the three E's,' but sings in a very pleasing style, and is a proficient at the piano. She sayw that she heard at Armidale that Queens Victoria's son had again arrived iv. Sydney, and resolved, if possible, to ootain an introduction. She travelled, on horseback from Armidale to Grafton, and thence (as a cabin passenger) by steamer to Sydney, defraying expenses from her own means. Captain ticott gave her a letter of introduction ,- to Lieutenant Haig, and no doubt bis' Koyal Highness -will gratify the maiden's curiosity." The Duke of Edinburgh wears the Shamrock on St. Patrick's Day, Father Hickie left for Melbourne on the sth instant by the Barigitoto, The progress of the Fiji Islands V thus noted by private letters quoted' by the « Ballarat Star " :— The whole population has more than doubled itself in four months, and now numbers 1258, of whom 150 are ladies. Good schools have been established, the stipend of a clergyman in the Church of England has been guaranteed, and matters religious and educational are extending themselves moßt satisfactorily. The nucleus' of an excellent library has been formed, contributions to which have been received from the colonies, and many promises have been made from various quarters of valuable books in addition. — The same journal adds : The weather has been favourable for the season of the year, and a large accession of planters is looked forward to in May. The Galatea will call with the Prince, and the cession of the islands will be again offered to Great Britain through him. In the event of the protectorate being formed, a capital opportunity occurs of re-naming the group, by calling them after the Queen's son, Alfreda or Alfred land. Land is going up rapidly in price, the last-sales having been 580 acres on the Bewa, at £1 per acre. Account sales just received quote Fiji cotton 3s. lid. to 4s. perlb. There is no doubt the climate and soil of Fiji are better adapted to the growth of cotton than Tahiti, the best proof being the value of the article in the London market, the latter being 2s. Bel, while the former sells readily at the price* before quoted. How to Get a Ouiqkqx.— A few weeks ago a- young girl iv the service of a north-country iarmer adopted the following mode of furnishing, herself with the most important appendage to a lady's toilet, a chignon. Part of her daily work was to attend the cattle, and one day lately her master observed one gf his best cows aJk most totally bereft of its tail. The girl denied having any knowledge ot" Jbow the mishap occurred. A few days thereafter, while brushing the room a handsome chignon was found under a chest of drawers, which wiw identified as having, been made up of the cow's tail. The girl was ignominioTisly ' dismissed, and having found employment with another farmer, Bhe was not long in her new place when she wa» found guilty of a similar misdemeanour, a&d agaip vis. miflae4