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Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 274, 1 May 1873, Page 9

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ARRIVAL. OF THE CLAUD HAMILTON ,'V- AT HOKITiKA. „ [ „ ; London, April 7.,' Mr Lowe made Jhis Budget speech in the "House of Commons to-day. The revenue [ for 1873 was stated to amount to L 76.000.000, and the expenditure to L 71,000,060. Malf the Geneva award is to paid from the surplus revenue, -and the other half by ex- . chequer bills. The duty on sugar is to be reduced one-half, and Id takea off the income tax. . " , • The s|ri.tish, exports for March amounted to [421,000,000.; the imports to L 29 ,000,000. ■The cqal exports during the . quarter amounted to 21,500,000 tons. ■' Secretary Scholfield has returned to New York, from his visit to the Sandwich Islands. The, Hawaiians oppose the, project of the Americans to establish a harbor amongst the islands. AM uved. — Zanzibar. , ', _ April 9. Mr Lowe sfcated the national debt has been reduced by L 6,861,000. The Budget is generally approved. April 12. Money is easier. Discount 4 per cent. The Bank reserve has declined. New Zealand consolidated fives, 103 J. The wool market is mere cheerful ; tallow firmer ; .hides and leather dull ; wheat dropping, the weather being favorable to farming. ■ - r-.r-~.-~ : ~— ~ • ~ r April 14 The Australasian February mail, via Brindisi, has been delivered. ' ' ' - . .. April 15. The Australian Mortgage Land Finance Company has declared a dividend of 10 per cent., with a bonus of five ehillings per .•hare added. The International Exhibition was opened yesterday. „ Dissensions have taken place at Khiva. The Khan executed hia chief adviser, im- | prisoned his uncle and other -personages, and forwarded the Russian prisoners to Orcnberg, April 16. The Times, reviewing the proceedings of the Australian Intercolonial Conference, regrets that the importance of the postal scheme has been marred by the conflict of claims on the part of the various Colonies interested. If there is a possibility of confederation, it is remote, *and the present necessity requires that local interests should be subordinated to the advancement of the whole Colonial group. The Standard, referring to. the same subject, deprecates intercolonial, rivalries necessitating three postal routes; - > -■ , - The new steamer Wentworth tailed for Sydney onthe 12th. St. Petersburg* April 7. The Russian Press demand the permanent acquisition of Khiva. , Berlin, April 9. The Emperor, Prince Bismarck, and Count Von Moltke proceed to St. Petersburg on the 26th of April, on a visit to the Czar." Paris, April 12. The approaching elections are exciting the strongest interest, as indicating the feeling towards the Government. France has paid Germany a further sum of 10,000,000f. Madrid, April 12. A new Captain-General ha* been appointed for Catalonia, and most vigorous measures an being taken to restore discipline. The Carlists besieged Puyoerda, but withdrew with, the low of three hundred killed. The place wm moft h«roioally defended, by «*o besieged.

- --- _ AIUBIOA. Brigham Young has resigned his teoular offices in Utah, and proposes founding a settlement at Arizona. Galie, April 16 The Baroda sailed for Australia on the 14th. "Wellington, April 26. Sent 7.25 p.m., delivered? p.m., 2/th. The Government have applied to the King to assist in apprehending Sullivan's murderers. It is believed that the outrage is the result of some old land dispute. , Auckland, April 26. A boy has been poisoned through a chemist wrongly making np a prescription given for whooping cough.