TELEGRAPHIC

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 39, 30 July 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

From the Evening. Star: i G-rahamstown, 5 p.m* r The- Poverty tribute has got 80 ounces . from. 90iWa. of* specimens. The general stuff 1 is not finished^. The Caledonia ra ha.v just • commenced' to 1 clean up, but will not complete- before raid- ; night. There is no change in the mine; The < Otago ran still look well. A little gold) seen , ] in the deep level, but not important. ] Napier, Saturday. There is great indignation here- at the uon- i arrival of the Judge.. The Supreme Court has been adjourned repeatedly. Several witnesses, &o„ hare been waiting a long time. July 27. The 4 Wellington' has arrived from the South, but returiw South with the- San BYancisco mail. Dunedin, July 27. At a meeting of cricketers, held yesterday, it was agreed to accept the offer to arrange for a visit of the: All-England Eleven. A public meeting at Lawrence adopted a memorial to the Government, urging the construction of the Tuapeka railway. The Board of Health are recommending the adoption of a clause in the Health Bill now before the House making compulsory vaccination before the landing of all persons arriving from foreign ports who have not been vaccinali d. Flour, £13 to £13 10s; oats, Is 8d to Is 9d; wheat, 3s to 5s 3d. Hokitika, July 20. The s.s. Rangifcoto, Captain Mackie, arrived here at 3 o'clock this afternoon from Melbourne direct. She brings latest dates from Melbourne to the 20th insb. Melbourne, July 20. The Budget was brought forward in the House ou Tuesday. Mr Langton, in his financial statement, shows a surplus of £8,200 above the estimates. The revenue is £3,727,150. The proceedings mbt with but little opposition. There have beon no new cases of small-pox reported. Sanitary precautions are rigorously observed. Prisoners and the local defence force have ; been vaccinated. J Mr McPherson, in the Assembly, proposed a tax upon imported cattle and sheep from the neighbouring colonies, in order to carry out true protectionist principles; : Tookey shares are offered at £5 10s. The new issue holders are offering at 30s ; buyers, 25a Flour, «£ 15 5s to £15 1.5s ; wheat, 6s ; fine oats, 3s. Sugar in demand, firm. A nugget weighing 558 ounces has been found in Dunnolly. Mrs Davis has been convicted of m attempt to poison her husband 1 . Brighton has been sentenced to death, but the sentence will probably be commuted to imprisonment for life. Street's paramour has been discharged. The Government propose to introduce measures to check the system of betting and gambling. Dr L. L. Smith endeavoured at a public meeting to exonerate himself from any connection with the Simes mines corruption. He, however, failed to satisfy his constituents. Sydney. In the Assembly a debate took place in re- " i ference to the (Jalifornian mail subsidy. The v debate was afterwards adjourned till the 26th. ; Suncliffe. the small-pox patient on board the ; ' Hero, at Newcastle, died. The case was declared j of the most virulent type. No other cases are reported. Adelaide wheat, 6s 6d and 6s 4d. New Zealand i I -wheat, 5s 8d to 6s. Honolulu sugar, yellow counters, sold at 321, to 341. Wool and sheepskins , exporting to California.- • ' Two and a quarter hundred weight of) specimens from Krohman's claim yielded 831 ounces. A mark named Canfrey died at the hospital from the effects -of- garotting a fortnight • since. y H.M.S. Clio has sailed for Auckland, ' j . • " Adelaide. 1 Vaccination, sanitary measures; and other pret cautions against small-pox. have been observed. Tho Eangatira-'a; passengers were not allowed to * i land, but were taken to King-George's Sound. ! I K«ws is-received that the cable-is still unwork- * able. Mr; Todd, believes that it is not broken, but faulty in some! part through leakage* as faint signals come throngh. Pending the repairs -of the'cable messages sufe i conveyed from- Port Darwin to Java by steamor. It is thought probable- that the present gap will be reduced; to sixty miles by August, and messages will be sent three "times a week. } Flour, 12/ 10s to 34k /Wheat, os 7d to 5s Bd. The Lilly has taken 300 tons flour to. the Mauritius-