ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1569, 3 July 1885, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

now admitted that no lasting injnry was done, and if the prest tit fine weather continues a rapid improvement in harvest prospects is expected. i It is said that the budget increase of the duty on beer and spirits has been * blessing in disguise to many enter- ! prising dealers, who have made for tuircs ! by the excerise of a little forethought. Gladstone, in replying to an enquiry made by M Cloan, Home Bale member for Wicklow, said it was not the inteution of Government to establish regular diplomatic relations with the Vatican. John Bright has written a public letter approving of the Parliaments! y grant of £31,p00 a year to Princess Beatrice as a dowry* Bright says he is astonished to seethe Liberals object to so small a gi-anfr while silent concerning the extravagance of Government over nnjust wars It is said that Cunningham, riyna miter, has shown signs of insanity since bis confinement in Chatham prison. Sir John Loonies Shook, Assistant Naval Constructor for the United States navy, who was on special duty at the fioyal College of Greenwich, in England, committed suicide- at Blackluath by shooting. The cause w* disap pointment in love. The Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, London, forward to Government a resolution in favor of diverting emigration to British colonies, especially Australia, whore the consumption of British goods exceeds £8 per head, instead of America, where the consumption is only lOs a bead.

(Dates from Europe to June sth.) ' Dion Boucicault, D. G. Boucicault, J. R Mina BoucieaVilt, and a select company of players, leave by the steamer for Sydw*y. ? bey will make a tour of the colouies and giv« New Zealand a round of well known Boncicaultian Irish dramas, and also produce a brand new play called " The Gilt," the last contribution of Boucicault to dramatic literature. Hanlan, the Canadian rower, who j arrived here by the Zealandia on the 21st, reports that notwithstanding his . defeat in the colonies he made 3000 ! dollars as his share of gate money, as ; he naturally would say, for his own sake. Beach, in his opinion, is the ' most wonderful oarsman he has met. The United States Minister, Phillips, banqueted by the Lord Mayor of London on June 3rd, in responding to I the toast of the President of the ' United States, assured his hearers of the pleasure with which the Ameri- • can's' learnt of the settlement of the » issue between England and Russia, i He eulogised the British jndicials, \ whose decisions were highly received in America. A London special of Jnne 3rd says that the desperate condition of the j Scotch land market is shown by the I surprising number of estates now I offered for sale in Scotland. One j auctioneer advertised to sell on | June 2 estates valued at £2,500,000. i There are Americans in the market looking for Scotch property. Lord Garmoylo, now Earl Cairns, assumed his place in the House of Lords on June sth. The German despatch boat Pomeran ia seized a Yarmouth lighter on Jnne 4vh in the North Sea and towed the vessel in to Wilhelm's Haven, where she is detained.' The lighter was fishing in prohibited waters. Letters on all conceivable subjects have lately been published in the English papers, and bearing John Raskin's signature, are by his solicitors leclared to be forgeries. The motive )f the forgery appears to be one of lure mischief. A fire broke out in the Margaret pit )f a Philadelphia colliery, near Durlam, at noon on June 3rd, and was slosed by an explosion, by which 22 nen and boya were killed outright. Che explosion was followed by a rush if water iv immense volumes, and the rholemineeverflowed, notwithstanding he most strenuous efforts to prevent A dispatch from London dated May ird says that the most encouraging nature of the agricultural outlook is he favorable cbaDg* in the weather, rhich has <?o:ne at tb»< nio-if •oi)»»o< > in.it> imp wti» '.: warmth nnd sii- sht'iir will ;' mi] <{<'»' r . : a'■ ■•!■{■ 'HHilf-*!, e.vp,'.-ia!)v ;s j ; ; « •■:••••• ■:■.,•;>,! ).y roj'ion.-i ni. • » t » „^.v . ,■■■'•>••;?>< >j o? »jip fr.-' s! Lid ;!..:•;. i... ■,■■.)■: ftf ' V { ~ .y.tr;s' !,;,. J aen a eourc* of cotopiaiut, but il i« <