[Reotbr's Agency.] Received 1 a.m., Jnne 25th.) SHIPPING. London, June 23. The Merchant Shipping and Under writers' Association report the arrival of the ship Opawa, from Napier (left March 30tb); Thome, from Lyttelton (left March 9th); Myrtle and Hume, from Lyttelton (left March 25th); Pleione, from Wellington (left March 16th). COLONIAL WINES. June 24. In the House of Lords yesterday, a bill dealing with duties levied upon colonial wines was read a third time and passed. A BANQUET. A banquet was given last night by the Empire lodge of Freemasons. Two hnndred colonial members of the craft were present. Sir G. Canliffe Owen, secretary to the Royal Commission, presided at tbe evenings entertain ment.
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(Pltß EI.EOI'KIO TBLBORAPH — CorYBIGHT.) (Reutbr's Agency. ) (Baooived 10 a.m., June 24th. | THE TE ANAU. Sydney, June 24. The Te Anau sailed this afternoon for Auckland. A LONG SITTING. The debate on the Government tariff proposals, as embodied m the Customs Bill, 16 still proceeding m the Legisla tive Assembly. The House has now beeen sitting twenty-four hourß con tinuously, owing to tbe stonewalling tactics adopted by the opponents of the measure.
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