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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2479, 26 January 1871, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(from greville’s telegram company, reuter’s agents.)

Tokomairiro, January 20

In the firing for the district prizes this morning, Corporal Adam, of the Bruce Rifles, made 50 points, and Privates Gillies and Nutsford 40 points each.

Queenstown, January 20. The result of the poll Avas officially declared tp-day as fallows ; fiaughfpu ... ... 221 Shepherd ... 1112

Majority for liaughton 29 The greatest excitement ruled during the election. In the mining districts and Queenstown Mr Shepherd had a’ majority, A poAverful requisition in favor of Mr Macaudrew is published,

Bluff, January 20,

The Charlotte Gladstone, ship, from London to Lyttelton, 78 days out, and all Ayell, passed through the Straits at 0 a.m,

Invercargill, January 20.

Mr Reid’s meeting last night at Riverton was well attended, but he was very coldly received. A vote in his favor lapsed for want of a seconder, and an amendment thanking hi 1 1) for his address, but refraining from pledging the meeting to any opinion, was carried.

'The vote of the Invercargill meeting waa decided on the voices, The reporters doubt the correctness of the chairman’s ruling, and a different complexion is likely to be put on the proceeding.

Auckland via Thames, January 24, A fire broke out on board the clipper ship City of Auckland, at one o’clock this morning. Charles Hudson, the ship’s parpenter, was awoke by a creaking noise, and discovered fire in the fore-hold. He at once gave the alarm, and the Fire Brigade, assisted by the police and the crews at the pumps of the different vessels, went immediately to work, The ship was removed into the harbor, but all efforts to extinguish the flames proving unavailing; she was scuttled in four fathonis of water. The fire is now extinguished (3.15 p.m.) The yeasel lies in water up to the deck, and is considerably injured forward by fire, besides'having scuttle Iwles all

round. The fire originated amongst, some tow, 300 bales of which were shipped the previous day. The remainder of the cargo consisted of wool, flax, gum, oil, and tallow. The ship was nearly full, and was to sail in February with forty passengers, and she cost L 20,000, The captain does not believe that the fire arose from spontaneous combustion ; the general impression is that it was the work of an incendiary. Messrs Brown, Campbell, and Co., Henderson, Macfarlanc, and .Co., Cruickshank, Smart, and Co., Must and Co., and Walker, are the •principal losers. Most of the cargo was insured, but the vessel was uninsured.

Capt. Freer opposes Mr Henderson for Waitemata.

Departure.—Hero, for Sydney.