BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 2871, 2 May 1872, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(FROM GREVILLE’S TELEGRAM COMPANY’, EEUTEIt’s AGENTS.) Bluff, May 2. Captain M‘Lean, of the Albion, is suffering severely from rheumatism. The Albion has 100 tons of cargo on board for here. Lyttelton, May 2, Colonel Hariugtou this morning inspected

the Christchurch and Lyttelton Artillery, whose firing was good. Invercargill, May 2. The weekly half-holiday on Wednesday movement was inaugurated yesterday, and was generally observed. Wellington, May 2. Auckland telegrams state the t-rms of Mr Vogel’s contract with the Victoria Government to be ns follows : Victoria pays L 32,500, on condition that the inward mail steamer or steamers proceed from Auckland to Melbourne, and that the outward steamers proceed from Melbourne to San Francisco direct ; the New Zealand outward mail being conveyed by a branch steamer ; or that Victoria contributes L 27,500 on condition that the steamers call at New Zealand ports both ways. It is understood that the New Zealand subsidy of L 50,000 will be reduced to the extent of half of the Victorian subsidy. The ''■lndependent's published telegram of to-day says it has private reasons for believing that the foregoing particulars are substantially correct. 'The terms of the San Francisco mail contract will be disclosed to-morrow by the 1 ■ overnment.

Auckland, May 2. Owing to the unsecimty of the Auckland gaol, the Provincial Government have arranged to remove nine of the longest sentenced prisoners to Dunedin gaol, at an annual price to be agreed upon. Haley is therefore amongst the number.