BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3354, 19 November 1873, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington. November 18. Preliminary arrangements are being made to establish an Insurance Company ben, with LlO shares. Some good names are connected with the enterprise, rootless thai one-third of the capital is to be called in twelve months to form a reserve fund. /’ sanguine feeling is laised in some quarters regarding the success of the scheme. At auction to-day the South British Insurance shares sold for LI 17s 6d, the .National Insurance realised LI 2s. November 19. The Luna will shortly leave Wellington for a month’s trip, with a party on board consisting of the Hon. Mr Beyno'ds, Mr •iced, Captain Johnston, and probably Mr Blackett. At Port Chalmers she will pick up the Chief Surveyor of Otago. They will determine the sites for new lighthouses. Nai-iek, November 19. The range for the > olonial prize-firing has been selected at Oieen Meadow, about three miles from Napnr, by the new Taradale road. There is very extensive room for eight or ten sets of targets abreast. The ground is laid down in grass, and there are no intersecting watercourses or hills in the backgiound to stop the bullets. About 2,0U0 acres have been taken up in tifty and 100-acre sections on deferred payments in a block set apart under the Hawke’s Bay S ttkmenta Act, Surveyors are urgently needed, but are not to be had. The Customs receipts for October amount to L 3,948, as compared with 1.2.715 for October, 1872. The increase is solely due to the steady expansion of the ordinary trade. An attempt is being made to resuscitate the Jockey Club, and to hold races in March. The earthworks on the Pakapaka railway are finished, hut considerable delay will be caused by the difficulty of obtaining timber for the bridges. Tenders are again called for the supply of timber for the tramway heween Waipukurau and the Seventy-Mile Kush. Ttndeis to be opened on December Ist. The Rangatira, from Poverty Bay, brings intelligence that Mr Woodbine Johnston, brother of the Hoh. Randal Johnston, has been elected by a large majority to represer t Poverty Bay in the Auckland Provincial Council. Edwin Wood, Collector of I (location Rates at Gisborne, has been arrested ou a charge of embezzlement. Deports from the petroleum springs are favorable, and a large number of fresh shares has been taken up. A strong desire is felt that Dr Hector should report upon them. Auckland, November 18. LIo.OOO Fiji Government debentures, bearing interest at 10 per cent., payable in New Zealand or Fiji, are offered through the Fiji Banking Company, 'lenders are receivable till noon on December 13. The complete returns of the Superintendcncy election give Mr Wi liamson a majority of 401. The official declaration will be made ou Thursday. The Provincial elections are passing off very quietly. At the Eden nomination, no second candidate offering, Mr William Ruckland, who was riding along the. road at the lime, consented to stand, and was elected unopposed. The other districts mostly promise a contest. CiirisTi HUKCii, November 18. The Governor visited Kaiapoi and Rangiora this morning. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day the captain of the ship Punjaub was charged with supplying impure water and improperly cooked meat to the immigrants dining the voyage ; also with not having a proper quantity of medical con Ports on board. He was fined L 5 each in two cases of improperly cooked food. The two charges of impure water and insufficient medical comforts wore dismissed. Hokitika, November 19. The Tararua arrived this morning. She left Melbourne at 5 a.in on the 14th, and was tendered at 12.30. She brinks 21 saloon, 89 steerage passengers, and a full cargo for all ports She sailed North at 12.45 p.m. LATEST CABLEGRAMS. London', November 10. At the Lord Mayoi’s banquest last night Mr Gladstone alluded to the Ashantee difficulty. The frienilly chiefs are supporting Major General Wolsely against the Ashautecs. Sir John Coleridge, the Attorney-General, succeeds the late Sir William Bovill as (. hief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

Some rioting occurred amongst the Orangemen of Dublin on the 6th. (Numerous railway accidents, some serious, have occurred on several linos. France. The Orleanist Princes dot-lined to accept the Lieutenancy of the Kingdom, and the Monarchists now propose a prolongation of M‘Mahon’s powers as President. The National Assembly met at Versailles. The Prcsi lent’s message declares that increased authority for durability of govern moot ii essential to the safety of the country, M. Buffet was re-elected President. In the Assembly eight of tho committee of fifteen opposed the extension of M‘Mahon's powers. This caused a great sensation, and on the Ilth November the Ministry of the Due de Broglie resigned. M‘Mahon refused to accept their resignation. Spain. A great victory has been gained in Navarre over the Republican troops. A further telegram says that the result was indecisive.