BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3360, 26 November 1873, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Ain VKL.VN i>, November ‘25. Messrs Dargaville. Hurst, and Mr Phillips, the Mayor, have been elected for the Provincial Council, defeating Mr Lusk. IVir Gillies, the ex-Superintendcnt, has commenced business as a barrister. Messrs O’Horke and Lundon have been elected for the Council to represent Ouchunga. -if The schooner Merlin has arrived trotn Fiji. She reports the loss' of the baique Porumah, with a valuable cargo. All hands SAVfid* Great indignation is felt in Auckland regarding the slanders against the cricketers in Christchurch and Dunedin. A complimentary dinner is to be given to them on their return. Alexandra (Waikato), November 25. Tapihana says he alone has had a bad name at the Waikato hitherto, because he alone has k-pt the King’s laws. Now, thisyear he will go to Oftuibridii© to see Xc Wheoro ; he will then, return to Kuiti, hold a meeting, and give his views, Afterwards, he will meet Mr M‘Lean at the Waikato, when he will freely speak as to what should be done to secure a lasting peace between the races. Tapihana proceeds to Cambridge to meet Mr Mackay to-day. Christchurch, November 25. The Tararua sails .South this evening. Mr Coster, late manager of the Bank of New Zealand, is a passenger by her ea route for England. Wellington, November 26. The first Lodge of juvenile Good Templars in New Zealand was opened last night. The liberation of the Tapscott prisoners is to be applied for again to-day. The journeymen carpenters advertise that they demand a shilling a day rise in wages after the Ist of December. The Local Insurance Company meeting fell through. Another- is probable. The Standard is reported to be in favor. Tenders arc called for the erection of new Department buildings on the reclaimed land, cither in wood or concrete. Alsofo' the construction of the summit contract of the Wellington-Mastcrton Kailway. A large political meeting was held ht the Wairarapa last night, and the Provincial Secretary was enthusiastically received, a unanimous vote of confidence in him being passed. Mr Pharazyn, leader of the Opposition, and Mr Heetham, the other country member, have been asked to resign, for their liostiU action to the Appropriation Bill, Napier, November 26. A Native overland messenger says the sittings of the Court at Poverty Bay passed off satisfactorily. Coal has been discovered on Mr Chambers run, fifteen miles inland from Lapier.