BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3418, 4 February 1874, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington, February ,3. Arrangements have been made between the Ixeneral and Provincial Governments whereby the latter hereafter will assume charge of aU lm^'erantß after arrival in this Province. The Hon. Mr Bathgate and family are passengers by the Claud Hamilton for Dunedin. The telegraph line is down between Graiamstown and Auckland. The latest advices from Home state that the steamer M-ongo! brings 320 souls for Dunedin : +i w lh^ e , has K ft with 300 for Lyttelton the Woodlark, with 320, for Wellington: the T* c /, n j, andClty of Gliwgow, with3ooeach, for Lytteltonand the Scimitar, with 430, for Dunedin. In all, 1,650 souls. ’ The ‘Tauranga Times’ states that the GoSS probably visifc th 9 La ke district in

. . Aucklahjj, February 3. th* “ as V identified as belonging to the D lora Macdonald, cutter, has been picked up by a vessel arriving at Onehunga. There is uttle doubt now that the cutter was the Flora, Lags of flour have been seen floating; but no sign of the bodies of passengers. Of these. J. Urraham was a married man, and a large landowner in the Raglan district and Piako ; Johnstone, a half-caste, brother-in-law to H. Braaat * 5 Robertson, an unmarried man, about 18 years of age, arrived from Great Britain about a month ago, in the Hindostan. and was going to join his uncle at Raglan: T. Galvan, about 12 years of age, a son of Mr Galvan blacksmith at Raglan; Miss Phillips, aged four years, daughter of J. Phillips, farmer Kaglan. Captain Kenny leaves a wife ani family at Onehunga.

i . , A , February 4. A special telegram to the ‘ Star,’from Manukau Heads, says that the coast has beeu searched for miles, but no trace of the wreck o£ the cutter Flora Macdonald can be found. A letter from the Rotorua Natives complains of injury done them by the Government in not allowing them to lease their lands. They say sSoiT WlUing t0 S™ B ground for a telegraph . Grahamstown, February 3. ißmu crUß }”!. l o the Caledonian specimens. 1501bs gave 1660zs gold. They are still on golden stone. Tookey’s struck gold yesterday, and more to-day. In driving from the bottom of the Pumping Association’s shaft, 400 feet below sea level, a 3ft reef was struck towards Tookey s. The bank test of a small quantity gave lOozs to the ton; battery test of a ton and a-half gave Joz to the ton. It is considered payable. fi Jn? vo * unteers qualified for the Colonial prise bring. One squad has yet to fire. ~ i’®l e g ra _ph tower on the eastern bank of the lhames nver was burnt down this morning. Communication with Auckland and the intermediate stations is interrupted. There is no bush or scrub near the tower, and no clue to the origin of the fire.

mi .p, ~ „ Westport, February 3. Ifie Buffer News Company have made Charieston^ 8 B * lar^bl ® a paper at