BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3469, 6 April 1874, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington, April 4. The directors of the New Zealand Steam Company have under their consideration the question of placing one of their fleet in the xTiji and Auckland trade. The company has applied to Government for compensation for the detention of the steamer Phoebe in quarantine at Lyttelton wiith immigrants, but the application was refused. The Hey. Hf. S. Smalley, a Wesleyan minister, was presented with 'fifty ' guineas qnd a handsome Bible, as a farewell gift, on the occasion of his moving to Napier, by the Wesleyan Young Mon’s Improvement Society.

T xr. Aprils. In a N.W. gale during the night, the Malay while unloading coal, dragged her anchors and went ashore, but was not damaged.

Ihe barque Camille, which was loafed, also broke from her moorings and went ashore alongside the Malay, in Oriental Bay. Both vessels broke their chains, and it is said that the precaution of dropping an anchor was not taken. No damage was done, and both vessels are expected to be got off with the first change of wind. They are lying on a soft bank.

. Queenstown, April 6. .. dhe skipper’s correspondent of the ‘ Wakatip Mail writes that the river continues at a favorable level for claimholders, who are pushing on their works. The Hibernian claim, below Grace’s terrace, reckon on a rich find, and have the most substantial machineiy on the river. The Shotover Terrace Company have not yet t completed their alterations. Additional moil are being employed, V'* I v. ; .

The miners have rejected Good Templarism, after _ serious consideration. . They plead the seventy of the climate in winter is a bar against its practicability. One John Thomas lost his life in crossing the Shotover at Maori Point during a fresh in the river, _ Peter Bell nearly lost his life in attemptmg to rescue Thomas. He caught hold of the horse s mane after being swept off his saddle. Thomas would cross the river at midnight. • - _ . Auckland, April 6. The Luna returned to Auckland after inspecting the lighthouse sites in the Northern nart of the Province. The census returns of eight districts are in, and show an increase of 2,753 souls over the last census. Six districts have yet to come in. Waikato shows the largest increase of 1,311, __ e Tauenga, April 4. Mr Stewart, a special immigration agent for the North of Ireland, is visiting the district to select a site for a small farm settlement. He is very favorably impressed with the laud, „ . Napier, April 6. Mr Braithwaite’s run of 2,600 acres, about eight miles from Port, was sold to Mr Maney f°r LlO per acre; stock at valuation. Gisborne advices state that the Petroleum Company’s engine has reached its destination.