BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3498, 9 May 1874, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

, Bluff, May 9. ihe Albion left Melbourne at 8.30 p.m. on the 4th instant, and arrived at* the Bluff at 2 S.m. on the 9th, after a quick passage of four ajfs fifteen hours. She brings the English niail, 25 saloon, and 35 steerage passengers, and 300 tons of cargo for all ports. She sails for Dunedin at 9 p.m. to night. Passengers per Albion. Saloon : Misses Atkinson, Hill, Rev. A. Hardie, Messrs R. Harper, Burke, Hart, . Mrs Wood and child, Mrs Keay, and 20 in the steerage : 130 tons cargo. , Wellington, May 8. During the quarter ended 31st December last, tpere were 182,596 telegrams forwarded, being 45,084 more than in the corresponding quarter of 1872. The revenue was L 11.147, or L 1,385 more than was received for the last three months of the previous year. n . . ~ , . May 9. uwmg to the competition now going on between the bakers, the 41b loaf is advertized for sale at sjd, ’ Auckland, May 8. The ketch Fapny Kelly is wrecked on the East Coast She was insured in the National fpr L7OO. The pharge against Mr J. S. Macfarjane occupied aJI day at the Police Court. It was not concluded. Thpraas Craig deposed that he remembered the news opining at ,'jthe end of oct., ISJQ, that Harris hg.d seized certain logs at Whangapoua.- Saw j, S. Macfarlaue about the matter. Saw him daily about that time, and had a conversation with him about the logs in the office in Queen street. After consultation,’ they came to the conclusion that it was best for a good many men to.go down and take possession of the logs by force. Reference was then made, to young Harris. If he was there, and obstructed, witness was to shoot him down,' loung Harris was particularly mentioned. It was defendant' who made the suggestion to shoot. Harris was often mentioned. He said he had such power both with the bank, the jury, and the Government, that he could get them off. The proposition was made frequently. It was made seriously. It was brought up too often to be in joke. Witness was to go down with men that were to be hired. He was to hire men, and tell them if they could not fight for the logs they were, not to go. About twenty men were hired at this time. Witness became bankrupt, •and assigned all his property over to J. S Macfarlane. ' Gbahamstown, May 8. The new Auckland Education Bill is looked upon with disfavor. At a conference of the School Committee, held to-day, a petition to the Council was adopted, asking it to reject the measure in toto. The new Bill is considered much inferior to the existing Act. a v ,_ . ' Taukanga, May 8. A number of Waikato chiefs have arrived at Tauranga escorting Te Hura as a prisoner. He was captured by Major M air in an engagement <^i^ g the war . and was lately released DyMr M‘Lean when journeying to Te Toko where the prisoner lives. ’