BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3515, 29 May 1874, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

m. „ Bluff, May 29. ihe Alhambra left Melbourne at 2 p.m. on the 23rd, and arrived at the Bluff at 8.30 sum. on the 29th. She brings fourteen saloon and twenty-two steerage passengers, besides 350 tons of cargo far all ports. She sails for Dunedin at i p.m. Passengers per Alhambra, from Melbourne Miss Hears, Airs Deverie, Mrs Hall, Mrs Anderson, Messrs J. Hall, Anderson, J. Clark, Esther, Beaver, Solomon, Watkin, Masters Alfred and Oliver. Hall; and eleven in the steerage. Also, 230 tons of cargo. . , Auckland, May 28. 'ihe anti-education agitators hold a procession to-night. The Fiji Government subsidy will be expiring shortly. It is probable that the service will break down, the New Zealand subsidy being insufficient to maintain it. Mr Yogel telegraphed the Superintendent that the General Government is unwilling to grant Mr Vesey Stewart land for special settlement for Belfast farmers, because of the absence of a guarantee and ini s rep resell tation by Mr Stewart in a letter sent Home. The barque East Lothian was sold for L 1,350 to Mr Macfaiiaue. Mr Marks, the owner of Rarey, has entered an action for L 250 against Dorn well, a butcher, for nding on the racecourse during the hurdle race, causing a collision with Rarey, and loss of the race. ... , , Napier, May 28. r our of the crew of the Sohiehallion are in custody for mutinous conduct in port. They locked the captain and mate in their cabins, and helped themselves to grog liberally on the voyage out. Some of the immigrants broached the cargo, but it has not been decided how these are to be dealt with. The result of the investigation is not yet made public. r *i /-i Wellington, May 29. In the General Synod, the Bishop of Auckland moved “ that a committee be appointed to consider the way in which the General Synod properties are administered, and to report thereon,’ Agreed to. On the motion of the Dean of Christchurch, a Bill for establishing Diocesan Courts and Courts of Appeal was read a first time; and also a Bill to define ecclesiastical offences and the punishments therefor. It was resolved, on the motion of Aichdeacon Stock, that a General Pension Board be formed, to hold office till next ses" won, to collect data in reference to each diocese both as to the help it may need and what, it can contribute to the general pension scheme ; also to draw up a scheme on the data collected, and submit the same to the several diocesan Synods for approval; and if they are unanimous, to bring the scheme into operation under the authority of the General Synod. . Wanganui, May 29. I here are nine entries for the Grand Colonial steeplechase; six for the Maiden Plate. The meeting is expected to be a great success this year. A Nelson horse is the favorite for the big event.