BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3533, 19 June 1874, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

* , . Wellington, June 18. Endeavors are being made towards the estabmon,ster CivU Service Club. The cS»? l* h j v e ? cheme are said to be LIO.OOO capital, which is expected to be advanced bv Generai Government debentures. The building f od / u rooms . besides othe? essentials. Holders of debentures are to allow a deduction of five per cent, from their salaried tiie°Givn r S IVe - Bfc( ? r ® fo ; the u «e of members of tne Civil Service is to be attached. ff r 81 r, e " a new Supreme Court House and Telegraph Office about to be erected newly claimed land. ■' Messrs Bundle and Bassett, of Patea obtained the contract for erectW a railwav brid 9 olle . ct °r of Customs is about to hold an BSor U D tWL nto statement made by the sauor of the Chevert. It is since corroborated by another of the crew. It appears, however! that the captain of the Chevert did report the ? ren ° hj The officert but tb^™^ Ue Sa £ v? rounded to immediately, but the man sank like a stone. ' week °K B S pf° Q is 1° be another r eS sfulone 0n 88 farhas bfeena very _^9'f ,zette proclamation announces that teleon|matinS the Colonies of -IfS 1^ smania , a ud Queensland, £' 7 NeJ f t . h [ ou e h P ost for delivery Zealand without charging postage. 1^, t f rs addressed to any officer in chalgo ... t legraph station, and containing' no w itmg other than necessary directions for transmission, will be also free. Bank 6 re .P r ® se “ting the^Cbloffial cant, who lately arnved here, have beeh verv i 3e SS fr U ilt PPli A ati ° U8 S bT ' fehareS having beim affpr«i ! y- 1 A “eetmg is to be held this afternoon to select a loqal directory. * 1 Government' is about to £fc tU f e e^ mple r of tbe Qtago Government, and erect cottages for immigrants, on account of tlje scarcity of house accommodation. ‘ rm,. r . ... Nelson, June 18. o’Xpt Go 7™, or sailed in the Blanche at one o clock, and intends if possible to call at Pioton. 9ivf« mgbt was a great success, over IW persons being present. m, . „ . Hokitika. June 19. 1 A he following are members of the new Executive Mr Charles Wbolcock, Provincial Treasurer ’ andMr wmiam Todd, Provincial m, _ , Auckland, June 19. ihe Kenilworth has arrived from the South Sea Islands, bringing some Samoan passengers, who report that the first intelligence of a gold discovery at Samoa was cbnveved to residents there by the New Zealand papers two months ago. They did not even know fWf Oomul Williams. took specimen, “from ‘tta SgSdiecX" n ° ‘ mth k ** .In the Watriol Conr?SSrfnwL the p..intig, 8 a S* SaMra* X witkthrfiSwX™ “ °“»««»

„ June 19. The Greymouth Coal Mining Company have bottomed their main shaft, and proved a seam fourteen feet thick.. The coal is of excellent quality* A seam of first-class fireclay underlies the coal y but its thickness has not been 1 proved.