BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3575, 7 August 1874, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Auckland, August 6. , . r von der Heyde has sat on fourteen grand juries ; also on one special jury, when damages were awarded. Mr Macfarlane holds a commission of the peace. In that capacity he has signed many legal documents. If proved, serious complications will arise. Counsel for Craig moved in the Supreme Court for a rule to set aside the award in arbitration in the case v * ac^a riane. It is understood that a settlement of the long-standing feuds between Harris and Macfarlane has entirely fallen through, and this cause celebre of the Auckland Province is likely to be continued. t arbitrators awarded Captain Casey L 1,625 as salvage of the Miltiades. The s.s. Star of the South has arrived from Fiji, She reports that it is supposed in Levuka that the vessel reported ashore at Wallace Island by the Cyphrenes is the French frigate Arcona. The news generally is unimportant.

mu ra -* , CHRISTCHURCH, August 6. Ine Christchurch trade societies have resolved to take steps for establishing a Trade Union,

New Plymouth, August 6, Large numbers of Natives have passed through the town on their way to Parikaka. They are going to cultivate the land there.

mi , . Wellington-, August 7. ihe bazaar in aid of St Peter’s Church closed last night. The handsome sum of over L9OO was realised in the three days during which it was open.

.... Wanganui, August 7. Great satisfaction is expressed in Wanganui at the Premier’s announcement re the abolition ©f Provincialism in the North Island.

Hokitika, August 7. Mr W. C. Roberts, for nine years manager of the Bank of New Zealand for the West Coast branch, takes the management of the Dunedin branch in the same service in a few days. He was presented at a banquet here with a souvenir of plate of the value of L 250. The banquet was the largest ever held on the Coast,