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Evening Star, Issue 3623, 2 October 1874, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

( y: ) /. v.; WtjtuiiOTONj' October 1. " The amount erf jraipfallhere during September was eleven inches more than double the average amount of'th&rsame month for tbe last ten years. _ " 5 v October 2. i The tendera were received at the Fabko Works office, Wellington, for the of the ‘ Clutha ‘and Mktaura railway. Accepted; M'Menamin and Co., sOmVtteafgin, 1A9,588. 7 Declined VJ. A. Ross and Co., - Invercargill, L 23.187; Brogden and Oakes, ‘Wanganui. W6j4B; Brothers, Bunedlp. L 27.703; Dunedin, L 27.922; T.'M. Hardy slJfohnsfcn, Wellington, L 28,607; David Proudfoot, Dunedin, L 29,423 ; A. Hunt, Tokbmal- , sP ro i ; .Okas. Abbott, Dunedin, L 31,367; I X F. Dawson Invercargill, L 34,000.

}■ • : -J Gretmodxh, October 1. Tbe Waipara was safely got/into the river ,v*hi» morning. Little damage has been done to ‘‘her.' *?-4 - subsiding..

c- rt--IfiHfipiyuontPH; October 1. tf.Jp* ViObtber- kere has been terrible, and the 6#® are pigher than they hava been known to ,be,for yeafs. There is a fearful surf in the ' roadst«ad,and not a boat could leave the shore , to communicate with the steamer. .v; •.*.s»/1- _i,—. ■ ■■ *

. . Auckland, October 1. A fireoccurred at Mr Watt’s farm-house, at anddestroyedalarge two-storey buildwas insured in the New Zealand - office for L6ooj- and in the Norwich Union office JorfoOQ.

‘r : There is * letter publilied -In this morning’s ‘News,’ denying that diph- ■ fcheria has never been prevalent at Invercargill. There 1b another letter, ifc the same paper by Dr "Lgatherall, who says he has attended several ■ of- diphtheria, one of which proved fa* al , last week. Dr • Cotterell calls attention to the . cleanliness in back yards, &c. c a i -Affreat deal, of rain has fallen; the up-coun-nvera are all flooded. The strong easterly which has prevailed for soma time . with the wet weather, is having a serilambing, the present being the fog

i , fmw, October 1. Jfjf *£• fepenhea»y.fsoodß all along the West Coast district from Wanganui to Wellington. The ooaoh was unable to travel j the tram,way was, .damaged, and is several feet under i water, and large quantities o| crops, sheep, ( Cattle have been destroyed. The rivers are all to cross, and travelling has been ' stepped at various places.

Chbistchdbch, October 2. -:- f A letter is published in the ‘Press,’ this •nwrnlng. from a man named R. H. M. Smythe, -luting that, ho captured tryp live pioas at ?«»•' on-SentemWr ••Bmythp iMi 8 ~ When pear the tpp p| the Saddle, mjr Bnddepljr set off at a great pape, and ppmniripugly. I fpljpwpcl, and Wing, a phprt diptpnpp, to niyinexpres?~"P sg,w typ Iprge ftirdg, r One j the fitfaejr smaller. ' til 6 s*! *«» siting the worst of and oooeyed to jny man. a tether-rope, and under the shelter of a small patch of bush, got behind the rt atJJm fiwt cast. I ■then took a turn with the rope round a birch expectation, the larger bird WO.not shpw fight to anjr great extent, and the Wetly by,it,. After this veiy, left it fastened to a tree for we 89 effvrt to jKefeW*'"'..* -x.. ..

leave its mother. On the following Thursday, with the assistance of Mr Frampton’s shepherds, I took the old bird to the camp, the young one following. The old bird is eight feet nigh, and the young one five feet. The former appears to be getting reconciled to its captivity.” Smythe intended starting for Christchurch on Thursday last. At yesterday’s session of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars it was resolved to establish district lodged in Otago, Southland, Marlborough, Nelson, and Westland. Also that -a prize of L2O should be offered for the best essay on the origin, progress, and objects of the order.