BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3797, 26 April 1875, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington, April 25. The result of the Rangitikei election was : Ballance, 112; Watt, 105; Hutchinson, 27. The Marton vote carried the election. The New Zealand Steam Shipping Company have at length accepted a tender for the new boiler and other repairs to the steamer Wellington. That of Yeoman and Co., of Auckland, was accepted, mainly because the firm contract to do the work in eighteen weeks—a shorter time than the other tenderers required, and because the kauri timber, for new spars, &c,, could be had on the spot, thus saving carriage, and also because the weather at Auckland would be better than at other places. The price of the successful tenderers was L 2,885. The rejected tenders were ; E. W. Mills, Wellington, price L 2,810, time seven months; Kincaid and M‘Queen, Dunedin, L 2,718, nineteen weeks; Robertson and Co., Wellington, 13,164, six months; Fraser and Tinue, Auckland, L 3,445, six months; J. Anderson, Christchurch, L 5,000, six and a-half months.

. ■ April 26. It is stated that the Hospital here is so full of low-fever patients, that the authorities have been obliged to refuse all applicants admission.

~ _ Auckland, April 24. Mr William Phillips, while in a state of mental aberration, threw himself from the wharf. He was rescued and taken to his lodgings, but got up and ran out without clothes. He was committed to the Lunatic Asylum,

April 26. Tne Hon. Mr Reynolds left in the Taranaki this morning for Wellington.

. _ Napier, April 24. Captain Fairchild, of the Luna, endeavored to raise the sunken steam-tug Una, but she is too heavily laden, and too firmly imbedded in the sand. Her decks were tom asunder in the attempt.

The buoy on Pania Rock has been replaced. It is intended to make an experiment on the 450 feet of artesian piping expended on the recent attempt to get water at the Spit. Captain Fairchild purposes placing a charge ©f lithofracteur at the_ lowest attainable point in the pipe, which will be filled with water, and an iron cap fastened on the top. When the explosion takes place, the shock is expected to be sufficient to raise the pipe, or loosen it so that it can be easily drawn out. Doubts are expressed as to the feasibility of the scheme, but it is worth trying. Many cases of sickness are reported, but not serious increase. Doctors differ as to the kind of fever prevalent, and whether it was brought here by immigration ships; but the public has very little doubt on the subject.

Nelson, April 24. A misunderstanding has arisen between the Nelson cricket team and Mr Wix (the captain) on account of the latter not going on to the ground, but deciding to postpone the Interprovincial cricket match, without consulting them. They are so annoyed that some of them refuse to play on Monday, and the country men (five in number) have returned home, determined not to return. The match, therefore, will not be completed.

Blenheim, April 26. At the opening of the Provincial Council, the Superintendent (Mr A. P. Seymour, M.H.R.) announced his Intentien to proceed to England by the May San Francisco mail. Mr Dodson (Mayor of Blenheim) is to be appointed Deputy superintendent during his absence.