BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

Evening Star, Issue 3810, 11 May 1875, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

Wellington, May 10. Mr Vogel telegraphs, under date April 28th, that arrangements for the submarine cable are progressing satisfactorily, and nearly completed, with the Eastern Extension Company. He is still suffering from severe illness. He purposes leaving England as soon as the doctors permit him.

Napieb, May 10. Mr Ormond has been elected for Hastings, Mr Ormond said at the close of last session that he had announced that he would retire from the Superintendency, and then fully meant to do so. Since then proposals were made In ' the Assembly for the abolition of Provinces, and next session an effort would be made .to carry, them out. He was in favor of a change being made in the form of local selfgovernment. Many friends, including recently elected M.P.’s, asked him to continue in office for the. present; but he denied the statment made at Clive by Mr Buchanan, that he had in fluenced the route which the railway should take. He had pushed on the Hawke’s Bay railway, but had left the line of route to the engineers. He said the worst kind of lie was ope with just a little truth in it. He considered Mr Buchanan had adopted’a very unmanly course in malting aspersion against him in his (Mr Ormond’s) absence. Mr Buchanan’s statment that Mr' Bennett was a Government nominee for Olive, was utterly nntrue.

._ _ ' Christchurch, MaylL Mr Delamain has entered Templeton for the next Melbourne Cup race: . . •

{From our oum Correspondents.)

_ _ . Auckland, May 10. Tbe Superintendent’s statement relative to the class of land being acquired with the special grant of the General Assembly caused a sensa- ? f « 18 0'000 acres acquired 96,000 should be totally unfit for agricultural purposes he considers most ominous and discreditable. a *- ar case * s before the District Court. A Mrs Hair sues one John Wallace for LIOO damages for injury caused by a cart passing right over her head. The medical evidence showed that the accident really occurred, yet the woman survived, and is suffering from a broken rib and various injuries to her head.

.I , , .Lawrence, May 11. Mrs Clnton, a lodging-house keeper, died suddenly this morning. J udge Harvey took his seat on the Bench of the District Court here for the first time this morning. An address was delivered by the senior hamster, Mr J. Copland. -r I 8 ™ m 9 r , ed here and at Tapanui that Mr hj? e P h , C k /^ gents trying to purchase the freehold of the greater portion of the Spylaw station, or otherwise to get the Government to proclaim it ah'educational reserve, so as to prevent its being settled upon. i m, u « ' Oamabc, May 11. 0 spars, rigging, boats, ropes, Mills, and all the gear of iho wreck of the sold to-day in seventeen lots for ■Liouis. ihe weather is oleanug up.