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Evening Star, Issue 3817, 19 May 1875, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

Invercargill, May 19. Xhere were great festivals and rejoicings here over the defeat of the Reid Executivl. Mr Lmnsden’s action is particularly regarded as opposed to the best interest of the district Any change is hoped for for the better.

• , Auckland, May 19. The Provincial Council last night passed a grant of LI,OOO to Mrs Williamson. A motion was earned for the retention of the police by tae General Government as now*

. Wellington, May 18. , nh® bricklayers of Wellington,, after due deliberation, have resolved to refuse for the future all piece work and to only recognise day work, the latter to be paid for at the rate of 14s per day of eight hours. The body pf the late Mr Borlase was buried this afternor-m The Superintendent and members of the Executive were present, and the Court of Appeal was adjourned to enable the Judges to attend. All the members of the legal profession followed, and the attendance of the general public was larj.w.

Chbistoi UKOH, May 19. An extension of the Great Southern Sailway from Ashburton to Eangitata, a distance of twenty miles, will be opened for traffic in a fortnight. This will make a total distance of seventy miles from Christchurch towards Timaru.

The New Zealand Shipping Company have received telegraphic advice of the arrival of the ship Dorette at London on April 29, She left Lyttelton on January 4, and great anxiety had been felt about her.

The Acclimatisation Society having offered Is each for the destruction of hawks as a protec tive measure to the imported game, 300 hawks have been killed during the past three weeks. The annual Presbyterian Synod was opened yesterday and the Rev. W. M'Gowan elected moderator.

{From our own Correspondents.) T Auckland, May 18. . iB a paper read before the Auckland Institute, Dr Purchase advocated as the best line for a cable between Australia and New Zealand t0 - Ahi P ara “o.th ♦which he said was forty-five miles Gape Farewell, with a better botJ°“» » ndavera ß® depth of only 350 to 750 fathoms, which gave a great advantage for repair-

ing over the Farewell line, which showed a depth of 2,600 fathoms, 1,975 fathoms, and 1.100 fathoms, Ahipara is also a favorable position f°" extending the cable to Fiji. It was suggested that a copy of the paper should be sent to the Government, on account of the valuable irfonnatioa it contained.

The annual report of the Board of Education shows the cost of the educational system for the year to have been L 20.530. The pupils on the r. I were 8,284, with an average cost, inclusive of buildings and all contingencies, of L2 10s per head. The education rate realised L 10,520, exclusive of buildings, or 45s per head. This proves to he the lowest average in the G-lony, and is less by Is per head than Nelson, 9s lower than Wellington, and 8s 6d lower than Ol ago.

Christchurch, May 18. The committee appointed to confer with the cricketers of Auckland and Otago with the view of procuring the visit of ;>n Australian team next season met this morning a-d carried the following resolution :—“ No match will be satisfactory unless played strictly upon intercolonial terms—-that is instead of a New Zealand eleven visiting Australia, as it would in ordinary course be expected to do, if a match of the kind was established, payment should be inadt; of the expenses (including remuneration to professionals) of any visiting team from Australia, but payment should not include any profit to the promoters or otherwise,” (2). ‘‘The visit of an eleven drawn from both New South Wales and Victoria would be most conducive to the interests of New Zealand cricket.” (3). “Canterbury will not play an ‘ odds’ match, but each Province should decide what course will take in this respect.” (4). “ Canterbury, in joining one or more Provinces, will contribute players only for matches eleven a-side.” (5). _ “ That Auckland, Otago, and Canterbury jointly request information at the earliest opportunity as to the cost of a visit from an Australian eleven.”

It was decided last night to get up a steeple chase meeting at Christchurch on the 6th July. The rices will be the Christchurch Steeplechase Handicap of one hundred sovereigns, with a sweepstakes of seven sovereigns, a Hack Steeplechase of fhirtysovereigns, and the Lindwood Steeplechase (Handicap) of sixty sovereigns. The affair is likely to be successful. Good ground, with fair fences, has been selected. Nominations close on July 1.