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Evening Star, Issue 3960, 3 November 1875, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

AUCKLAND. 2. Messis A. K. Taylor, Cailton, and l)ilworf.h nrorciioited to be candidates for Kden. Mr BueklanW is spoken of tor the Thames and Mr l-lees for City Ea«t. ' -ir George Crey's deception Committee have resolved to give him a puMic reception r Queen street. He will be escorted from Onehunga in carriages. ■ri .- * Chiustchukoh, "November 3. I he time for receiving exhi' its for the Philadelphia Inhibition hav-tgbeen extended, promises of exhibits are m.w comiug in more The Wliitecliffs branch i,f th- Malvern railway was opeiud to-day. & larg. laity of Government ollicials parsed along the line, and the settlors in the vicinity of Wliitecliffs *ave l } spieiidid luncheon in honor of the event. the Wliitecliffs branch is sixteen miles long, and taps the principle coal-bearing dntrict iu the Malvern Hills. The extension of the great

northern line, from Ashley to Balcairn, about ten miles, was also opened to-day, bu without any demonstration. Mr W:n. Montgomery offers hims If again for his old sea, 1 ; of Akaroa, and Mr W. H. Tilliet, wlm w;h defeated by Mr Montgomery at the last election, announces his in : c-nt!on to contest th- scat Mr Pi'die , in an ndilvss to the electors, says that wh'. e recognising the absolute necessity of remod dim,' th.e system of lo al government, be will be . repare 1 to consider the advisability of a political severance of the two IV-auds under ru.-;i conditions as -will preserve the natimialitv <-.f New Zealand. It is expected that Mr l°i Sitt will nm Mr Montgomery close. New l'LYMOtmi, November 3. At a meeting of the Harbor Board the proposition of the Government re the central prison was discussed. The propositi' nis that the B'iard should yive up a fouith of the land fund, and in return the Government v ill make the first portion of the harbor in thro years, and place the central prison at th-.: S'upar Loaves, the prisoners to work on the foundations of the harbor. The Board postponed further cons'tderation of the matter until the engineers have bet-n here and reported. Christchurch, November 2. The name of Daniel O'Rourke was inatlveitently omitted from the list of acceptances for the Derby race at the Metropolitan meeting.