BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3962, 5 November 1875, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Bi.uff, November 5. The Alh trnhr.i arrived at the Bluff at 7 a.rn. to-clav, hiving left Melbourne at 2 30 p.rn, on the 30th, ami experienced rough weather on the way acro.-s, She bungs thirty-eight saloon and eighty-seven steerage passengers, together with 258 tons of cargo for all ports. Passengers for Dunedin ; Mr and Mrs Strode, Miss Strode, Mrs Manchester, Miss Burroughs, Miss Manrick, Miss Thomson, Messrs Green, Cook, l.aidlaw, Keinseke, Sanders. Brugman, Muster Bowles, Revs. P. Barr and Russell; forty in the steerage ; also 158 lons of cargo for Dunedin. _____ Chhistchphch, November 5. The Metropolitan Agricultural Exhibition next week promises to be a great success. There are nearly 800 entries, including many new importations. A man named Francis Barnes was found dead in a closet at the Empire Hotel last night. I; is supposed fie died in a lit. He had just joined the flood Templars. Great public interest is taken in the forthcoming rac* s. Two LSOO Derby sweeps were drawn last night, and several Calcutta* are to be drawn to-night. Hokitika, November 5. A specimen of silver ore has been discovered near Mount Rangilotara, to the south of Hokitika, by a party of prospectors. Several hnn-

dredweights of the or* have been brought into town, and will be forwarded next steamer to Melbourne for analysis. Palmerston, November 4. A man named M’Donogh, of a surveying party, reported in town last night that gold had been discovered abont five miles hence, on the south side of the Manawatu River, The metal is in quartz. Auckland, November 4. Mr H. H, Hall, the Sydney agent of the Fan Francisco line, is a passenger per the Vasco digGama, Welling-i on, November 4. Judge Weston and Mr Warden Beetham have been appointed Commissioners to inquire into the nature of certain claims on the colliery recerve at Westport. I.'he Hon, Major Atkinson bas gone to Taranaki, and the Hon. Mr Reynolds leaves on Saturday for Dunedin. The immigration authorities are taking active steps to recover the amounts due on promissory notes given by immigrants. Thirteen were summoned this morning for. sums.ranging from L 6 to LSO. In most cases judgment was given for the Crown, November 5. Tuesday next is declared to be a public holiday to all officers and employes of the General Government, with the exception of the Customs, Post-office, Telegraph, and Railway offices.