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Evening Star, Issue 3977, 23 November 1875, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Timaro, November 23. threat complaints are made as to the treat- °(^ e Duke of Edinburgh’s immigrants. Ine cabin passengers say they were fed on immigrants’ stores,_ the latter receiving short allowance. The immigrants are being ranidlv engaged. 1 J Wellington, November 23. ills Excellency the Governor lea; es Lyttelton to-day at 2 p.m. in H.M.S. Sappho, for Wellington. «ii- ' enr y Anderson, formerly editor of the Wellington Independent,’ has been appointed permanent editor of the * Evening Post.’ Christchurch, November 23. Ihe Gity Council last night voted L3OO to the widow and family of the late Mr George Gordon, who had held the position of Town Olerk for fourteen years, A small pack of harriers for the Christchurch Club arrived from Melbourne yesterday, .they are a very fine lot. A narrow escape from fire, under somewhat curious circumstances, occurred last night. A man named Aarons, returning home from the theatre observed smoke issuing from the shop of Mr A. W. Wright, furniture broker, near Morton s Hotel High street. Assisted by Constable Wheatleigh, he burst open the door, when they found fire in four separate places among piled-up furniture in the front shop and another fire in the back room. Ey great exertions they succeeded in extinguishing the flames before the engines gob into play, wnght said his wife locked up the premises, and left them all safe at 9 P' “V ihe stock was insured for LSOO m the Eew Zealand office, and for L2soin the Eatavian 1 ire and Marine, the latter policy being only a few days old. The buiidim? was insuied for 1.150 in the Transatlantic Office, ihere was a large stock of new and scconclnana goods on the pn raises, and it is conVinnn to ho worth considerably over ii 1 ’ u •. V J he stock was very inflammable, and the buildings in this locality are all of timber.

m, r ,, . Gueymouth, November 28. The following are the declared weights for the Greymonth Jockey Club Handicap at the forthcoming meeting i n Christmas week: - Guy Fawkes .Sat 101b; Malvina, Bst 9ib ; Koran, Bst; Nectar, 7st 81b ; Tadmor, 7at 21b Tommy Dodd, 6st 101b; Sounambula, Gst 51b ; Septimus, bst 51b; Fanny Kisher colt, 6st: Llair Athol and Cloth of Gold, Sat 101b each. (From our own Correspondent)}. ) a • , , Auckland, November 22. overtE 1 *! Pafty of „ la , die ? and gentlemen was y' , J y a squall during the rough weathea thev wr U ™ ay> a n 1 , hein " unable to act back, islancN Tn T n Ipelled 1 pelled to cam P out on one of the islands in the lower part of the harbor. r -he crew of the schooner Locliiel cn masse tlrnTtlmbnuh 000 ' 1 tO . Sea ’ a,!c S in o a reason that the bunks were too small. They were all wthe I ?.r CUStO( Y- The bertbs weremeasuml b 7 , ) , I . C i e ’ n,nf were f °und a few inches too t h -G ma p trate decided that the MerAct /> n -y required a minimum amount of apace and air to be supplied for the crew, and made no stipulation about the bunk accommodation. T his being supplied iu the pre sent case he sent all the men to gaol for a month. Thu men declared that they would sooner go to gaol than proceed on the voyage. Wellington, November 23. 1,1 c ”‘ 0lljr ' b “ u