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Evening Star, Issue 4031, 27 January 1876, Page 3

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Wellington, January 25. The number of people conveyed by train to the Hegatta on Saturday was 2,870 ; The competing crews from Dunedin. Kaiapoi," -and Thames will be entertained at dinner tonight The idea of sending a crew from Wei.linjtou to compete at the Auckland Hegatta ihas been abandoned. It is not expected the detention of the im- : migrant ship Shakespeare will be beyond a week. j The Wesleyan Conference has appointed a ; committee to devise measures for the recognition of communicants who are not Church | members, and to take steps for the establishjment of a Centr.il Methodist High School They have commissioned the Rev. Mr Buller ■to select four young ministers in England during his approaching jvisit, and passed a resolu- ; tion in favor of a union between the various branches of the Methodist Church in New ■ Zealand. _____ . ~ , Auckland, January 25. j The Harb-r Board has resolved to push oh ; the dock wo k at a cost of L 78,000. I Nelson, January 26 The house Of Mr Fell/ aAoUeitor.'wa* burnt | down to-day. _ Being outside the boundary of ; the;water .ervic. ; nothing could be done to stop the flames, but by theevertibm of t ose ) rei eeat, all tbe furniture- jras saved. The insurance is L 2,000 in the New Zealand office. New Pltmodth, January 27. .The ‘Budget’ this evening publishes the contents of & private letter received from Hawea revive to Mr C isey, Some men interviewed ('asey and ddm maVd where he got the qunrtz which be to k to Auckland, but he declined to give liny information as to where it had been found _ Oh being further questioned he gave the inquirers to understand that the quartz was got in Taran ki Province. Casey said, if he > ade known where he found it lie would not get protection, as it was got on Maori land, but fle said it will be known by-and-bye. The writer says Casey had been at the Thames, and managed a claim, there, and that he is a man of very good character.