BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4037, 3 February 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

: ■ - c *v W EL H N ® TON « February 2. in,view qjt the General Government undertakmsj the administration of the goldfields of the Colony, it has sent Mr C. E. Haughton, for the- Goldfields, on an official tour round the Middle Island goldfields, m order to acquire information likely to prove useful,when the goldfields come under the centealcontaroh; Mr-Haughton left for Dunedin in the Wellington to-day. After visiting the Otago Goldfields he will proceed to the West Coast.

' 'Tho_ Public Works Department intend some of the worst curves on the Hutt Railway.-. Keidal is becoming more intelligent every day, thoughstill very we :k. Young and Paul are-outof all-dangers ■ Messrs Hende souW O’Neill will commence their tramway for the city in a few days.

T , - • Napieb. February 2. the. retorniDg officer. told th> electora of t*-e East Maori district that he had taken legaladvice and could not declare who wasduly elected. He should send a warrant facts advised thereon ,P olIe(5 - The election Will moat likely we hela over again.

S mUfiff—will be headed oyer The emigrants by the Soukar found employment immediately, atgood wages. A great demand for labor continues. 5 The low pr ce of grain and the hi<?h rate of wages make farmers’ prospects gloomy. i s 3d a bu-thelj offered.for oats, will not recoup the outlay, : - Considerable losses have also been sustained through the late ra’>i beating down the crops and delaying harvesting.

■ , , CHRISTCinJHCH, February 3 Accounts* the crops from all parts of the i?rovince_give: promise of in unusually large bavir.g been very favorSnib+o a T**?® e P er acr e will be thaß • B liS |P g ras 8 fot- phe e p-farmiug. but this the immense dnf lrt .s d brought under Thero is a decided preponderance • i&rt&teteMky,. The oats will -thirty-six ' bnshpls,. .and barley

The Fire Brigade Committee, influenced by the experience gained at the late fire, hayo recommended the City Council to make hogelyinc.eased provision lor water supply.

Grahambtown, February 3, Mr F. W. Paul, manager of the Bank of New South Wales, was marking at. the rifle butts yesterday when a bullit rebounded from the tavget and struck him on the eyelid, inflicting a severe wound. It is not yet known whether his sight will be injured permanently.

(.From Correspondents.) tremble. Wellington, February 3. The sits fixed for landing the Australian cabl j is 14$ miles from Nelsoa. Tire laud line will be extended thither immedately, and the cable is expected to be la : d by tie end of the present month.... • Queenstown, February 3. The regatta meeting has been fixed for St. Patrick’s Day. The six-oared race is open to all comers; no stimulations ai to length of boat; prize, L6O. Four-oared : the same cond tions; L3O. L2OO will be offered in prizes. Bush fires create heavy losses; huts, fences, &c., beiug burnt. Tile weather is still ntensely warm and dry.