BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4039, 5 February 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington, February 5. An attempt is being made to form a theatre company 'and to Oieet a'new theatre at the : i e Aro end of the town. , A large amount has already been subscribed, r ‘- : ■' Wanganui, February 5. AH the allotmen's in the new township of Eastown, near railway b iclge, were hold yesterday, the average being Lls per eighthacre section. - The feettler has set aside sixty acres for a public park. Gbahamstown, February 5. ■ James Norton, formerly in the Customs in Auckland and Thames,, walked . off the Grahamstown wharf at one o’clock this morning and’was drowned.; He had just landed from the steamer. The night was dark. He gave no cry, and could not be seen.

THE TIMARU RAHWAY.

. , Timabu, February 5. The railway demonstration yesterday was very successful. A train containing nearly 300 people. came •: from Christchurch, doing the hundred miles in about seven hours. A banquet was given at the Oddfellows’ Hall in the afternoon. The speeches took a strong political turn, and a great deal of confusion and dissatisfaction ensued. (From our own Correspondent.) SIR J. RECEPTION. Wellington, February 6. The working men who started the movement for a reception to: Sir J, Vogel have coalesced with other parties to make the affair general. There will bo an address and a dinner. All the Ministers will be in Wellington on the arrival of Sir J. Voeel, and the Government will be reconstituted at once; Two or three gentlemen will endeavor to buy the ‘ Guardian,’ and get rid of the large proprietary conflict.