BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4048, 16 February 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Hokitika, February 18. The ' Times' on Hoos's let er re Jackson's Bay says:—" Hitherto, notwithstanding abundant baseless talk, influenced much more by commercial or politic d jealousies than by instincts of humanity, not a.single word of complaint has been communicated to the local Pi ess either by persons in Hokitika or Jackson's Bay. The Press neither furnished, nor is able to discover, a single fact in conniption with the settlement to. justify any such sweeping charge- as -that it iB a scandal. •• It hopes the author of the statement^and the seoiet custodian of "nice things," will have an opportunity of proving and divulging ai to this and the presumably bond fide letter. It hbr'es facility will De afforded for a thorough investigation of every individual complaint, a"d'tha-, the Goverr-men agent, and the rest of the agent* at Jackson's Bay will insiat upon it.' It describes the con elusion of Hoos's letter a3 conveying a gross and fake impression by saying Mr Bonar provides oommumcation and nec-ssarits. Mr Bonar has no property interest in the steamer, and supplies are obtained from others intheord.nary way of tra«ie. The only substantial complaint made is as to the high cost of provisions.

• CHBIBTOHDBCH, February 15. , The driver on the engine at the late railway accident at the White Cliffs branch line has been suspended. : Mr Carrnthers, Engineer in-Ch'ef, has beeu elected Consulting Engineer to the Christ*m district Drainage Board, at a salary of p c r year, exclusive of the usual percentage on cost of woks.carried out; and Mr Naier Bell, late cf M-ssrs Eyogden, has been appointed working engineer, at LBOO per annum.

y Wellington, February 15. lhe followimr are the complete resultß of the lata series of carbine matches fired by the We'hngton Artillry against ; otou r corps : - Christ church match : Wellington 733, Chrstchurch 631; majority for Wellington, 10?. ■ Napi-r match: V¥ei:ingt'n 732, Napier 678; majority for Wellington, 54. Nekon match : Welln*ton 766, Nelson 610; imjorttyfor Wellington, 156. Dvtnedin match:. Wellington 718, Dunedn 649; jnajoritv for Wellington, 69. InVercargill match: Wellington 757, Inve-drgill 614; majority for We lingt.on, 113. Auckland match : Wellington 763, Auckland 656; majority for Welling on, 107. tv. t u •■• S?Ws3i February 16. ine following are the officer* to be in charge of the Colonial Prize Firing :—Colonel Lyon in command, Colonel Packe of jL'hr stcbuich, Stapp of Tnranaki, Major Turner ii Patea, M-jor Noakes of Wanganui, and Captain Bailie of Pivton. - • '