BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4055, 24 February 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Chbistobuech, Februni y 23. Great disorgan sation is reported to t eidst in the Railway Department, and inqniri as aie peud ng into charges of incompetence. ■ , m At a tdul of pigeons (by members iVi" the Pigeon Flying Uiub), from- Ashburto n to Christchurch, fifty-five miles, the first bh td did the distance in 1 hour 35 minutes.

. - February. W. The Railway Department is in anything'but a satisfactory position. Two officials in the engineer’s department have been suspended, and inquiry is to be held.-into the s ate ofilae department - generally. Mr iHesketh, th'ue Christchurch st-atfonmaster, has tmen suspende.l l for insubordination to the ti manager.. These incidents following so • close upon theaccident on the Wbitecliffs bran ?h and a recent' mistake at Rangiova, where A lot of passengers for Christchurch were left bebin d by the evening train, thus compelling them : to hire traps to reach their destination, has grifrttly.unsettled the public mind. i

, . Bluff, F« binary 23. David Hamilton, steward of tlie Comerang, committed suicide this afternoon hj r throwing. # Pel >ruary 2t. The Albion arrived to-day with tb o Suez mail. Passenger* Saloon : Mr, Mrs, Misses, and Master .Linney, Messrs Cowiet Saunders, Smith, Rainey, Devey, Franklan, Si ':reet, Moorlind, Dixon, Yarsey, Rev Mr Back house, and 20 steerage. Ninety-five tons cargo for Dunedin.^

Gbahamstown, Febrt my 23. Sir George Grey has been enga ;d all day withdeputationa, In reply to a ret, in rest to imSove Tairua, Sir George Grey sal d a wro-g ipression had got abroad. He had) lot L‘,ooo to spend; that was all appropriated-. A number of unemployed asked for free passages to Wellington.

Wellington, Febru; wy 23. The cable steamers Hibernia and Et Snburgh. are to go direct back to Sydney without 5 calling at Weumgtpn;. The number of cable messages trans oxitted yesterday was' sixty-eight received and Jforty-. one forwarded. . ,

The first st c p towards the street tra. arway scheme has been taken by a staff of eng’ neers takirig the levels of the principal thoro'ughfares.

< : ; February 2*4A private telegram from Home states that New Zealand flax is steadily rising in price. The Education Board, , after a long deb.stv, withdrew'the aid .at present granted to the Roman Catholic and Church Of England eduicationid boiifcß, thus practically declaring tor secular education. ./-• Tne following tenders have been received by the Public Works Department for the NgalSwa contract ’of the Mount 'Rdchfcnrt Railway: —_Acc>ptet I— 7 Johu Hendersonj ‘of Brogden and Sons, W 'ellington, L 33.573. Declined—rß,. W. Humphrey, Westport, T,35,938 ; Thomaa-Kerrand G #., Hofctita, L 33.95 8; Edward Butlerani Michael Bivjnnjer, GTiey.mouih, 1 37,753 ; and .David Prondfoot, Dunedin/L38,967.