MORE ABOUT THE STRATHMORE.

Evening Star, Issue 4061, 2 March 1876, Page 3

MORE ABOUT THE STRATHMORE.

March 2. The Granada, with the wuthem mails, anchored in Bahgitotp channel la rt night, owing to the stormy nature ; bf the weather. The City of Melbourne sailed tarly \ ‘Jus morning for .Sy.d?he passengers by'the A White Eagle, Which arrived item. frpm.Londoa some months ago, state that during the voyage -out, after.a heavy gale iii the night they foun d their vessel right under the cliffs o£ Crozet L. dand, Ihey had providentially been driven ini o the only safe channel between the islands, of the passengers declared they saw signal. 9 of distress on the island, but the others wei'o too busy to what they sa'd. They say .tbeyare now satisfied that those signals mus ha been m m theStratinmo e’sßurvi~ors, These cirfumstanc. s were hot - reported pa the arrival t>f the vessel inpprt. ' ' , ; r ' ■ .

, - - Chqistohubch, turch 2. The Bev. John E'mslie, of Wangwim, has accepted the c ill to St. Paul’s Pm'byterian Church, Christchurch. result of the railway inquiry is that one official in the engineers’ depsriment hits been discharged, two suspended, and one .in the traffic der.artment suspended for a month. The'Christchurch Gas Company have resolved to reduce the price of gas.to 12s fid per I,oooft. The profits for the past year were L 4,300. . .: . The. annual ram fair commences th - s afternoon. The entries are numerous, and it is believed tbat the qualify will be very good.

{From pur own Ctorrevpondenia.)

Auckland, March 1. The Customs duties collected here during February amounted to 1-16,717.