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Evening Star, Issue 4071, 14 March 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

; Vl ;; ■ “The adjourned meeting' df the of; the, held v m. f thp | r last , eyiiflni?, ,tb disctiVs'tlie qj&ning the ,r^din^rp6m J fDr%ur : bon •p ou Supqay a?£eniqoi&; Upwards of 300 wefpresent,' ’ Each speaker was restricted' to ten minutes. There was coniid-rahle excitement during the. speaking, but on the whole they were good hnmoredly conducted It was I.loThis morning when the.result of the.b* lot was,announced, as follows For the opening, 150j BgaiDsfit/117. . ,Tbe annouacement was great applahse'.

. oiofi Conespohde/its ) ; v >•■ '■■■ WkmJNWEON,; March 13. Sir J. Vogel intended not to start |ill toxaortoWj bfltt: Captain Fafrchild. advlteiJbuu,to start to night, there; .were, of an approaching change ofweather,, and Sir Julius consented;,,. ", "" ,-Mfr-H. H< ; HaU .telegraphs {bat .he is returninfcjto -San Francisco •by . this. month’s mail move is presvpn. dto bethe .result of Sir J. Vogel’s conference with, the Sydney Government. -There is no word, yet of tfie mail ; boat leayingi San-, Francisco, though she should have left there a fortnight ago. It fltijl Vwhether the Colima will go through to San, Francisco, the Zealhhdta come! down, to Fort Chalmers, or the Col ma return, front Kandavau, and take .the next out* wardjmail. . ....- ....

A large sale of Crown, lands in the Manawatu block is .contemplated shortly for tho purpose of augmenting the revenue. The land be-ng made accessible by roads. ?. . ■ A new fenWl farm settlement is proposed in toe- Bmgiteruirua bloch, beyond Masterton. Tbe inoyemtot orimnated with some q£ toe i Hutt settlers, - who desire to found hew homes in • freto country. The system will be on deferred! payments. The Frovmeial Government favors ; the scheme. Richard Collins, a pioneer settler, died at imiday ytstefdayvf heart disease,' aged fifty- : three. He formerly was a great patron ofspoxting and; facingy and did much to improve the breed of hordes in this Ptevince. . ; The; wharf,-mnddfe continued, and the Cor-: poration has decided to take over the whole : working of too wharf, including forwarding and ■ .labor, fpi.m next. .. 1 SirJdius Vogel wUladdresjibisconstituents! a j G Jttea Thursday, returning onSaturday. The Wanganui‘people have, been on the t ptoe of expectation for some weeks as to when he -would- come and what he wouldf ,Tho pap-rs there are full of it. It.is; ex-; pected that he maker an important! s, even, uni the Press Agency talk of sending; special shorthand reporter for the occa-

„ , . ' . : Napier, March 13. threat interest is taken here in toe Dunedin races.

■i A dad, eight years old, a son df : Mr Hague, butcher, was thrown from a frightened horse tos afternoon. His foot cnught in the sthrurs, and he was dragged fifty yards, when his boot came off, leading the lad, senselesi. He is re--covering, but is-terribly bruised, and has severe g-shes cut m his heat,' ;A <drrinkea sailor‘Vent into toe Masonic xtali to-day. male-a-dean sweep of the dec intere-and glasses on the counter, and aft rwards dashed his feet through the window panes. He was arrerted after much trouble. A dozen M ion, girls. Lave challenged an equal number of European females to paddle a canoe at the regatta to be held 6n toe 17th March: The offer is likely to be accepted.