BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4073, 16 March 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

* Wellington, March 15. Thdfirst annual mating of the Chamber of Commerce/ after a* lapse of ni e years, was held to-day. In moving the adoption of th ■ repo.t, the Chairman'(Mr Levin) remarked that it was their -policy to make Wellington what it was certain to become tooner or lat r—the great receiving- and dis riba ing port of the Colony-r-and to that end it was necessary they should inot look s> much to revenue from their wharf and harbor as to the increased trade which would accrue. By making Wellington a free, or marly free, port, this iesu t would be obtained, and he hoped the Chamber of Commerce would keep that stea'ily in view. The motion was carried tint the Government should he moved to an amendment of the present Bankruptcy Law. Mr Levin was re-elected chainrian. ‘

Hamiona, the native who, on tb.4 13th November las* l , shot Tukino Te iVI arae, because of alleged witchcraft, and killed him, ; has b en appiehended by the 1 Uriwe as, arid by them handed:;oyer to; G»ptain Pieece this monrng.' This murderer managed successfully to e’ude the const bulary sent after him to effect his capture. He is, now in the of the constabu'ary, and will be tried in the ordinary way.

■ Auckland. March 15: The Provincial Gazette, published t > day, S*ve» the cor espondence'between Si«* Geo ge rey and the Col'.nial Secretary, re Eiucaion ninds, .and re r moval of the unemployed minera from i hames, and January accounts Sir Gecrge Giey’s final le ter re unemployed, contain' the fo ! lowing“ You ask me to say whether or not I dfsire that ths men shall be removed at pnb'io expense from trie Pro-vince-!t0 Welington, I hav- 1 . to state that f-the - correspondence connected with the reinoval: of from Thame?, ami the jTOpoaals veiatiig thereto, wvre conducted m '.he first; inst mcctr' cont ary to th.,usual r ,custom of the pubi c >enice. with a private pm on, without Superintendent haying been ’in any way con nlt« d or ref-wed to Government, on the subject. I therefore ou.ht not hw tb advise or-inter'ere in th : s matter ” .v - Ghbibtohoroh, March 18. - The highest scorer' in first set of d's riot -ppar Marshall, C'rfatchupeh, 73-; set S*> per Trope, Christchurch; of teachers. fot ’Obnt bui#llfdi®ai SihOol; which cost nearly L 20,000, will ba appointed. • 'Hie school will open next month.

March 16. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court thds morning, sever al - Chris tcburch.. publicans wei fe charged with selling adulterated liquors,’ b it as the appointment of Provincial Analyst hi is not been properly approved by the Governor, they wen all dismissed. One sample of whiskery when analy.-ed was found to contain 28 per cent, of w*ter

Oamabu, March 16. Another smart eirlhquake shock was fe t afe 10 45 Ja t nivht. The weather during the day had been intensely, hot, and after the shook the wind blew in strong squalls from the N.W. No. damage was done. The Wanganui is in the roadstead,