BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4080, 24 March 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington, March 23. At a /neetincf of the sha*eholders of the Titanic S-eel Company held last night, the Chairman stated that the du ectors were not opposed to th® resolution passed by the ! unedin shareholder*—“ That all operations should be stopped until a manager who thoroughly under stood the pr ocess (chemical and practical) of smelting had been engaged.” It was then proposed thr»t smelting operations be postponed until such tim* as the dii ectors nave the opporlun ilty of examining whether certain new me ihods of working iron sand cannot be successfully utilised by the present plant of the Clompany if slightly altered. In reviewing the Work ©f the past two yeats. he said great difficulty had b.-en felt, as they were fed to suppose the charcoal could be procured at 3d per- bushel, but contract after.contract was throivn up, and they had to manufacture it theme elves at Is 7id per bushel; but even if they had fuel he did not believe their present process rv as of any use. The shareholders complained that they were only now informed of this fcict, and all of a sudden; that there c iuld be no satisfactory result from an-, thing, and that ti*e plant and chnrcoal were alike useless. Mr Chew defended the directors, and said they w ere not practical men, and had to trust Mr’Ancftrews, and wese misled by him. The resolution was carried, Mr Chew stating he was going to America in about two months, and would make all inquirie. when there. March 24. The Hon. W. Swanson, of Auckland, formerly Attorney-General is gazetted a member of the Executive Council.

Christchurch, March 23Tiiere were exceedingly vivid lightoin-,' and a littfe thunder last night, followed by hea.vy rain. The storm only lasted three or four hours.

Several Christchurch publicans are summer ied to-day for g - Uing adulterated liquors. A farmer at Waihi Bush has a lamb wiith three perfect mouths in one head. March 24.

Several churches have been broken inrto during the past few days, and alms boxes cleared of their contents. The‘limes’ this morning says the success of Mr Delamain in polling off the Dunedin Ctip for the second time m succession will be .received with general sat sfaction by sporting men in this Province, Some of the bookmakers Icee heavily, as a few friends < f the stable ttuck to J’nno'awtrewere throughout and lug odda being offered against her they landed some large amounts. In one instance a Christchui ch bookmaker laid JL2OO to L 3 against the mare with a local hairdresser, and in many other instances LIOO to 1.3 and LIOO to 15 were given. The 1.250 Derby swee r p at Wame’s Hotel was won by amm rained Giffin, who, singu'ar to say, also won tiie last Derby sweep drawn at the s mie place. This was L r L 250 on the G.J.O. Handicap at the last November meeting.

Hokitika, March 24. Five thousand acres ba\e b.,en applied for as mineral leases near Mount Ea,nritoto Galena mine, and were gran’ed, the of the leases depending on turvey before June. Fifteen hundred acres were flao grrjited in the neighborhood of Jackson’s Bay, where one of applicants disco* ered i innlar "miners! some years ago. _

T • 1 n March 24, P The Brodnok Castle, u : nety-nine days from 'Plymouth, I rugs 270 adults. Two children and one woman dnd, aa d there were s-veml births during the p^f^eage. (From ourfpion Correspondent.)

C m, m . Au ckiard. March 23. bailed ; Ihe Transit, w.th timber for Dunedin, yesterday. I)nnng thn strong north-wester yesterday the Bmp Inerv/angee Franjee dragged her anchor and took the ground, but the wind shifted just m r ™ e £ 9fc er without d image. It is reported here that Baron Rothschild is com vug out on a v“sit to S.'r Julius Vogel. "... , Arrow, Match 24. ■ A trial crushing of two tom of-quartz, none picked, yielded 30ozi 16dwts sgrs. Fetter stone is being raised from the thine on the Homeward Boijnd at Macetown.-