BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4195, 7 August 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington, August 6. .. The Fitzreuter has brought 320 German lmmigrante, but as the continental agents despatched them after receiving instructions from the Agent-General not to send any more foreigners, the Government have retß?? *£ recognise them, and at the request of MrKrull, the German Consul, the Government will probably permit them to have quarters temporarily in the barracks, but without prejudice to any future proceedings between the Government and the agents. Intimation has been received by the Telegraph Department that the cable-steamer .Edinburgh had been spoken with by wire and she will probably have joined up between Port Darwin and Banjoewangie by this afternoon. The cable between Penan* and Madras, and the line 3 acroßg Siberia, are still unrepaired. A shook of earthquake was felt at four o clock this morning, preceded by rumbling.

_. __ AUCKLAXD, August 5. Tho Kapanga Company, Coramandel, is driving in splendid golden stone. Messenger, a Queen street fruiterer, has been brought up on two charges of evading the Customs, and making false declarations relative to the contents of a bale of paper bags landed from the steamer Hero. The oase has been remanded.

The barque Vallego has arrived from Liverpool after a passage of 103 days. She brings the remainder of the waterworks plant and a general cargo. An apprentice fed from the topsailyard while shaking out a reef when the ship was going at the rate of ten knots. The gale was too high to lower the boats, and nothing more waa seen of aim.

New Plymouth, Augußt 5. ■ ■ E. M, Smith leaves here for Wellington to interview the shareholders relative to tafig »Dow«d to hire a trial at radtwg

theironsand. The shareholders here have passed a resolution Btrongly recommending the Wellington shareholders to assist Mr Smith in obtaining the opportunity of using the company's furnace and material to test the practicability of smelting the ironsand.

Tatjranga, August 5. The Wairoa Native meeting is over. It was decided almost unanimously to open the Kiuma for gold prospecting. Parties will go out in a few days. Tho ' Bay of Plenty Times' announces a large Native meeting next week at Ohiuemutu, regarding the leasing of the Korokoro country or selling it to the Government.

Westport, August 5. The first train for passengers and goods traffic ran to-day on the Mount Rochfort line. For the present month four trains per week will run.

Christchurch, August 7. It has been decided to establish a Press Club here. The football team will leave Christchurch about the 24th of the month.

{From our O'-cn Correspondent.)

Riveaton, August 5. The statement made in the Assembly by Mr Stout and contained in pace 274 of 1 Hansard,' that Mr Reynolds while here on a visit, re Riverton Harbor, eaid to Mr M*Gillivray, "Be sure and come up next session and support the'■« -overnment, and I will get your harbor endowment fo* you," has been contradicted. A letter has been written to Mr Reynolds signed by everyone present at the interview, charac tensing it as a gross calumny. Mr Stout gave Mr Theophilus Daniel as his authority, but Mr Daniel, hi a letter in to-day's 'Western Star,' savs he never made use of those words to Mr Stout. Mr M'Gillivray has also written a letter denying that Mr Reynolds made sueh a remark. The 'Star' has a strong article commenting severely on Mr Stout s conduct.