By Electric Telegraph

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 224, 20 June 1873, Page 5

By Electric Telegraph

' Wellington, June 18. Shaw, Saville, and Co 1 , wrote to their agents denying that Morrison is or ever has been interested in their firm. Dr. Peatherstone advises the departure of the following vessels: —Mary Shephard, for Lyttelton, on May the 10th ; Beras, for Auckland, on May the 20th; Allahabad, for Otago, on May the 27th; Punjaub, for Lyttelton, on May the 30th. In all, they would take about 1,200 statute adults. The applications for Australian passengers being large, a few more vessels will probably leave for Auckland about the end of May. The Haleyone was to sail for Wellington on April the 18th," with 256 statute adults; and the Schiehallion was to follow sqine time during May. Peatherstone has inVfted tenders for ships to leave for Wellington on .Tune the sth; for Napier, June the 11th ; for Auckland, June, the 17th; for Otago, June the 23rd> and for Lyttelton, June the 30th. Mackay reports having had a most satisfactory meeting with the Ngatiraukawa tribe. Purukutu is at Kuiti. " Christchurch. Trent's chicory works at Templeton were totally destroyed by fire. The estimated damage is £6,000, and there was no insurance. Auckland; At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders, the New. Zealand'lnsurance Company's fifth report was submitted and adopted.- . A dividend, of

ten per cent; was declared. £ 15,000. has been added to the Re-inaurance Fund, which now stands at £45,000. £IOO were added tp the Reserve Fund, and the balance carried forward to the next half-year's account, which, after paying the dividend, amounts to £9045 Is. All business in the Waikato is suspending. ; A great native meeting is to be held on the 27th. Purukutu and his party are staying with Tawhiao's secretary., Rewi hold,s no communication with him. Napier. The Provincial Council has passed resolutions to the effect that the appointment of a second Native Lands Commissioner is undesirable, and calculated to excite discontent; that the agitation and unsatisfactory state of the native mind generally is mainly attributable to the mischievous course adopted by the Hon. Mr Russell and Mr Sheehan, M.H.R., in .their recent intercourse with the natives, and it is notorious that Russell has for some time been sowing the seeds of dissension between the races; that the Council requests the representatives of the Province to bring the matter before Parliament, with a view to the adoption of means to check the evils complained of. Nelson. The ' Examiner' has published a letter from A dmiral Rous on the Peeress disqualification question. The letter says that the disqualification by the Canterbury Jockey Club was a violation of the law which protects private property. No horse can be disqualified unless fraudulently run, or j entered under false description, i Wellington. Letters received from reliable sources state that a new season for emigration to New Zealand has been opened successfully in Britain. The staff had been increased, and the number of applications beyond the anticipations entertained. The present arrangements are: £lO promissory notes per adult for married couples, and a proportionate increase for single women. It is believed that Messrs. Brogden's exertions in the obtaining of emigrants for New Zealand are largely benefitting the G-overnment owing to the publicity given by that firm in bills and advertisements to the advantages held out by New Zealand —public attention having been called to the prices of provisions, the suitability of its climate, and the much attention devoted to New Zealand. Letters received from immigrants settled in the country are of a. highly satisfactory tenor. The writer of the letter under notice says that it is calculated at Home that each of Messrs. Brogden's immigrants influence half-a-dozen others, The firm selects only one out eight applications.

Dunedin, Thursday Evening. ELECTION OF SUPERINTENDENT 5 cs p $ ■ C3 Qj 3 9. & p - 5" ra B Dunedin 1019 477 0 Dunedin (North) 120 69 3 Hampden ... 42 24 0 Alexandra ... 53 50 . 0 Caversliam ... "... 75 25 0 Waikouaiti ... • ... 51 33 0 Waikari 39 23 0 Cromwell ... ... 25 27 0 Riverton ... 96 6 3 Port. Chalmers 216 17 2 Bluff ... ... 35 3 1 Dunedin (N E Yalley) 20 39 0 Balclutha... 39 84 0 Mornington 10 3 0 Clyde ... 54 19 0 Palmers ton ... 36 57 0 Naseby ... ... 78 18 0 Arrowtown 45 27 0 •Soiithbridge ... 3 19 " 0 G-lenore ... ... 3 22 0 Waihola ... ' ... 15 42 0 East Taieri . ... 80 49 0 Green Island 59 32 0 Papakaio ... 2i 11 0 Oamaru ... i.. 132 104 0 Blueskin ... ... 27 47 0 Portobello . ... 59 18 0 Tokomairiro 74 141 0 Winton ... 17 37 0 Queenstown 104 42 0 Invercargill ... 243 202 0 Mavis Bush ... 5 25 0 West Taieri ... 29 46 0 Anderson's Bay ... 35 24 0 Kaikorai Schoolhouse 13 6 0 Moke Creek 42 1 0 North, East Harbor... 24 2 0 Tuturau ... ... 4 45 0 Mimih'au ... 12 2a 0 Kawarau Gorge 3 12 0 Bannockburn ... 10 13 0 Bendigo ... ... 7 0 0 I/awrence... ... 129 32 ■ 0 Bluespur ... 57 13 ' 0 Kaikorai Drill Shed.. 26 17 0 Waitahuna 63 14 0 Wetkerstones 64 1 0 'Hamilton... . ... O 32 0 St. Bathans ... '22 A 0 Hyde ... ... 28 9 0 Warepa ... 1. 52 0 South Clutha ...' 9 56 0 Popotunoa 6 27 0 Waipori ... 49 21 0 Beaumont 16 2 0 Otakia ... 18 33 0 Otepopo ... ... . 27 . 30 0 Himmend ... : 2 8 0 3571 2321 6 Majority 1250