SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1828, 1 June 1874, Page 3

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

. 0 —^r-:l l 'j!!i.U\ I (Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Tress Agency.)

j , Wellington, Saturday. ; I In the General 'Synod, Vbill was'iiitroduced by the: Bishop'of Auckland ,andj read a second, time'for defining .-the mode of procedure'in altering-or-repealing new fundamen'tarprovisions 6f ! the'cbristi- : ;

tutioa.—lfc : was resolved "6a the motion of the Dean of Christchurch that the, Synod deplore the wide prevalence of intemperance ■ among: ; -professing■• Church 1 members of-all l classes; ; that'the ,: evil is so great as to call for special agencies for, its abatement, .but'that, the.mode of doing so had best be left in the hands of the 0 diocesan synodsjand the ! General Synod ! earnestly request -their attention 1 .matter. A select committee is to be ap-' pointed to prepare a form according to Wjhich all statistical returns of several dioceses shall be*made-up; *' ; ■ '""''•'' - x J'• '■"• . i New Plymouth,. Saturday.;:; (Major Atkinson in the Provincial Council read a telegram from the Premier stating that the Government had determined to limit the number of immigrants for the next seven months to 25,000. The land regulations .were, passed.. ...,.,.„ ... j --- •-•'--- Lyiteltok, Saturday.

; Arrived :i & Gifcy ; of-A£raj ! - ; eighty- days from the Downs, with 22 passengers; ' Corfcza/ from Kaipara.

• J'' f <PoRT Ohumbbs,;Saturday.'! JThe "• made -%e passage in 77 days from starting, , : with '405 souls, a number of whom are for .Thei-'Agincourt' ■■ brings 4/5 immigrants. She is njt a f very good 1 .iV'?il.v (iu