TELEGRAPHIC. (From the Daily Southern Cross.)

Waikato Times, Volume VI, Issue 319, 30 May 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. (From the Daily Southern Cross.)

_ , A , , , Napier, Thursday. l«our of the crew o f the Schieallion are in custody for mutinous conduct in port. They locked the captain and mate into their cabins, and helped themselves to K roe liberally. On the voyage out some of the immigrants broached cargo. It has not been decided how these are to be dealt with, as the result of the investigation has not yet been made public. t,, . , . , Wellington, Thursday. Ine teniers for the construction of the Thames waterrace, section No. 11, were opened to-day, and that of Messrs Smith & Co, of Grahamstown, was accepted at £16 630 fSJSS!" 1 ?!? T T ° f Memn JoneS & Co > of Auckland, at £10,590 ; Mr ,T. Briton, of Auckland, at £1(5.653 ; Messrs Wation and Thompson, of Grahamstown, £17,218- J Lanigan, Auckland, £20,993; Taylor & Anthony, Grahamstown, £21,170 ; Clarke & Gwlick, Auckland, £21,757 • and J. Heron, Grabamsiown, £24,185 were declined. This not being a lump sum contract the accepted tender was found to be the lowest wheu calculated at schedule rates. ti xt i, ~ , Lyttelton, Thuisday. m lhe Natal Queen has arrived from Hobart Town bringing later English and Australian news. •The burqc Earl of South Esk, from Newcastle, coal laden, owned by Messrs Anderson and Marshall, of Melbourne! otruck on the Barrett's Reef. Light winds prevailed at the time, accompanied with a heavy swell. Tho foresail filled with a breaking sea, and the foremast went, followed by the mainmast. The crew, consisting of 10 men and the captain, managed to get into their boat, ond in less than fire minutes after itriking, the vessel slid into 12 fathoms of water, nothing whatever being saved out of her. Tho ship Inverallon, which w as supposed to have 300 souls on hoard, arrived this ofiernoon with a rarg6 consisting chiefly of railway material. She was chartered for immigrants but her 'tween decks being too low, she was not allowed to proceed with them. Notwithstanding the unusual number of immigrants lnteh arrived, nil tho single girls by the Wennington found employment immediately, so that tho«e by the La Hogue will bo lnntled this morning. Both ships hare over thirteen thousand pieces ot railway iron. At the General Church Synod the following committee was appointed to take into consideration the whole question of tho constitution and government of St John's College Auclt land :— The Bishops of Nelson, Auckl nd, and Dunedi» Archdeacons Maunsell and Williams, Messrs Sewell and J l'oole. On the motion of the Bishop of Auckland, the dis triet between Patea river and HangaUhua river is to be considered port of the Wellington diocese. A bill for establishing a Board of Theological Studies was read a first time. The other busioets was unimportant, Hokitika, Thursday. In the Provincial Council, resolutions affirming the neces sity of appointing a Provincial Executhto were carried bv o large m»jonty.

.Melbourne, May 17. Air Di\on, tho protectionist, has been returned ti> the Legislature for St Kikla. London. M.iv 15

ibo (Jzar of Russia landed at Dover 10-day, ou a visit to Great Britain, and pioceeded to Wmdaor Oaatle. He met with an enthusiastic reception The Conwi'mdaufc ot Guatemala, owiog to a quarrel, has inflicted 201) lashes on the British Vice-Uonsul. Tlio Commandant has since been arrested.