SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1826, 29 May 1874, Page 3

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS

' I (Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Press Agency.) . o . Wellington, Thursday.. The following are the tenders for the Thames water-race, section No. 2: — Accepted: Smith and Co., of Grahams, town, £16,630 Declined: Jones and Co., Auckland,' £15,590; J. Briton, Thames, £16,653; Watson and Thompson, Gra. hamstown, £17,218; P. Lanigan, Auckland,' £20,995; Taylor . and Anthony, Grahamstown, £21,170; Clarke and Garlick, Auckland, £21,757; J. Heron, Grahamstown, £24,186. This not being a'' lump-sum contract, the accepted tender was found to be the lowest when calculated at schedule rates.— The barque' Earl of South Esk,' from Newcastle, with coals, owned by Anderson and Marshall, of Melbourne, when endeavouring to enter the Heads this afternoon, with light winds and a heavy swell on, struck,'heavily on Barrett's Beef. The* foresail was filled with a breaking sea,'and the mast went. l The mainmast also went in a similar manner. The crew of ten mpn and the cap'ain managed to get into their boat, and in less than five minutes the vessel slid into twelve fathoms of water. Nothing was saved.—The ship * Inversion,' which was supposed to have some 300 souls on board, arrived this afternoon with cargo, only, chiefly consisting of railway, material. She was chartered for immigrants, but her 'tween docks bsing a little too low she was not allowed to proceed with them, — Notwithstanding the unusual number of immigrants lately arrived all the single girls by the' Wennington' found employ, ment immediately, so that those by the 'la Hogue' will be landed this morning. Both ships bring over 13,000 pieces railway iron.-In the General Synod the following committee was appointed to take into consideration the whole question of the constitution and government of St. John's College, Auckland: - Bishops of Nelson, Auckland, Dunedin Archdeacons Maunsell and Williams Messrs Sewell and J. Poole. 'On tho motion of the Bishop of Auckland it was agreed that the district between the Patea liver and Kangatahua River should be considered part of the Wellington diocese. A bill for the establishment of a Board of Theological Studies was read for the first time. The other business was unimportant. Named, Thursday. • Pour of the crew of the ship ' Schiehallion' are in custody for mutinous conduct in port They locked the captain and mate in their cabins and helped themselves to grog liberally on the voyage out. Some of'the immigrants also broached the cargo, but it has not been decided how these are to-be dealt with. The result of an investigation has not yet- been made public. HoKiTKi, Thursday, In ; tho Provincial Council resolutions, affirming the necessity of appointing a Provincial Executive, were carried by a large majority.