TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 2984, 30 April 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[per press telegraph ac^encj.;!,^ Auckland, April *2s?', » Arrived — Ship Fern Glen, 106 days "out' from London, with 154 statute adultg-J twonty-six single women; and forty-three

men, ail well, The voyage was uneventful. The vessel lost her jjbboom in a gale. There were six deaths of infants. * , i, At the Bank of New Zealand half-year^r meeiing, the report showe^a nefct p|j_sfc- oji £48,068; balance from- last year £14^016^ A dividend was declared of ten percent., with a bonus of 4 per cent., " the balance!' carried forward' being £,J63jf6o. r Saa report was adopted. "The- chairman in

moving it^H||^^& : terms of conßemnattflp to ,t^eA^^^introdaceii;> i$ one "" - of the .AWtrallan^^aulta tif pacing large iateres^jSi de|*os*4sj which he'saidV > was calculated tb. -'divert mone^ from legitimaje^ehauneis'. '' It " wJS?lujtfrious to the colony, and a jpinxsh .wofcld j&rane - ijftnch. . ■ "! he. desired meFC^hls to beat •iri|iiiund\,was brought about by.-tha|Tßank.;*^^' V * Mr Lbwtber Brdaa^lß^Mii Wa/'fidrffeJ- ;- lo the Bar this mtiriiiagv. tfU'3ge r GHßfes> complimented him higbiir on his successfjj^ fexamination, and saict" He had no doubt . he would prove an honor to tujb^aj. *^ '"*¥? At the nomination at WaikbuSi^^i^'4;' V ! member for the General Assern'ti^tthe' ' of hands -was in favor o'F'George M'Lean. The poll takes place on Monday.*- • The City Council last "night decided to" ' cut off the water in the mains, from five in the morning until nine at night. TbjL * „ fetops all mills dependent on reservowT *~ pressure. The machines of the two morning and evening papers are driven by water. • ; m^ Lyeli, April 29, r^ A Quartz Association mining lease hasbeen applied for in the middle of the township. The reef is very thick, but the value is not yet sufficiently tested to justify undue excitement.