TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 57, 4 September 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[UNITED POKBS ASSOCIATION.] Wkbtpobt, 3rd September. Captain Gibbs, of the b.s. Orowaiti, whioh arriyed from LYtteUOn, reports an important oiroumstanoe. When three miles south of West Wanganui, he observed several men on the beach, some of them waving what were taken to be red shirts. He also saw an object whioh he thought to be a boat. The Weather came on hazy, obsonring the view. Auckland, 3rd September. The Dorio expects to net away on Saturday. This Dat. Ten cases of infectious disease have been reported in the city within about a fortnight. The Sanitary inspector reports to the Council that he has traced tba disease to the use of impure water from wells, and recommends 1 that all wells be closed and the peoplo compelled to use the city supply. J. Driscoll, a lad now undergoing a sentence in prison, was oonvioted this morning of an indeoent assault on Emma Stevens, nine years of age, and sentenced to six months' hard labonr. New Plymouth, This Dat. Over 40 applications were reoeived by the Education $oard for the appointment of headmaster ■at the Central School, New Plymouth. The greater portion of the applications came from the Southern Inland. The following names were selected to be forwarded to the Sohool Committee for ap- [ proval : — H. Dempsoy (Ashburton), J. C. Adams (Biverton), and J. Menzies (Tapanni).