TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5306, 13 February 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

♦ [By Cable.] [special to the press association.] SYDNEY, February 12. Nothing further has been heard of the Kellys. They are supposed to have returned to Victoria. A number of police have been sent from Sydney to assist the ■ troopers. Page, the absconding secretary of the Building Society at Melbourne, has been arrested here, charged with embezzlement. He was found hidden in the chain-locker of a steamer from Brisbane. fREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.! (Received at 2.30 this morning.) MELBOURNE, February 12. The steamship Somersetshire has arrived. Dr Crooke, in his evidence at the inquest to-day, attributed his illness to an overdose of chloral. A tornado at Camperdown yesterday did great damage. LONDON. February 8. A strike amongst the engineers has commenced ; 2000 men are out. Eighteen London firms have failed. February 10. Tho Admiralty having reprted that the gun Thunderer missed fire, it was reloaded and firod both charges. [from the press association.] GISBORNE, February 1~ The following are the insurances in connection with tho late fire : — New Zealand office : Adair, £3300 ; Bank of New Zealand, £650 ; Bank of New Zealand, new buildings, builder's risk, £1000; i Albion Hotel, £1600. Norwich Union: Nasmyth, stock, £400; Adair, stock, £500. South British: Nasmyth, shop, £250 ; Nasmyth, stock, £550. Victoria : Adair, stock, £500 ; Albion Hotel, £400. National: Albion Hotel, furniture, £400 ; Adair, stock, £500 ; Adams', stock, £400. Union : Albion Hotel, furniture, £500; Adams' stock, £400; Adair, £500; Best, £500. Trans- Atlantic : Adair's stock, £1000. Standard: Adair, stock, £500; Good, | stock, £300; Albion Hotel, furniture, £.500* Hawke's Bay: Adams, stock,

£400; Best, : stock and furniture, £5001 Total, £10,650,- being Adair, ; £6,800 j Bank, of New Zealand, £1650; Albion Hotel, £2900; Nasmyth, £1200 ; Adams, £1200; Good, "£4OO-^Vaughan, £500; Best, £1000; Cooper an<rGfri£fin, £200/ The loss is from £20,000 to £25,000, / [By Special Wireil ... --',4pdkDAßT6j Pebrilary'.i?': ; ; , Majdii Wiitiani..' Gordon. die.d,.^d-day at Orieliiinga. "He was in command of 'the Militia and Volunteers in the Northern district. . He entered the 73rd Perthshire Regiment, p£ the Imperial Army, 1 as an ejisijgnj on. the' 15th SeptenAeiy, 1854, and saw some service in the Crimea. ■ Etc! fy&d Dromoted, to a lieutenancy ;on the 3rd of March, issß, and became adjutant of the regiment, in which his zeal and knowledge of details of military discipline rendered him a valuable officer. He rose to the rank of captain, and having left the Imperial Army, obtained the post of Commander of the Colonial Forces in the Northern Patriot, where by his strict impartiality and soldierly .efficiency _he rendered himself highly popular with both offioers and men. Owing, however, to political causes, a change was made by the late ' Government in the command, . and Major Gordon accepted a position South. He had won ill Bince October last. He had now the esteem and respect of a largo circle of acquaintances, and his loss w3l be deeply mourned. Thomas Jftdgett, generally said, to, have been once a lieutenant oh board one of her Majesty's ships, was committed 1 for trial at Otahuhu for setting fire to a ; number of wheat and hay-stacks in the Otahuhu District on the 25th of January,. \ The contest for the , dity -Wesfc 1 , Auric-, land, is likely ftd lie between Mr iPeter Dignan and Mr iJavid Gfoldiei, So far as r appears at jjrdsent; the only issue 1 to bo submitted to the constituency (will be the religious one raised by Roman, tiatholics on the educatidn Question. A meeting ofMrGoldie's supporters was held this evening to arrange fot' a canvass of the electorate. , • . , .One of the valuers of the Thames County under the Band Tax Act has had one of the forms returned to .him endorsed as follows :— " Being a .Christian, pure and simple, and a pilgrim hqre oh earth waiting for my Lord from Heaven and for the city of my Lord, -new Jerusalem, I hold no property landed or otherwise on earth. I r am simply a lodger in the house; I reside in, and must refer you to the owner thereof. Tours respectfully." At the Waikati races held at Ohaupo to-day the attendance was good, the largest ever held there. Shortly after the first race much excitement was caused by the discovery that the grandstand was on fire while it was crowded with people. Prompt help was renderedj and the fire was subdued; The oniy other! accident was that of a boy being run over by a reckless rider. CHRISTCHURCH, February 12. The Governor arrived at ten minutes past six this morning, and held a < levee at 1 p.m. - Addresses were received from the City Council and the Selwyn County Council, and a number of gentlemen were presented. His Excellency leaves to-morrow for Wellington again. ■ Mr Macandrew is now in'Christch'urch, where he arrived from Timaru last night. A child named Esther Carr; 1 12 years of age, was yesterday committed for trial, for stealing a £5 note and some' silver. A man named M'Mahoh, with his wife and son, were yesterday arrested for stealing onions out of a garden. There was a long meeting of the Hospital and.Charitable Aid. Board last night.; The principal business was Mr. J. E. Brown's motion, relative to cancelling the appointment of the present medical staff, with the view of receiving offers from practitioners for attendance, at. the hospital during the ensuing year. After much talk the motion was carried, Dr. Turnbull and Mr. Montgomery being the only dissentients. The sum of £63 has been collected towards the chess congress. The first prize will be £100, and the second and third prizes will be in proportion. A lad named Higgin met with a dreadr ful accident last Tuesday. He was working a Samson self-delivery reaper in a paddock near the Homdon junction and accidentally fell in front off the machine. The guiding rod was driven into his side near the hap, and came out near the neck, literally and perfectly impaling him. There was great difficulty in releasing him, and he died in an hour in great agony. DUNEDIN, February 12. The Morning Herald^ condemn^ the action of the Government in deciding to carry out the capital sentence in the case of Walsh, after the long delay! that haj taken place. The Mayor of Port Chalmers received a telegram from Captain Lepatourel, the Governor's private secretary, in which he intimated that His Excellency goes direct from Wellington in the Ringarooma, and on arrival at Port Chalmers on the 19tl instant will proceed by special train tc Dunedin, returning at midnight to the Ringarooma. On the day of the Governor's arrival a half holiday will be proclaimed by the Mayor, and His Excellency will be presented with addresses by the Mayor and Corporation, after which he will be asked to hold an undress levee. After the dinner at the club, there will be a procession to the railway station. INVERCARGILL, February 12. Mr Stewart, the 1 sheriff, has received telegraphic information of the posting of the warrant for the execution of Walsh. He communicated the fact to the prisoner, who did not display any emotion at all. Probably the sentence will take effect about the beginning of next week. At a public meetiny to-night preliminary arrangements were made for carrying out the proposed demonstration, at Easter. The affair promises to be a great success. NEW PLYMOUTH, February 12. Major Browne, Civil Commissioner, has paid the Ngatimamo natives a deposit on a block of land estimated at 100,000 acres. At a tangi held recently, positive assurances were given that there should be no more fighting, and these words were repeated next day to Major Browne and Commissioner Williams, in the presence of Titikowaru "Bnd all the leading chiefs. Subsequently, at Normanby, Tikotiko, a brother-in-law of Titokowaru, who had been forward in turning back a survey party, apologised to Major Browne for having done it, saying it was done under misapprehension, and should not occur again. WELLINGTON, February 12. The New Zealand Rifle Assocation Committee finally decided to-night on the programme of the Nelson meetting. The number of matches is increased to 19. The entries are to be made to the secretary at Nelson, on or before February 28th. There is to be a special licensed victuallers' prize and a tradesmen's prize. A deputation was appointed to wait on the Commissioner of Telegraphs, to ask that a station may. be opened at the camp during the meeting. It is hoped that the total prize money may be considerably increased. Returns have net yet been received from several districts.