TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5416, 24 June 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[BY SPECIAL WIRE. J The Gazette notifies that the Hon. William Swanson has been sworn in a member of the Executive Council. He has held the position for many years. A departmental commission is sitting enquiring into the charges made by Mr Travers against Mr Allan, Registrar of the Supreme Court at Wellington, to whose system of taxation of bills of costs Mr Travers objected. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received cable advice of the arrival in London of the barque Fernglen, from Wellington, after a passage of 92 days. Mr A. M. Smith, formerly Assistant Colonial Secretary, has been appointed private secretary to the Colonial Trea-

surer,

The s.s. Manawatu took last night from Wellington 50 more A.O.s to Wanganui.

The new Charitable Institutions Bill prepared by the Government provides for the payment of a subsidy out of the consolidated revenue, for five years, not exceeding half the cost of maintaining any charitable institution.

:The steamer Patea was got off the spit at Wanganui on Sunday night, and was

taken up to the wharf yesterday morning all safe, nothing damaged. The {R.M. S. Zealandia, with the homeward May mails, arrived at Sari'Franoisco on the 18th inst. , one day in advance of clue date., ' The s.s. City of New York,, with the London mails of the 22nd of May | left San Francisco on the 9th instant, contract . time. ,', The Wakatipu, which arrived last night at Wellington from Sydney, exSerience a terrific gale on the 13th : instant,, Uring which the vessel shipped a heavy sea, tearing the midship beat from the davits and landing it-cht the engine, room sky-light, ... It also carried away overboard a large quantity of fruit and Other cargo. The gale continued ohwithout ' intermission. Last Saturday: the decks Were deluged with water. At midday last Sunday the vessel shipped a tremendous sea which "almost desired the deck forward, carried away the breakwater, and smashed the port life-boat on' the bridge. The sea continued heavy' until the arrival bf the Wakatipu at Wei- ■'- lington. During the gale W^., A. Gfant/ the officers' servant, was missed, and it is supposed he was washed overboard. He was never seen after 8 a.m. on Sunday. Mr M'Kenzie, the chief engineer, nar- ' rowly escaped drowning by a sea carrying him over the rail,, but he ..fortunately caught hold of the.Aboat davits. The second officer, one seaman, and two passengers received injuries during the gale. i The hiill of - the . cutter Annie, lying at . , Wanganui Heads, has been sold at auction A :for £175 to K; %,.W.J< / Basseil,''andthe.; cargo of drain?; pipes for £i'lo.uto""jlilj3} Dent, of Nelson. . , .-;..,.

; Judge Fenton was unable to sit, at . Auckland yesterday, through illness, and the. Court Ahad to be adjourned in con-' sequehce;' < Mr J. C; Young left Auckland by the Hawea for. Tauranga yesterday, owing to information received that the Hauhaus who threatened the settlers at Te Puna were becoming, more, turbulent. Mr Sheehan will go there, after settling some business with the Thames natives relative to land -negotiations with : the Govern hiQni., „,.., , . . -..; ; .A ', It is stated that Mr Williams,, it. M. at: the; Bay 1 : of -Islands/ isto be removed to another judicial district, owing- to 'Mr firyce's report. ; ' 7 ' :7Respecting the' smuggling' case of [ a cask of rum, it has transpired, by evidence, in the Customs office, that it was shipped' on the schooner Madona for the '■ Friendly Islands ''* on May 31. It is understood' that. Captain ; Lombard, of the Madona, will be balled to account on his return, for the, discovery, of ihe oask on Eangitotp beaph.. In . addition; to the fine, .Kean's boat was also seized by the. Customs. .-:

Messrs Hobbs and Hamlin ahet their constituents at Otahuhu last -night. There was a good attendance. Votes of donfidenoe were passed to both candidates;

.At Dunedin yesterday Mr Justice Williams " suspended the certificate bf Wm. and E.. Downs, hotelkeepers, of Blueskin, for theihaximum period allowed by the Act, His Honor also directed the trustee to make application to the Court for the necessary order, for the, prosecu r tion of ; the bankrupts. \ The , Royal , Commission on Education resumed its sitting at Dunedin yesterday afternoon, when the "Vice-Chancellor of the University, Dr Stuart, was examined. The Chancellor was to have been examined, bnt he was too ill to attend.