TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5423, 2 July 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

•V:' Kf^. IBYl BY SPECIAL WIRE.JJ., /-S^i ' lii'liupjrißfumgool, a girl charge* of a telegraph, rec ith inWv^to defraud, has been ced iPi^ . . - M V ■ jSJ! ; : - Captain Minnie, a Cdroiriai of fifty'years' standing, died^yresterday. . He leaves ninteen daughters and twoS sons. , , . . . r " Mr James Stewart, the district engineer, proceeds to "V^aikato to arrange the erection of a suitable residence at'"Ejfiikihi for Rewi, by order of Mr Sheehani -•- - % ■ -■-- ■■■ TheGaptainof the barque B. L. has give"n up any intention of trying to float the 'vessel, arid. Will hand everything over , to Uoyd's agent. A « ■. ! : The . oraina . Blocks Auckland, ; . has ; passed the Native, iands Gourf}. 287^1 names are td He; inseifte'd; in the Crown ; Grant for reserves of 7i>oo acres.. ',';' . ".^ j A " waif of/the sea" was. picked up at ; Wairoa river in the, shape of a message, on I which was written :-r-" Wrecked August i 7, 1878j ate'arier } : .- . -....-;. The following entries' have been re- ; ceived for the Timarii Steeplechaser ■ Tally Ho Handicap :— Silver Stream, j Royalty, Nannie,-: : Ering-go^aßrah ' (late j Stockman), K Ada, /Lonehand (Bay's]),/ Jack, Tam-o'-Shanteir, libnehandj' (H.) Muir's)j lioyaltjrj^Takeha, Ivan-' hoe. Maiden Plaf Si— Narinie 1 , Ada,i Nelliei -Deceiver.' -Timaru Steeplechase I Cup: — Royalty, Loaehand, (Ray's),; Taiu-o'-Shanter,' : ; JLoyalty, Ldnehand f (Miiir's),' DeceiveY, Pakeha, Agent. | . The was raised twfo feet ., ; 'on; Monday," . : and , it was eSpegWß&lfaat' she would be floatedj^Bsterday.. ■ „; „ 3?hefßchddri^.oo^eign df tHe $eas is \ stranded on Opotikil Bar. ; :; V_ ; o ; The" Governor and suite;,,;; leave, AnckJUind to-day, in the' Hinemoaitfor; Wellington. . „ \

The rainfall in Christchuroh during the month of :Juneamounted'to ho less jbhan 7 J inches, the heaviest falls being on the 14th',- 28th, and 29th.; -

! , The first " mail', from' Dunedih to , Invercargill, since Saturday, arrived last < night. ;;>$ ■ 4 '.!.. ;> .,r^'.| ! -.-*: ThVemployers and men in ftie engineer- ; ing and iron foundring trades have had a: , conference at Wellington. The ; masters '. said the reductions would, not:, affect any; ■man not .receiving morelthan 7s per diem, and would not apply to good men ,> with .families not receiving above Bs,- but higher wages must, be reduced, or the masters Would have to-Shut iip their shops.- -The deputation r was to report to a general mcc.ting; df tlie lftst night; • " f - ? - '- ~ At a public;'nieetin^ held inS^denham; .last night,,it was resolved to ; Agitate' for representation in Parliament.. , ? /.^ """ ... Telegrams.fr om, all parts of Canterbury! .show;a, deplorable state, of affairs owing to the heavy _rain,and consequent .floods. •All over, the -province railway communi-, cation is interrupted, and still floods are expected. The weather was bo, warm yesterday that the snow on the ranges is melting; and in the :,Wainiakariri< more particularly a terriffic flood is thteaten--ing. Later telegrams, howeverj state that the waters are rapidly subsiding- in all the districts. . i. . On Sunday morning the Temuka river broke through, between Burrow's, and Marshall's paddock, and the whole ;of .the sections in King-street, were flooded, much damage resulting, to the -iroperjty in that locality. -Messrs M'Rratneyj Storey, and Dunford' were with difficulty reseiied with their families, but no lives were lost. All, the other houses were filled with water/a nd the occupants of three cottages r could not lsjfc^t at. A boat was sent from Timaru and promptly rescued the families. Mr Lee's store had about 6 feet of water in it^ and his loss is estimated at MOO. The horses, in the different. . stables were , with difficulty saved by the pluck of some men swimming to the stables and breaking open the doors. A Maori was washed off his horse and drifted a mile down the stream, but he got to the bank on the south side. Great loss was, sustained in fences,- sheep, and cattle, and the^roads are impassable. This is the highest, flood since 1866. A meeting of leading Catholics was held. at Bishop Redwood's residence in Wellington, last night, when resolutions were; passed expressing approval of the meeting about to be held in Dutiedin on the education question, and steps were taken towards selecting delegates to the meeting. A sale of insurance shares took place at Christchurch yesterday, with the_.following'results :^-130 shares in the South British,' 408 paid, brought 545; 140 Colonial; : 7s , 6d" paid; went ;at 45,; 100 Standard, 15s paid, at 14s 6d ; 85 National, . l'o's paid, at 20s 6d ; 276 Union, 16s paid; at 14s j 50 National Bank, 70s paid, at 635. . : ; '.-:.. The Premier wrote on Monday night to Mr Ballance asking him to reconsi4er his resignation, but Mr Ballance declined to do so. Nothing further has transpired on the subject. I. : ;. ; , ;. .; The Omaka, -which slipped her anchor and put .fco.'Sea.frpm Timai'u. on , the 2Qth June, ran into Port Chalmers yesterday morning with the' loss of severalsails and anchors. - A man named ..Clifford, who arrived" from Sydney a few days ago, was^, engaged in diving atthe wreck of the Belle in Lyttelton harbor on Monday. He made three . descents, all rights but the fourth time hewerit down he remained so long that those above, became alarmed and hauled him up, jwheri he was found to be quite dead. He was quite' inex--perienced at the work.