TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5424, 3 July 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[by 'special wibe.j The contractors, for -raising, the Taupo. finally abandoned the" 'wreck yesterday; The preparations for the- final' raising were . made ? and work was just commencing, 5 when'; a'h'ea'vy sea" coming in with -the tide ■ carried away a portion of the gear, rendering alj.their work useless, this being the third tinie the sea. has damaged the gear. The journeyman ironworkers in Wellington are disposed to arrange matters amicably with the masters. At any rate they wifl. not go out on strike at present, but. will wait to see how the ironmasters' proposals will work. Mr Meldrum, the inspector of sheep at Poverty Bay, retires in consequence of ill-health. He is to be replaced by Mr M'Neill Campbell, from the Otago. district.

There has. been nothing decided yet by the Government as to filling up the vacant seats in the Cabinet.

The Governor and suite left Auckland yesterday in the Hinemoa. The Auckland Harbor Board have under consideration a series of recommendations from a committee appointed lo report on amending the constitution of the board. It is proposed that the boaid^ shall consist of nine members, eight* being elected, and the other to be. the person holding the office of Chairman "of the Chamber of Commerce. : The Adamant, from Napier, arrived in London on June 27. A , Free - Methodist Bazaar, > held at Auckland for the church debt, yielded £280. ■ .■••••.- -..'• • ■ ,-

The Stad Haarlem has arrived' at Gravesend.