TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5435, 16 July 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

' t BY SPECIAL WIRE.J A fire bro£e otlt. at Inverdarmll early yesterday morning," between 2, /and, 3 o'clock,': in Dunlop's mattress and.bedding factory, at , the back of Brick's establishment in Tay-street. When.discovered it , hitd '. suoh a firm hold . . of the woodenu building, arid its' ddiif-tents--as to preclude- the hope •of saving theiu, and the effort "of those assembled wefe directed to prevent the fire from extending. Luckily, ; the nighb was calm and the Fire Brigade were promptly oh the spot, so that the fire was confined to one building, albeit ; those' oh each side were seriously scorched. It is underatodd that the building and its contents were insured'for £250. The origin of the fire is uhkhoWrfj ' •-.■' =

TMei gold shipped front Grey-mouth during the 1 - fir's* Si* nidnths df this 'year amounted to 44,840 ois.j valued 1 at £179,377. ....

wijis received from Akaroa yesterday tfraf a Portugese named Ernest Lewis perished near Bis 1 dsri ndfise 1 . in Kutunar Valley/ on Saturday . morning durihg'ttie storfri. ' '"' x

A Hawera telegram states that constables are building a redoubt on a hill covering the Waingongoro bridge. It is generally thought that the Government will make a brilliant. dash ; and settle the Plains, question by' taking possession and. selling the lands. The railway works -are to- commence < shortly, being got in readiness as hurriedly as possible. The section from Normanby northward Will be first Qommenced. The Maoris are quiet.

At Wanganui, Kerdega, a native, was yfistefday oharg'ect with threatening to serve any _ Europeans who came on a certain piece land the same as Hiroki served McLean. He was remanded.

A young man.named William Bell was killed while bush-felling near Dargaville, Auckland, yesterday.

Ayoung girl named Sarah Home committed to the Whau Asylum, Auckland, a few weeks ago,' has made her escape. Searoli has been made, in all directions, but no trace of her has yet been discovered. It is feared she has committed suicide.

At a meeting of the Sydney Exhibition Commissioners at Wellington yesterday a detail " progress report" was presented by Dr Hector, showing that the sum of £495 5s od had been spent in advances to local communities up to 30th June. The conirnissioners have voted additional sums, amounting to £1018 2s 6d for the use of local committees and as special grants to exhibitors, also for the rent of St. George's Hall as a depot for the reception and packing of exhibits to the 9th of August next. The commissioners estimate that £3140 will be the very smallest sum required to carry out a due representation of the colony. 243 exbibitors are now entered in the draft catalogue. A strike has occurred among the Maoris at Carleston, and some riotous conduct ensued, in consequence of which .several constables have been dispatched from Wellington. The following are the entries for the interprovincial chess match at Christchurch :— Auckland: H. Lusk. Wellington": 0. Benbow. Christchurch : H. Hookham, J. 0. Veel, P. F. Jacobson, N. Bray, and Newman. Kumara : O. Janion. Dillman's Town; 2ST. O. Palmer. Dunedin: D. E. Hay and J. Mowat. Clyde : Eev. T. E. Ash.

There was a narrow escape from a serious fire at Christchurch last night. A gas stove had been left alight in the premises of Messrs H. Matson and Co., and the flooring was set on fire by it. Luckil, a clerk, was at work late, and discovered it in time. The damage from a fire in. that part of the city must have been very serious.

An action for libel has been entered by Mk C P. ;Barker, land agent, of Christchurch, for an alleged libel in the Lgttelt.on Times of July 12,' regarding his action in, a Supreme Court case. At a meeting of the Dunedin City Council yesterday afternoon the Finance Committee were instructed to take immediate steps to obtain the citizens' consent to a loan of £100,000 for municipal purposes.