TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5440, 22 July 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

' L 3JY SPECIAL WIRE.J

A boat in which two Italians left the Wellington pilot station ( far Cape Terawhiti is missing, and It is' feafed that the occupants have met with a watery grave. Another boat has gone out to search the beach. An interim dividend at the jate of 12 per cent, per annum has been declared by the Wellington Permanent Equitable Building Society. The Government steamer Hinemoa arrived at Wellington from New Plymouth yesterday morning with eighteen more prisoners, who were safely lodged in the Wellingtdii barracks; ' " Simmons) the treasurer of the English Opera Troupe, was arrested on Saturday, and was taken before the Resident Magistrate at Wellington yesterday morning) when he was proceeded against by the several members of the company for salaries due; In some" of the cases judgment -was giv^n against him, and the remaining cases were adjourned until tO-day. The defendant was released from custody on paying into Court the various sums due, amounting to £51 . Simmons denied that he had any intention of leaving the colony; During the passage of the steamer Hinemoa from New Plymouth she encountered very severe weather, and by the heavy sea running both sets of s'teering-ge&f with wihidh she. is fitted Welje carried awayi However, by seeking" shelter in Ohau Bay, temporary gear was rigged, with which she got into the port of Wellington. Snow has failed to an unusual depth on the hills about Wellington. The' native prisoners in Wellington were yesterday interviewed by several member's of Parliament. A deputation of all the Otago members except Ministers waited yesterday on Sir George Grey, as Colonial Treasurer, to urge the claims of the County Councils of Otago to the payment of the £54,000 of land revenue kept back from them, and which the Public Accounts Committee last session recommended should be refunded; . Mr De Lautoxtr acted as spokesman, and after hearing him Sir George expressed himself much impressed with the force of the arguments used, and promised to consult his colleagues with a view to giving effect to the request of the deputation. An inquest washeldinDuuedin yesterday on the body of William Cross, one df the employees of the railway) who was killed on Sunday whilst working one of the. railway, cranes. A verdict of accidental death was returned. At the District Court at Nelson yesterday, in the case of Dorant, charged with stealing a sum of money from a fellowoperator in the telegraph department, named Peacock, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. A meeting of footballers was held in Wellington last evening, when it was decided to to canvass the town for subscriptions to send a team to Cb.ristch.urch. to play a match there. They also expect to meet a Dunedin team which will be coming to Christchurch about that time.