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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6781, 13 February 1884, Page 2

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♦ [PER UNITED VREBS ASSOCIATION. j Auckland, Tuesday. The Triumph was brought nearer the [ Mechanio's Bay shore yesterday, and again this morning steam was got up and | Bhe was run still further aground. The ; damage sustained by her contact with the rooks at Tiritiri is now plainly seen at » 3ow water, the lower part of her bow • being missing. sTesterday while the tide ; was low a boat manned by Maoris was i rowed inside the vessel through the : opening in her bows. This will give some ■ idea of the damage done. 1 Patrick M'Manus, son of the landlord of \ the Oxford Hotel, Oxford, was thrown ' from his horse to-day and. killed. A native named Te Whia, of Tomahere, was similarly killed while riding through ' Cambridge. ' Tawhiao arrived from Waikato toh ni»ht, accompanied by Tv Tawhiao, his • eldest son, Te Wheoro, M.H.R., a Wan- ■. ' ganui chief, and two other chiefs. His visit has no political object. Its purpose ) id to arrange certain matters before going - to England. Te Wheoro intends going, , also two or three Northern chiefs, and it U understood Mr M'Beth will accompany ; tho party. The date is not precisely fixed ■ pending communications from Southern chiefs. Tawhiao intends seeing Mr Ohes- ; boh, of the Aborigines Protection Society, with the view to making representations to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and to the British Parliament as to alleged breaches of the treaty of Waitangi. " Wanganui, Tuesday. There is one additional acceptance for the Flying Handicap, Mr Hayward'e Danebury. Mr Howe's Blue Gown accepted only for tho District Handicap. Wellington, Tuesday. v The eleven to play against the Hawke's Bay team will be chosen from the following fourteen: — Alpe, R. Blacklock, Cox, Firth, Heenan, Holle, Laweon, Lynch, Nicholls, Roberts, Twist, Werry, Wilson, and Wood. With reference to the detention of Hew Zealand letters at London which are not specially addressed the following cable message has been received from the Agent-General : — "I have arranged that the decision of Mr Fawcett, PostmasterGeneral, will not apply to New Zealand until you have fully considered the matter. The public are very angry at the detention. All letters for Australia were sent on Friday by way of Brindisi, however marked." Some delay in paying over the prizes won &t the recent regatta has been occasioned through the inability of the officers of the club to gather in some of the subscriptions promised. One of the gentlemen who canvassed the town for funds has left tlie district without furnishing the committee with an account of the amount collected by him, and several others have also neglected to " square up." In conseqnence of that a portion of the committee find themselves saddled with the responsibility of clearing up matters in connection with the regatta, and as the amount at present in hand is not sufficient to meet all liabilities it is understood that it is uot impossible that when the distribution of prizes takes place several of the amounts will have of necessity to be reduced pro ratu. M'Dermott, who is charged with embezzling Government insurance money, is the defaulting canvasser. The weather has been wet to-day, and is still unsettled. The Doric takes 7060 carcases of frozen mutton from Wellington. Blenheim, Tuesday. A great many strangers are now in town. There is every indication of fine weather and a successful race mooting is anticipated to-morrow. Ten mongooses out of eleven recently shipped from Calcutta arrived here to-day. The animals, which will form the nucleus of a breeding establishment, are for Mr F. Richmond, of Richmond Brook. A girl named Stark, about eight years of age, was accidentally drowned in the Opawa river to-night. Glorious weather has been experienced in this district for the past week, and a magnificient harvest is being gathered in. Chbistchokch, Tuesday. This morning the body of a boy named Andrew Geddis, 13 years old, was found in a creek near Rangiora. His clothes were on the bank, and he had evidently been drowned while bathing. WestpojlT, Tuesday. A terrible accident occurred on the Wostport Coal Company's incline this afternoon. Joseph Brown, butcher, and a member of the County Council, and Wm. Hatrison, storekeeper, of Waiman r garo and Denniston, were ascending in an empty truck when the shackling of a descending loaded truck broke, and the full truck dashed into the empty one, killing Brown instantaneously, and seriously injuring Harrison. Brown leaves a wife and eight children. Timaru, Tuesday. At a trial of reapers and binders to-day, under the auspices of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, the following were the awards of the judges :—M'Cormick, 1 ; Johnston, 2 ; Wood, 3 ; Oaborne, 4 ; Hornsby, 5 ; Howard, 6. DutfEDiN, Tuesday. Captain Cruickshank, of the barque Mataura, the first Borne Bhip to come up to Dunedin, has been presented by the consignees of goods brought by her with a gold watch, as a memento of the event. The weather has been very wintry here again to-day, and at Lake Wakatipu there waß a fall of snow on the ranges. MrW. N. Blaig, Chief Engineer for the Middle Island, delivered a lecture here to-night before a crowded audience on "The Industries of .New Zealand." It will bo published in -pamphlet form. At the close of , the lecture Mr H. Driver, M.H.H,,,;propos)Bd^ vote of thanks to

... . . . .— the Jeoturer, which was carried by acclamation. Work has been suspended in the Shag Point colliery by an injunction of the Inspector of Mines on account of the workings being in danger of being flooded by the volume of water which has accumulated in the upper submarine workings of the mine. The mine was putting out about 100 tons per day, and the entire population of the village of Shag Point, numbering about 400 souls, were dependent on the work given by the mine for support.