TELEGRAPHIC.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6851, 6 May 1884, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

[prom our own correspondent. 1 Taupo, Monday. Yesterday Mr Stubbins, overseer of the Taupo-Wanganui road party, accidentally fell into a boiling; ngawlia at Tokano. He is not expected to recover. l)r Campbell has been sent for, but is unluckily away, attending some natives at Waipapa. Several prospecting parties have arrived here from Tuhua to procure food. They all seem very hopeful of shortly getting on gold, if nob stopped prospecting by the natives.

I PER UNITED PREBS ASSOCIATION.! ( Auckland, Monday. The American Consul in Auckland, Mr Griffan, has obtained leave of absence to visit America, and leaves by the Zealandia on her outgoing trip. At a meeting of shipowners to-day, it waa decided to join the Mercantile Marine Association. A. Stephenaon, builder, of Auckland, left by the Zealandia for Sydney. A lot of creditors are lamenting. The residence of Mr Paul Pouche, image maker, Parnell, was burned down early this morning. The stock and furnilure were insured in the North British for j £soo. The house was owned by Mrs JtJridgen, of Wellington, and was insured for £200 in the New Zealand office. The origin of the fire is unknown. Sir G-. M. O'Korke has received the resignation of Mr Allan M'Donald, M.H.R. for the Bast Coast. It had been posted in Auckland, but. there was nothing to show in whose hands the reBignation had been since Mr M 'Don aid had left. New Plymouth, Monday. In the Supreme Court to-day the case of Burton, charged with arson at Hawera, "occupied the Court all day. The jury brought in a verdict of not Guilty, and the Court adjourned. Burton will be charged to-morrow with attempt to commit a fraud on the insurance company. The Hop. Mr Mitchelson arrived at Waitara with the survey party last night. He did not come on to New Plymouth, and therefore no information is obtainable at present. The party have had fine weather, and thoroughly prospected the district, and have seen coal on the line of the proposed route. Mr Mitchelson has gone to Stratford to-day, and is not expected to reach New Plymouth till Wednesday. GisbornE, Monday. A man named Horan had his nose taken clean off by the falling of a branch of a tree. - Part of the house of Mr Lattley, surveyor, was burnt yesterday. The loss is about £200, and the insurance £300 in the Imperial and £300 in the Norwich Union. The brig Kio Grande was insured for £250 in the South British and £1000 in a Sydney office. She will be a total loss. It. is proposed to ask Sir Julius Yogel to contest the vacant seat for the East Coast. '■ Mr Rees will be a candidate for the seat. \ Sir George Grey will spend a week here before the session, and will deliver an Jtddress. Pax,mebston Nobth, Monday. The Salvation Army started here yesterday, and had very large audiences. Captain Wilkinson is in command, assisted by Lieutenants Kerr and Newbold. They secured some converts last night.

Marton, Monday. Sir William Fox has positively refused to stand for this district at the next election, as he intends going Home for the benefit of Lady's Fox's health. Mr C. J. Wilson, M.H.R., addressed his constituents at Sanson on Saturday night, and received & vote of thanks and confidence. . Wanganui, Monday. Letters from the prospecting party at present up the Wanganui river state that they have reached Taimaranui, but as yet the country gone through is not of the gold-bearing character. They are now in the territory in which the gold is supposed to exist, and they had heard of good news when writing. It is rumored thai Barry, a private prospector, has sent guld sptcimens in a bottle to Mr Bryce. The letters &tate that he has been taken prisoner and s--nt to Alexandra. Wellington, Monday. The mail which was on board the steamer Kangaroo was lost. No attempt will be made to raise her in consequence of the uncertain weather and the strong tides generally prevalent at the spot. A preliminary enquiry was held before the Collector of Customs this afternoon, but little fresh evidence was adduced. An old man named Alfred Hawley was found early this morning iv the railway station at Woodside, Wairarapa, in an unconscious state. On examination it was fouud that one of his wrists was cut severely, and he was also stabbed in the left side. On regaining consciousness Hawley said he had committed the deed hfmself with a sheath knife lying at his side. No reason for the rash act is assignee). Sir George Grey passed through here to-day on his Southern tour. He will be accompanied by Mr Mitchell, of the Hansard staff. i The Maoris in the Upper Wanganui district have arrested two Europeans r>amed Barry and M'Donnell, who wore prospecting for gold on native lands. The prisoners have been sent by the natives on to Alexandria, and the Hon. Mr Bryce is considering whether to prosecute them for unlawfully prospecting. At the nomination for Thorndon today Messrs Henry Bunny, Alfred Kingcombe Newman, and Thomas Dwan were proposed. The show of hands was in favor of the latter. The poll takes place on the 13th instant. j Blenheim, Monday. The Hon. Mr Rolleston, accompanied by the Survey-General, reached Blenheim last evening, having travelled overland from Christchurch. The hon. gentleman addresses a public meeting here tonight. Grbymotjth, Monday. The Greymouth Volunteer Fire Brigade notify that at their next fortnightly meeting they will disband. This step has been taken in consequence of some difficulty having arisen in regard to collecting- money for the maintenance of the brigade. Hokitika, Monday. A strong feeling of dissatisfaction is being expressed throughout this district at the lengthened delay in the case of Donoghue, who was tried and sentenced to death about two months ago. A requisition is being largely signed asking the Mayor to call a public meeting to give expression to the feeling on the subject. Ross, Monday. Several of the leading business men visited the reefs yesterday, and crushed some stone there, obtaining payable gold. They brought a parcel to town and crushed it to-day in the presence of over 40 people, with the same result. Fifteen leases are pegged out, and twenty-fourth interests are changing hands to-day at £15. CHEisTCHrjRcH, Monday. The new pipes for the Southern Cross Petroleum Company, which were brought by the Tongariro, were shipped on Friday last to the company's works per Southern Cross. These pipes were manufactured at the Boston tube works in the United States expressly for the company, and are of very superior quality, half an inch iv thickness, and Biu. in diameter, and 20,000 feet in length. They were inspected in Lyttelton by the directors, and wore considered admirably adapted for passiug through the broken rock which has caused so much delay to the company's operations. Boring will now be resumed at once, and there is no doubt some definite result will be arrived at. Sir George Grey speaks in the Tuainstreet Hall on Wednesday night. The chief cook of the Tongariro was to-day sentenced to 12 week's imprisonment for desertion from the vessel. The Supreme Court was occupied all to-day with the case of Brown v. Kilgour, in which the plaintiff sought to recover £250 for a libel contained in a resolution of the vVakanui school committee, animadverting on his playing the spy upon the teacher. The resolution was published in the Ashburton Mail, to which the defendant, the chairman of the committee, had furnished the report. His Honor, who sat without a jury, gave the plaintiff one farthing damages, and made no order as to costs. I A seven-roomed house in Tuam-streer, occupied by Mr Whitley and two soiis with their families, was burned down tonight about 7 o'clock. It was insured for £150 in the London and Lancashire. The furniture of one of the sons was insured for £25 in the same office. Mr Montgomery addressed a crowded meeting here to-night. Bis speech was largely a recapitulation of that given at Akaroa. He quoted Mansard to prove his former statement that Sir Julius Yogel had said that 11^ millions of the first loans had to be expended to purchase support from M.H.R.'s. He denied that Otago and Canterbury had their fair share of expenditure. He expressed himself in favor of a local government for each island, with a Federal Government sitting at Wellington. A motion to the effect that Mr Montgomery was worthy of the confidence and respect; of the electors of the colony was passed almost unanimously. A motion declining to express confidence in him as a leader till the electors had heard Sir George Grey was negatived by a considerable majority. DuNEpiN, Monday. The s.s. Kangaroo, which was wrecked off Cape Campbell on Friday, was owned by the Westport Colliery Company, and was insured with the National Insurance Company for £5500. The National Office had re-insured for the following amounts : — South British and Victoria, £750 ench ; New Zealand, Equitable, Union, an.! Thames and Mersey, £500 each ; Staudard, United, and Commercial Insurance, £250 each ; total, £4250. The New Zealand Refrigerating Company have received a cablegram from their London agents, dated the 2nd inst., to the effect that their mutton ex Fenstanton was being landed in excellent order, and wa3 realising an average of Gd per lb. Sir George Grey will deliver an address in Dunedin on Saturday night.