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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7548, 19 August 1886, Page 2

- . ' • ~ -» ■-»-;',. - '■-■!-: [PER UNITED PRESS- ASSOqitATIOJ?;I ', ;'" : .-- , Auckland^ Wednesday; ' •' - : . Mr-DargavMe; MiH:U for City WSst, ? who arrived from Wellington yesterdayj ■ '-< sent an urgent telegram to the fremief • . ■''/■ to-day, strongly urgiug the appointment; .;: of a commission to enquire into the Stark ■■ ;:• ; property purchase, as the only. nieans of, -rx - ' nllayirie- the feeling of (Suspicion enter- ■ .-'•--, .tamed By; ill classes ',of. the community. „' In.the course of the ' flay MriDargavifle "... • received tlie following ."reply from the Pro- ..".., mier:— "l shall Submit j'ouKtolegram to the Cabinet, but -without evidence^ what ".; could a commission do ? If tile indignant - persons would only get some evidence, or : , tell us what ekact 'point is' to be invosti- . gated, we would act at once/ -Do they . mean to. say that Seaman and Brewer -: should ,be dismissed?, or will; -they name^jj^ '■'■ the conspirators ? If there, has been any :' ' fraud practised oil the Government , I ". would,, do what 'I' could to bring the -■-■'. .offenders to justice, but vague statements and indignation are not evidence." .- • '■) .■A fire occurred this evening in Win- ~ . stone's buildings, Symorids-street, in a .. work-room above Mr- Abbott's' draper's ■shop. The 'fire apparently originated in the ashes in" thb astib'ox ■ at ; Mr Abbott's. In suppressing the fire great damage was ' I. ■ done uy'wator to Mr Abbott's stock, which ■ is insiired.for £600 in the' Union and £200 ■•■' ; in the. Norwich Uniqa. • The loss by fire . is only a fow pounds. .. r-t'v.. .At the. Auckland Timber < Company's , .-._■ annual meeting to-day a was ■declared at -the rate of -7$ per cent, per ■ ■', •' anuum. The net profit for the year was . '• " -•■ £7751: The. balance to : the credit of the . .',- ■■ hew'account is £23,49l. '.. • ■•..-- . The American warship Mohican has ' \ ] been cabled to sail to Samoa on the 27th , ■ _"■.' instant ■in connection with the Samoan- "±. :' international commission. "',■•.,■ ■_ ..-'. Tlie intelligence officer of the American,. •-";.•; ' fprwards'tke following .. -l'\. ;-. to the Press :— ln compliance with instruc- . ■"■ 1 tions received in July. from Admiral''^'-. M'Oauley, the American . corvette Mohican, Commander Day, made a special trip " b., „ to tho islandi formed;- by 'volcanic action .< since October. last.. At a distance of 15 V. miles steam could be' "discerned .'rising in : . 'the. air above the former site..p( Falcon ./ " _, shoal.', Qh arriving . at the spot, the . . Mohican steamed round,: taking bearings' of her position and sketches ." , : and photographs of the island's contour and appearance. The .island is of shape, 230 feet 'high, and a mile and a half ■'• ; •wide. It hasasteamingcrateroiftheeast ■ side. To ;the extreme Svest there is notice- ; able' a. .wreath- of , 'smoke. ,", : .On'. taking • ; soundings good anchorage was found on %?*" . the north,side of the island,' longitude 175 . ' . degrees '2o minutes',' west,' Jatitnde 20 , ".' „ degrees 20, minutes'soiith. ' ,The. island is .. situated 48 miles N.N.W. of : Nukualofa. ■_ ' The ;impressioh,' conveyed,. by 1 its-.appear-ance was that, the bed of^tae Qcean had been upliftedout ofthewater.'-' - , t With respect to the Poheke effigy episode the Auckland Rugby Union intend considering the matter at n, meeting to-mor-.; . row. ... - ■ ' „ ..Gisbobne, Wednesday. ■ ■ ' The followiiig'telegram was -found in -, ■ the drawer of the looking-glass- in the :^*V. room where Ci Joh'n'stone snot luniself :— ' ---__•' "Mr M'Rae, Auckland. Captain John- •' stone shot; himself dead; "this morning. ' ; , ' Open 'letter." 'This was \uhder cover to Mr Booth, R.M., with instructions to forwardit; and a' shilling for the payment of the message 'was .enclosed.; It is known " that the deceased sent a- letter, to Mr ■ . iM'Kae, contemplating "suicide; 'A long - rambling statement was also found among ' ,' ; his papers, in which deceased [dwelt upon ''/;■ family- troubles'. . '. .-:'?• ' . - ■' Wellington, Wednesday. Alfred Waters' was this morning com- ' mitted for trial for. alleged forging and uttering. -',--.'....•, ' '- The man Agnew,. who, with his wife, • ■ has been haunting the Parliamentary ' precincts all the session, was arrested this ' • ■" afternoon for using threatening language -to the Premier and other members. Some i time ago the" pair .were, forbidden' to enter the grounds,, and. since, then they have ' . ' always stood, wet 'or dry, at' brie* of the . . •■-_ fates, ; Latterly amember.of the police as.beou stationed .to v^atcli them, as it,. 1. ' ■ was rumored that Agnew hadbeen'trying .to purchase a revolver., . „ .-■:..". Most of the members of the Legislature have now left Wellington. - The Southern 'members went South in the Penguin this - • - , . atternoon ;• the Hitienioa' has gono North ';' - --with tlie Taranaki and 'Auckla'iicr mem- : bers; and the Stella takes .those hailing '. from Marlborouglu . : ..-:'•■ ■; . • ; The weathe,r.is still wet, >vitb-nb signs . V"; of cleaving \Vp'.' '■,' ' , ... Anotherexhibition. of. the. electric light- < ■ ■is being made at Fort Ballance this evening; ; The Government, steam yacht Ellen ' ■ ' Ballance takes the members .of: the Gov- .' : "ernnient and their friends down-to tho ■ exhibition. ■■.<■'. • . •/ Christchurch, Wednesday. . At 9 o'clock to-night there was no sign of the Wanaka; which left Duriedin at 3 .^ p.m. on Monday. This afternoon tho ; ' weather was so thick ■at Lyttelton Heads ', • that tlie sea was not visible from the pilot station. As the, Wanaka must have had '•■• "-, a 'heavy 'sea and nortli-east wind a«ainst . .; •. her, with a lee shore, she has- probably ' stood out to sea, waiting for' tlie weather to clear. Cantain Kennedy, of the steamer Hauroto, which arrived --from 1 Wellington this morning,' states that' a tremendous sea was running on the coast. It. is still raining heavily nere. ;:-• .' - '" .At the Lyttelton/BJM.. Court this morn- . ing Kate Kelly was committed for trial, ■ charged with the manslaughter of her husband, .Thomas iKplly. A serious landslip has occurred at Pigeon Bay, completely, wrecking Mr Kay's house, which afterwards ( caught fire 'No lives were, lost, all the. family ' managing to ;make thoir escape.;- Every assistance was rendered by the settlers .