Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7611, 7 December 1886, Page 2

Telegraphic.

rteft United l-itiiss asso&AtnWi.] ! Auckland, Monday.* ] Nelson, Cmehlield, and Waitiri arrived t here to-day, to fulfil their engagements at ' the Auckland summer meeting. ' I At tho nomination for the Waitenmta 1 election to-day Messrs Richard Monk and i IT. \V. Fanmll were proposed. The show ] of hands was in favor of Mr Monk. A > poll wits demanded by Mr Farnall. Gisijorne, Monday. The steamer Kahu, loaded with stock t leaving for Auckland yesterday, rail v ashore inside tho river. An attempt was i made to gel her oil' by last night's tide t but failed. Sho will lie lightered, and is i expected to bo got off at high water to- ci day. No damage was done to tho vessel, i: which is resting easily and perfectly up- i right. * B Later. l ■Ihe Kahu was got off successfully nt c Jiigh water. s

N ew>Plymouth, Monday. Two young ladies saved the -life of a little girl who foil into the lake in tho Recreation Ground on Saturday. The little girl, about six years old, was playing on the springboard near the bathinghouse, and fell into deep water. Miss Thompson, a daughter of tho Collector of Customs, and Miss Todd, her cousin; who were bathing near at hand, saw the accident, and being expert swimmers, swam to where the child was struggling, and seizing it as it was going down the third time, Miss Thompson supported the child till Miss Todd reached her, and the two managed to bring the child safely ashore. Miss Thompson is only fourteen years of age, and Miss Todd about seventeen. The .water where the child fell in is abont twenty feet deep. Wellington, Monday. Isaiah Porutu, a most important chiefof the Ngatiawa tribe, is dead, aged 69. Deceased was a firm friend and ally of the early colonists. Ho was a cousin of Te Whiti, and for many years Native Assessor. Tho natives of Kawhia have asked Mr Ballance to allow the Land Court meeting to be held there instead of at Alexandra, in order to remove the Maoris from the influence of drink. The Government have appointed the Hon J. Shophard, M.L.C., and Mr Montgomery, M.H.R., as commissioners to inquire into the condition of secondary education in North Otago. The Aorangi's voyage just completed is not the quickest as is generally supposed, but only the second best;' her voyage in. July last is still the fastest on record by one" hour and fifteen minutes. The outward voyages of tho New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for the past six months are as ( follows, and will be interesting if only as showing how close has been tho running of the Aorangi, Rinmtaka, Tongariro, and Kaikonra :— July, Aorangi, 39 days 3 hours 27 minutes; August, Rimutalca, 39 days 5 hours 12 minutes ; September, Ruapehu, 41 clays 8 hours 52 minutes ; October, Kaikoura, 39 days 7 hours 45 minutes; November, Tongariro, 39 days 5 hours 52 minutes ; December, Aorangi, 39 days 4 hours 42 minutes. Exercising the powers under the Native Lands Court Act, the Native Minister will shortly appoint Judges of Land Courts to certain districts, aud it is intended where practicable to make the Resident Magistrates assist the Judges by appointing tho former as Native Land Court Recorders. Hitherto the Judges have sat in any district where business was waiting, but it is expected that the new system will work more satisfactorily and be less expensive than the old arrangements. A bankrupt named Desforges was recently sent to gaol by the Chief Justice for neglecting to keep books, -lint was subsequently released on a writ of habeas coipiis. To-day an application was made for costs in the case, and Mr Justice Richmond remarked that it seemed exceedingly singular that the Legislature had framed powers for tho Judges under the Bankruptcy Act, by which a summary conviction, followed by an order for imprisonment, could bo recorded, but yet had failed to clearly show by what mode the Judges' powers should be carried out. Speaking for himself he might say that he would not care to issue an order for imprisonment in a case of a bankrupt not keeping proper accounts. " The Chief Justice had," Mr Justice Richmond remarked, "been placed in a most peculiar position, inasmuch as he bad made an order for the imprisonment of a debtor, which order he had been subsequently compelled by the Act to lay aside. The Native Minister to-day declined to accede to a request that Te Whiti should be released from gaol for a couple of hours in order that he might attend the funeral of Isaiah Porutu, the wellknown chief, to whom Te Whiti was related. Hoiutika, Monday. The Bank of New Zealand shipped today 29100zs of gold, valued at £11,040,' being a month's purchases'. CnniS'rciiirECH, Monday. At an inquest this evening on the body of a woman named Lcitha Beaehey, a verdict was returned of death from drink, with a rider that the Government be requested to obtain larger powers by legislation in the matter of the liquor trafhc, so that cases of self-poisoning may be prevented by some easy method of prohibition. Nearly £50 has been subscribed in town to give a picnic on anniversary day to tho men employed on relief works. About 2SO men, with their wives and families, will be present at the picnic. Tima.ru, Monday. A serious accidcutoccurred shortly before 11 o'clock this morning at Milford. A number of men were excavating at the side of the Milford mill, and one of them, named Coleridge, was working under a pump digging out earth,- when suddenly the earth gave way and the pump fell on Coleridge's head, splitting it clean open. JThe man was speedily brought to -Dr HJiycsninu \\ turrreareit; Out he succumbed to his injuries this afternoon. Dunedin, Monday. A large wooden goods-shed, opposite the Union Company's office, was burned to the ground at 9 o'clocklast night. It must have been smouldering inside unnoticed, probably for hours, for although it was only observed a few minute 3 before nine o'clock, the whole shed from end to end was soon ablaze. A quarter of an hour after the outbreak the shed was one mass of flame, and from that time forward sectious of the roof fell in at intervals, leaving the uprights standing, like a long row of burning sticks. As these gradually fell a double row of trucks inside became visible. They were burning fiercely, and it was plainly hopeless from tho outset to save any of the contents. There was a pleasant breeze blowing, just sufficient to assist matters, and the ilames travelled from the southern to the northern shed with wonderful rapidity. By 10 o'clock the worst mischief was over, and in an hour all that remained of the shed, which cost £3000, was a ray of charred, smouldering uprights. The bulk of the goods the. shed contained previous to the fire had been removed on Saturday night, the goods remaining chiefly consisting of sheepskins, hide.", and wool in trucks, and some groceries. The shed was uninsured. The principal losers are Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co., who had forty bales of wool and other goods lost, which represent a loss of about £1500, including trucks. At the annual meeting to-day of the Charitable Aid Board the Chairman stated that the expenditure had been within the income, and there was reason to believe that every deserving case had been relieved. The female refuge had been managed satisfactorily by a committee of ladies, It was decided to interview the Premier and ask for tho immigration' barracks for the Benevolent Institution. At a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day the following resolution was passed regarding the attempt to float a loan to construct a second dock at Port Chalmers :— " That in view of the attempt • at present being made to float a loan in Great Britain of £75,000 for the purpose of constructing a new dock at Port Chalmers, this Chamber desire to place on record their emphatic protest against such an attempt, on the following grounds: —Ist, That the present and prospective trade of the port does not warrant the belief that for many years tlie proposed dock would pay interest on cost of construction, but that even with the revenuo from the endowments of the trust it would leave a very large annual deficiency ; 2nd, that the security offered for the proposed loan is entirely insuffjotont, and the statistics given in support of tho same are illusory and deceptive ; 3rd, that the good name of the colony demands that this Chamber take steps to defeat an attempt which, if successful, would materially damage the credit of the colony in the English money market." The City Corporation are claiming rates from the High School Board, but the latter are advised by their solicitors that they are not liable. The dredge which Messrs Kincaid, Macqueen and Co. have built for the New River Harbor Board is to be launched tomorrow. Ninety-live candidates have entered for the matriculation, medal, preliminary, and junior scholarship examinations. The question of the payment for peaches and whisky which the City Councillors had ordered to regale themselves and their friends with at the Botanical Gardens, Lut which the auditors refused to pass, came up this evening at the meeting of the City Council, when it was decided to hold the matter over till the visit of the Controller-General. The Jewish bazaar, which has been open for the past fortui<;l|t-, was closed tin's evening, It is expected that £2000 will have been realised. Later. The following is the estimated damage done by the lire in the railway goods-shed : —Building, £3000 ; twelve trucks, partly saved, £GOO ; wool, £400 ; 150 tarpaulins, £fi00 : merchandise. £200. The latter only was insured. It was consigned by ' Messrs M'Kerras and Huslett to Mr i Dunbalk, who have a floating policy for £100 in the National aud Equitable ofliee. The detectives think that the flic may < have originated in a package of quick- " lime; while it is equally probable that it ( may have been caused by a spark from a i passing engine falling on some wool which i was lying ioose in tho trucks. Invercargill, Monday^ ' The tug Awarua returned from a trip to the Snares in search of the castaways t at 1.15 p.m. to-day. Captain Tyson reports that ho readied The Snme3 on C Saturday morning, landed, ami macje a thorough search, but found no indications «l of anyone having been recently on the o island'; lie found a letter deposited there ' I by Captain Fairchild, of the Government i steamer Iliuemoa, dated October 3rd, i: 1886, stating that on that day ho had been s compelled to take shelter under The Snares owing to stress of weather, The h

Awarua steamed slowly round, sounding the whistle at intervals, but there were no signs of anybody. In going down tho Awarua steamed along the south coast of Stewart Island, but saw no signs of wreckage or anything to lead to, the supposition of any vessel having been lost. The search was made in consequence of a ' report made by the ship Waikato last week that a fire was seen burning on the Snares. ,