Telegraphic.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7823, 16 August 1887, Page 2

Telegraphic.

(PER UNITED PKESs' ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, Monday. The Northern Steamship Company's Maegregor, which broke down oB Wairhora on Friday last, losing her rudder, stern-post, and propeller, was sighted by the Gairloch, and the latter, in response to signals of distress, hove down and took the disabled steamer in tow. About forty miles from Mamikau she was forced to leave off towing, the hawsers having carried away, and fouled the Gairloch's propeller. The Gairloch stood by the Macgregor till Saturday forenoon, and then left tor Onehunga to get more coal and a fresh hawser, leaving the Maegregor apparently safe under canvas. On Sunday morning two steamers, the Gairloch and Staffa, left to search for the Mac?regor, but returned this morning without finding any trace of her. It was believed that the Maegregor would drift towards Kaipara, but the Gairloch went as far as Kaipara Heads without sighting her, while the Statt'a went thirty miles out to sea. Great anxiety is felt on account of the high wind and sea. The Gairioch was unable to take passengers from the Maegregor. As the wind is from the land, there is no danger of the steamer going ashore. The Stafla again started this morning to search for the missing steamer.

The Northern Company's s.s. Clansman, while en route, to Tauranga on Friday night, met with an accident to her boiler, and had to be towed in by the s.s. Douglas.

The Island mail steamer Richmond, due here on Friday last, has not yet arrived. Captain Berneche, of the Oliau, reports passing a steamer believed to be the Richmond, bound for the South, on Saturday. Possibly the Richmond may make Wellington her first port of call this trip. The football team arrived at the Manakau by the Rotomahana early this morning, and came into Auckland by the 8.20 train. The team played a practice match at Potter's paddock this afternoon, and visited the New Zealand Stud Company's establishment at Sylvia Park. A halfholiday is to be proclaimed on Wednesday on the occasion of the football match.

It lias been decided to form a company to establish a sanatorium at the Te Arolia baths.

The Rotomahana, which arrived this afternoon from South, made the fastest passage on record from Napier to Auckland. The trip was accomplished in 25 hours 45 minutes, averaging 14 - 7 knots an hour.

Mr Header Wood is definitely out for Waitemata in opposition to Mr Monk. The case of alleged criminal " assault against Edy, O'Hanion, and Campbell was before the Police Court to-day, and was dismissed owing, to want of sufficient evideNce. The testimony adduced disclosed that the proseeutrix, a girl named Petford, was of loose character, and the Bench in dischargingt.heaccused remarked that the evidence showed the existence of a scandalous state of things. Information has reached the police authorities that on Monday last a whare at Whafcipu, Manakau Heads, occupied by two natives, an old man and a woman, took fire, and the inmates were so severely burned that they died shortly after being rescued.

Oh Sunday forenoon Thomas Herbert Biggs, a shoemaker at Pnrnell, bleu* out his brains with a bull -dog revolver. Deceased was aged 59 years, and had been depressed through' brooding over money matters, but was really well-to-do. He had been a teetotaller ' for sixteen years. He formerly served in .the SGtU Regiment.

A boy named Frederick Vivian, aged 7 years, was drowned in Freeman's Bay tonight. The boy was playing with other children and must have fallen over the embankment, as his dead body was found shortly afterwards.

A fishing boat was found on Sunday npset at the north side of Chamheriaiu Island. All hands are missing. One of the men is named Maekin ; the others are unknown.

Mr S. S. Osborne addressed the electors of Maniikau to-night, and received a vote of coalidence. He said he was opposed to the present Government, and declared himself a Freetrader.

On Saturday night hvo houses at Sealield View-road, occupied by Messus Holt and Neal, were destroyed by lire. The total loss is £800. The buildings were only partly insured.

GisnoßNE, Monday. Owing to the bad weather, the Rotomahana was unable to call here, and the San Francisco mail was therefore left behind.

New Plymouth, Monday. Day, who was reported to have murdered his children, proves to. have only imagined that lie had done the deed. Tho Herald correspondent rode over to the man's residence, and found the children and his. wife all right, and only frightened at his conduct. He is well-to-do in a small way. He is a hard working man, but troubled with religious mania. In money matters his wife says they were uever better off in their life. He had never before been harsh or unkind to the children. He has a nsw house and every comfort for a small farmer about him.

Wellington, Monday. Mr Edward Barber, a butcher here, has instructed his London agents to arrange for opening retail shops in London for the disposal of New Zealand frozen meat and 1 produce.

In the Supreme Court to-day in the case of Hodgins v. the Cily Advance Company judgment was entered up for the plaintiff for £214.

By the Tongariro the Bank oi NewZealand received specimens of the newJubilee coinage. Its general appearance is not equal to the old coinage, and is not nearly so nicely finished. In consequence of its being reported that some tradesmen in the city are selling inferior tweeds and representing them to be manufactured by the Wellington Woollen Company, proceedings have been taken against a well-known firm of clothiers, from whom £20 damages arechinied on the ground, as alleged, that' they induced the plaintiff to purchase a quantity of tweed by fraudulently warranting that it had been manufactureiß by the Wellington Woollen Company, whereas they well knew that snch was not the case. A deputation waited on the Minister for Public Works this morning relative to the replacing of the clock in th'epostolfice.. Mr Richardson promised to lay the matterbefore the Cabinet, but held out no hopethat it would be done for the present. He explained that a promise- had beea given to Parliament not to call for tenders till the new House met.

Greymouth, Monday. Mr Kees, who is a candidate for Inangahna, addressed a large meeting of electors at Totara Flat on Saturday evening. He spoke in favor of all-round retrenchment; a reduction of the- education vote without impairing the efficiency of the system, a reduction in the number of members of the House, an electiveUpper House, awl the abolition of pensions. He was also in favor of Sir George Grey's progressive land tax ami income tax and absentee tax. He approved a, vigorous prosecution of (he Greymouth and Westport harbor works, and the completion of the railway to, Nelson and Canterbury. He advocated borrowing to complete works in hand,, proteotion to native industries, and fostering the mining industry. A motion that the candidate had the fullest confidenceof the meeting as their representative ia Parliament was carried by acclamation. There was a very stormy time at themeeting of the Harbor Board this even-

ing in reference te some words which Mr Petiie was reported to have used at Paroa, viz., that the Board was a corrupt body, iVrc. Mr Lahmann said lie would

like to see where the corruption was* Mr Seddon said tliat Mr Potrfe should, in deference to the Board, say whether he had used such language, "and why. Mr Sheedy'exptessed the strongest condemnation of* the language, and wondered that Mr Petrie could sit on a Board lie could speak of in that way. As the words hail been telegiaphed the- Board should! probe the matter to the bottom. Mr Petrie said lie would not be bullied or coerced into replying' to the state-

nients of the Argus, which did nothing* kit tell lies about him for the last six

years. He said that the Argus had no reporter at Paroa, and if it had any he wasi a supporter of Mr Guinness, Mr Petrieadded that he would sows call a pnbliemeeting, and on the platform would useexactly the sam* words he used at Paroa. A warm altercation took place between the ohairman and Mr Petrte, the former saying that a reporter from the Argits. nllice was present at Pavoa; Mr Petrie was several times asked to deny the correctness of his words as reported, or to say whether the report was a misstatement, He said the report was not *

misstatementandyet it was.bnl he would say no more until he spoke on a public platform. Snrprisewasexpressedbv several members that no denial appeared in Mr I'etrie's paper that evening of the statement he was reported to have made nor any reference to it in the. report of his speech in the Mlki: The matter then dropped. Hokitika, Monday. Gold lias been struck at Acre Creek, half a mile south of the prospectors' claim. Payable prospects ; worked by a tunnel ; wash-dirt 2ft thick ; improving yield ; two grains to the dish. Timaku, Monday. The Supreme Conrt opens to-morrow. There are two criminal and three civil cases and two divorce cases.

DUNEDIN, Monday. Mr Larnach, speaking at I'ortobello on Friday, said it not only was the intention of the Government to severely taper off borrowing, hut to keep future spending ont of loan money nearer half a million than a million per annum. The Government were absolutely sincere in their determination to effect retrenchment. In reference to New Zealand being represented at the Melbourne Exhibition Sir Julius Yogel informed the Chamber of Comnierce that if the Government saw their way to 1 do so they would place a sum on the Estimates for the New Zealand court. Theihairman is in communication with other Chambers on the snbject. Mr R. Dickson sued the Mornington Tramway Company tor £15 damages caused by smoke and steam from their engine damaging his house, hut the Magistrate decided that negligence had not been proved, the chimney neck being a proper one. Mr Vincent Pyke spoke on Saturday at Dnnstan, and received a vote of confidence. Mr . Fergus, who is a candidate for Wakatipu, spoke at Arrow on Saturday, and received a vote of confidence.