TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
[B"£ BLEOTBIO TELEGRAPH.] [PJBB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, May 20. H.M.S Sappho has arrived from the South Sea Isiands. She was caught | in a squall a few days ago. which blew away all her sails and hare her on her beam ends. She lay in a yery dan- 1 gerou3 position for a few minutes, but righted. There is no news of the May Queen. The tidal wave at Tonga rose twelve feet, leaving millions of fish on shore. The natives were in a great ruse, and accused the Sappho, of bringing the tidal wave, H.M.S. Wolverine, Nymph, and ' Sappho rendezvous at Auckland; for Court martial The Sappho reports that Matei, Governor of Yarau, met with his death in an extraordinary manner early this month. He was amusing himself killing fish with, dynamite, and happening to keep fcpld, of a charge too long after lighting the fuse it exploded, blowing his hand and part of the arm away. A day or two afteywards. lockjaw, set in and he died.
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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 21, 28 May 1877, Page 2
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170TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 21, 28 May 1877, Page 2
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