TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5605, 11 February 1879, Page 5

TELEGRAMS.

NEW' ZEALAND. [TIMES* SPECIAL W1833.]

AITGK&&BIVVSB’ The alleged naval deserter .f“>roug;bt up ®S» ” i " 1 Td SWter from the Dido- The indicated hi* right of continuing to remand, ehsctod memlwaof the Hwlxmr Board, and Oaptaiu Oasey vra^ of Sydney Eoseell with. 250 ton. of Bar <gaL Dearbon expressedihis belief boat* will soon be large 3SSS«esss^¥S scribed, £7oo*betog.rdbafll Jg 0 ( ® ,

feteiAW SSOQ Triore* Os he kriew thefwould whole Colony,' SOiOOOt iahd >£«» ( 000 hisd been saved from drink j Auckland would save £60,000. He leaves tor Dunedin today, _ "■ ~t ... ,

NEW PLYMOUTH, Feb. lo.i Captain Abrahams, of the sohqqner Atlanta, was Drought into port yesterday, suffering from low fever, ana other complaints, fie died this moriuhg in the Hospital.; The bush fires are subsiding.' The election of members to the Harbour Board is causing great'excitement. ] The total sales of .land amourit to £6866 10S 4d. .. I ■■ Mr Hill, of HawKsVßay has declined the offer of the Education Board to become organising master, for Taranaki.

. NAPIER, Feb. 10. Smith, of the steamer Mohaka, fell from the topmast of the vessel into' the sea when nearing Porongahau bar on Saturday and was drowned; ' The body was washed ashore yesterday, and will bo brought to Napier, when an. inquest' will be held before DrHitebings, coroner., ‘ , From Woodvillb some particulars have bean received of/the discovery of human bones in the bush. Mr. Holder' having reported to the police that he found a human skull on his land, Constable Thomson frooeeded to the place and dug out some nman bones in a very rotten condition. The skull, however, iaperfeofc, with. the exception of the jhfr. In oraef to get at the bones the constable had to cut through a large tree lying on the ground, the bones being undef-. heath.. This would seem to indicate that the person to whom'the hones' belonged when ih life had been killed, by the. falling of the tree- ’ 77 7’7 ’, j’ . A man named J. T. Dead, an immigrant by the Adamant, was broughVfo town on’Saturday evening. He had, been arrested at Havelock, charged with passing valueless cheques. He was brought up at the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning and remanded till Thursday, '/V,'7 -V'V 77The inquest on the Koronui Hotel fire is still proceeding. So far ; as : the evidence has been elicited, it does not come upto what was anticipatedby the police. O’Brienia out on bail for a heavy amount on a charge df arson.' ' " ' • V• ’ ’ ■, ;, The Napier Harbour Board elections to-day are causing groat interest. Three members are to beappointed by the Governor, ,tifo by the County Council or Hawkes’ Bay, two by theWaipawa Council, one by the Waipara Council, and three by the ratepayers of Napier, the Mayor of Napier, {who is to hd a member by virtue of his office, completing the’number. 77. 7 -7

WELLINGTON, Feb. 10.

At Horokiwi yesterday, /on a very n&rrow part of the road» a horse drawing a trap corn tainiug Mr and Mrs Nichol and four ohildren shied, the trap went over the precipice 40 feet down, the eldest girl, aioe years of age, bad lier skull fractured and her arm broken j another child had her cheek bone injured. Mrs, Nichols, had a severe scalp wound and othm* injuries. Theibaby in mmis was unhurt, and the father and the Other children were shaken arid bruised. The suft ferera were brought in to the Hospital The eldest girl la not likely to recover; her brain is injured. 7 i The Hyderabad, when being towed off by the Glenelg, sprang a bad lemc, and as she would have sunk m deepwater had to be left. She is now; abandoned. •; • j

After consultation with Lloyd’s agentsJ Captains Gibbons .and Holm hare determined not to abandon the Hydrabad. They will beach her and ascertain whether the leak c&n be repaired, and discharge the remainder of her cargo. If the leak can be another effort will be made_to get her off. f The Governor was entertained at dinner bj the Club on Saturday.: TO-morrow he leaves by the Arawsta for Christchurch. Eay has bought: the , colt Volunteer for £2OO. . - •.

A smart shock ofearthquaie was felt at 1 o’clock this morning. : ■ The annual meeting of > shareholders in the Wellington Coal Company was hell this afternoon; Mr J. E. George in the chair. The balance-sheet was brought up, showing a debit balance ofi £982 No reportwas presented, but the ; Dirisctoris explained verbally that additional .capital was >1)1 solutely necessary to; work the Company successfully. It was resolved that the) capital should be increased to £20,000 by the issue of 1000 £lO'shares, aud failing£3ooo being taken. up this .month,. the Company should he wound up ; Mr D; J- Stuart in that case being appointed liquidator. The retiring Directors, Messrs George and Kebbell, were re-elected. ; •

’ At a meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association to-night, it was decided on a programme to include 16 ■ matches, in which the aggregate prizes vary frota £25 to £75. The total to bo fired for is £6OO, or more if sub? scriptions come in. This sum is exclusive of plate and other prizes presented by private individuals, and seme very handsome prizes have already been promised in ■ this way. JSo entrance fee exceeds 6s. ; Sergeant left with the tents and targets to-day, |tq arrange the ground, Special matches are arranged for non-volunteers. The barque Aberdeen, from New York to Wellington direct, is now. 145 days out, and some anxiety is felt regarding her. The salvage from the Carterton fire was so large that the Insurance Companies are not likely to lose more ,than 60 per cent, of the sums insured on Casselberg’s.

TIMABU, Fbb. 10,

The first meeting of the Milford Harbomf Board and the newly elected: Timarn Harbour Board takes place to-morrow. , : The Levels Boad Board, at its meeting today, objected to the Chairman sitting on both Harbour Boards, and gave a strong bint to him to resign frop , the Milford one. The Board has decided to dispense with the services of their engineer, as, owing to the dropping of the Land Fund, their funds are not so ample os formerly. t -t Bishop Bed wood is visiting, the various parts of this district. Be win leave for the North this week V i At a special meeting of the Hospital Comt missioners to-day, itwas resolved to forward an urgent, request to tbe Government to provide lands for the maintenance of a resident surgeon. The Hon Mr Macandrew arrives here to* t morrow, and will remain one hour, during which be will be interviewed by various public bodies regarding the new railway station, railway tariff, Court House accommodation, &o. i Dr Boseby lectured on the Chinese question to »large attendance to-night. Tbe general feeling here on tbe subject is adverse to any prohibitory legislation on Chinese immigra-

DUNEDIN, Fhb.lo. i : William M'Buddyj fox' deserting, his family] has been remahded'to, Ohristohnrcb. - . j A railway guard named Gollett bad hi* leg broken and wasseverely'crushed this morning. He got jammed between some truck* loaded with rail*, which ho wee attaching to a pasting train at the railway workshops, . , . i Sergeant Anderson, of Dunedin, is under order* to proceed to Wellington to take charge of the police force. ; j , Meear* Bamsay and Tewtley have been reelected to; the Harbour Board. / M* Q. M‘K. Qordon has been promoted to; : the Kegistrturahip of the Supreme Court. ! ,The Chamber, of .Commerce to-day ap-: pointed an Exhibition Committee hi response to a request from theßoyal Oommlaaioner*. ; INYEEQAEQILL, Feb. 16.- 1 Arrangements are oh foot for a Volunteer; demonstration Of all the force in the Middle ileland for Easter Monday. A : considerable -'Sum of money is already >ip ! band, fbr -the . Evangelist' cinnes hcre oweeki * j -mMr i Odnyere is * 6 'lMa[ will bet tallbwed to returdito Totum tddntttoTnaoh on Saturday next. Jlr Paterson, late sub-editor of the Mel-

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