LATEST TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 779, 15 October 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

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BmrEDV, this day, 1.26 p.m.

Arrived—Rokeby Hall, from Liverpool The em igrants ex Otago have been engulf snapped op, the greater portion being engaged at from £SO to £55 per annum. Allan, immigration agent, says he could have found employment for ten times aa many fissoalsa, -» Southern escort, 2,736'oensea - ms^ Capt Hutton has been appointed lecturer on geology and zoology to the.Uraversijj. r ' . Lady Fergnsson was delivered of a son yesterday, which died a few hoars afterwards. Brown, late Cabinet Secretary, snecejds Bennett as Regiatrar-Generat Mr Vef»sp medical advisers have ordered him to ecnso from work immediately. He- goes to Chris tchurch. The Wellington Gover- meat have arranged for an overdraft from the Bank of New Zealand of £SOOO, and have raised £IO,OOO secured on reclaimed land. The Tapecott, being declared seaworthy, and an unusually strong ship, by the ship carpenters of the Pearl and Wellington, sails today.

It is reported that Tawhaio is iWwiaWl to visit Waikato.

The Clio has arrived at Wellington. She brings one day's later European news. ' London dates to September 29th state tint the British frigate Mole bombarded, tk* capital of the republic of Honduras in am-. sequence of an insult being offered to the British flag. The Clio sails for England on Thursday. Commodore Goodenough has hoisted the pennant on the Pearl, and sails fir Fiji. . . AUCKUUTD, _ A great fire broke out in Queen-street last night £40,000 worth of property was destroyed. The fire commenced at the hack of a store belonging to Mr J. 8. Macftriano, and extended to the adjoining pwasism It spread from the stores to Eaton's brick store; thence to Henderson and Macfarlane • front store. Messrs Soppatt, Buchols, J. &. Macfarlane, Clark Bros., Garnett, Leamington, Stone Bros., a J. Edmonds, and G. W. Binney, were destroyed. A large amount of goods were got out, but much damaged. The insurance losses are:—South British, £11,855 ; New Zealand, £19,000; Norwich Union, £2,000 ; Victoria, large, but not yet known. Soppatt was uninsured. All tiki stores were brick. A strong gate was blowing during the fire. When it was first discovered, the streets were deserted, and no assistance near to extinguish it The store where it originated was full of flax gum and damaged cotton and wool discharged from the Lady Bowen, which put into port leaky. It is supposed this iguited spontaneously. It burnt with great fierceness, the gale driving the flames with irresistible force on the front store. The Brigade was soon present hot all efforts were useless to extinguish the Tart body of flame. The crowd rushed the front store, and removed a large quantity of merchandise. The gale drove the flames through upstairs windows in Macfarlane a front store, nearly suffocating some volunteers, one of whom was dragged out unconscious, A number of people were engaged removing goods from front store when it suddenly fell and burst into flames. The men rushed downstairs, and several narrowly escaped. It is reported three are missing, but whether they were burnt or not cannot be ascertained. Yonderaheyde, of the firm of Henderson and M'Farlane, was carried out insensible, suffocated with smoke. He soon recovered. Shortly before that the two front walla of J. S. M'Farlane and Henderson and M'Farkae'a store fell into Queen-street with a terrifio crash. -"

The agent for the National Insurapoe Company yesterday refused a risk of X2OOO on C. J. Stone's store, which was completely destroyed. The matter was to have been settled this morning.