TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7840, 18 May 1904, Page 6

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Per Press, Association.)

... Aucklahd, May 17. . The. wharf, at Hobsonville waV de. fctroyed by fire'early this morning and flerious inconvenience is likely to: arisß to a large number of settlers in the country adjacent, who obtain nearly all thtir supplies by water frorh. Auckland. •' be firo was disoovbred., in the early hours, and when the steamer Vivid 'called on its way to Auckland the passingers had to be .landed in a boat. Tno settlers endeavoured to beat out the ; fire with willo* branches, but Capiain Johnson states than Intro was no hope of saving tho. wh«f. The loss upon i the wharf is ealinuted at £120.

' - Dunedin, May 17. A preliminary, meeting was held today of loading Anglicans to arrange what steps should bo tatten t'> enable the diocese to claini-tbe £25,000 bequeatied under the will of the late William Harrop to build an Anglican Cathedral on the sito of tha present St. PaulV. The Primate said he had obtained premises for over £3000, irrepeoiive of the £100 'offared by tbe clergy of tbo diocese, and he was hopeful of being Bpared to see £10,000 contributed, in whioh event he would proceed to lay the foundation stone. Bo was hopeful of the outlook for raising the required £20,000 to enable tho bequest to bo claimed. Co-opc-r&tion was hoped of others than Anglicans, and already support was promised.