AUCKLAND.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 96, 19 September 1877, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

Saturday. A*iivedp*BeM}randon, front Savagft; Island, and Active, from Tonga and Samoa. Tjbe^latter brings very little additional war news. The fighting has entirely stopped, but great damage hasv 'Been, done to the cocoa-nut and firait trees. It is estimated that 85,000 have been wantonly destroyed. '•" September 16. The Coronet, from Tahiti, brings a valuable cargo of cotton, limejuice, and copra. Captain Eose reports that the iron ship Ada TredaleTwhich left Ardrossari with coals for San Frariciscoon June 15, 1876, r was abandoned -m- flames,^the' crewsufEering great hardships for twenty-six days. The; ship was towed into Papeete Harbour, Tahiti, on Jane 2O;?1877, still burning, after eight mbhths >-■ tossing about, during which she had drifted 600 miles. She was picked up close to land by the French frigate Seignely: : ■ ' : ■'' VJMffify- - ' *- : - Mrs. Cay^ey;-th'eiflfe' of a stafioner,^ whilst walkingupThoms-s^fee''t at seven o'clock last night, : was assatllted and knocked down by a man named Thomas Desmond? She screamed, and the man ran away. :The; crowd gave :^hase and followed him into the Criterion boardinghouse, where :he ;w'as arrested, and was bought before. the Besident Magistrate this morning. • He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. " j>