NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4485, 29 March 1876, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[FEOSI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] THAMES, Tuesday. The water in the Crown Princess is reduced to 1 foot 11 inches on the floor of the chamber. The Don Pedro tributers crushed lOOlbs. picked stone for 34ozs. 2dwts. gold. COROMANDEL, Tuesday. In the Harbour View, 9901b5. of rich specimens were obtained yesterday and today. Meewan and party (new claim) on the range, obtained 25ozs. melted gold from a few pounde of stone. TAURANGA, Tuesday. Air. Reynolds was consigned to his last resting-place this morning. The funeral was attended by all classes of the community. Your telegraphic correspondent of the 21st grossly misrepresented public feeling ia Tanranga whilst reflecting upon Major Roberta, K.M., for his action in committing Major Pitt upon the single testimony of Fairfax Johuson, <Src, &a. Insinuations of this kind are very offensive and calculated to frustrate the ends of justice. THE "THREE ABLE CIVIL SERVANTS." [PK£SS AGENCY.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Messre. "Wm. Gisborne, Wm. Seed, and John Knowles have been appointed a commission to visit the several provinces, and to obtain information with a view to consolidation of offices under the new system. They proceeded South in Phoebe this afternoon. IE the water had not been cut off for about a quarter of an hour when the lire broke out, the Empire Hotel might have been saved. Its destruction was altogether owing to the lowness of the water in the reservoir lately on accoimt of the dry weather. The city engineer usually turns it off at night and on again in the morning, and in this case the flames had a quarter of an hoar's start. Not a servant of Moeller's had saved anything, though they all worked as hard as they could to save their master's property. One person forgot his watch in his bedroom, but recovered it about an hour and a-half after, with part of the chain and case melted, but otherwise uninjured. "When the ch.air upon which it lay was burnt it fell upon the floor, which was flooded with water. A curious explosion occurred at the fire this morning, where a lot of acid had been stored. The whole mass of burnt and burning debris burst up about 12 feet high, and knocked down a couple of firemen standing by, but did no injury to either. There was some ludicrous scenes at the fire in the shape of nearly nude and wholly terrified lodgers hurrying about the corridors of the hotel, 'ihe Blundell Brothers gave three five pound cheques amongst the firemen in recognition of their services.

The annual meeting of shareholders in the New Zealand Times Company was held this afternoon, and the balance-sheet up to the 31st December was presentad. Shortly, the outcome is this :—The Times is £2,000 to the bad since the company first floated ; that is a loss of £1,000 per year. Mr. Walter Johnston, who was the chairman of the meeting, said the directors had been mistaken in their idea as regards making the Times a Colonial journal, and obtaining subscriptions outside of the province. It was now quite clear they C T?s Otdothat at Present. At any rate, what they now recommended was to curtail all absolutely unnecessary expenses, and dispense with all that could be deemed superfluous m the bringing out of the paper. There was no Jack of confidence in the concern— quite the contrary. There was not a man of them who would not be willing to double the number of shares he held, and pay thu money, sooner than seo the paper come to a -..0f. But, as all the capital had not yet been called up, and .is the concern was so far successfully carried on, he saw no reason why they should not continue to do so ; and -when they recovered themselves, and perhaps shewed a profit, it would be time enough to ask the shareholders to increase the capital. Mr. Moorhouse strongly deprecated the shareholders being despondent over such a trivial loss, and instanced the trials some of the leading papers of the colony had borne, and how, after their struggles, they stood now not only solvent, but really excellent financial speculations. There were few shareholders present, and none of them had anything to say. Sir Julius Vogel attended. The meeting stands adjourned for a week. CHRISTCHUKCH, Tuesday. A railway collision occurred on the northern line this afternoon. The Christchurch and .Amberley trains ran into each other at Rangiora. The passengers were severely shaken, and some severely injured, but nothing serious is known as yet. During the last month, the receipts on the Canterbury Kailway amounted to £ 15,090, a3__compared with £14,771 in February, 1575. The. Canterbury men did not fire in the mter-provincial pigeon match. No notice was given them of the day fixed for firing. The educational returns shew that 5545 males and 7597 females are attending the Ixovernment schools in the province,—the average daily attendance being: Males, 4054; females, 3360. The number of children attending the Christian schools is 4219. -lie total number of teachers employed in the province is 316. DTJXEDIN", Tuesday. The cost of the Sanitary Department for We Corporation for the last six months has oeen £2222, including the erection of a fever hospital. At the inquest on the body of Constable Tn* nOn '., r ™ rdiot of accidental death was returned, [with a nder that it was desirable

that legislation should be passed imposing a penalty on persona trespassing on railway lines. Marks were found in the tunnel shewing that Vernon had been feeling in the dark for a recess cut for the purpose of affording escape for any person working in or walking through the tunnel when the train -was coming. His traces shewed he had turned back twenty yards before the train struck him. It is said that if he bad lain down outside the rails he would have escaped. _^_____