NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Issue XXI, 15 May 1884, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[PKBSS ASSOCIATION.] NEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. A ST bong N.E. wind is blowing, which caused a very rough sea this morning, and • as the steamer Hawea. kept well out, tha boatmen had difficulty in tendering her. On returning with passengers,.a small stream of oil was allowed to flow from a can, which, prevented the sea breaking, over the boat, and it came ashore in almost calm water. This is the first time that oil has been tried at subsiding the sea here. WELLINGTON, "Wednesday. The Hon. the Premier and .Minister, of Pnblto Works, with Mrs. Mitchelson, Measrs. Seed (Secretary of Customs), Oil! (Under Secretary of the Land Purchase Department of the Native Office), Mr. Barley (Chief Inspector of Sheep), and Mr.. Murray, of the Back of New Zealand, were-' passengers by the Hinemoa, which sailed' shortly after midnight this morning for the Manukau. A heavy north-west gale has been raging here all day. No damage is reported. Haul set in this evening, and the force of the wind has somewhat abated.-. The late Mr. Oliver Wakefield, who was killed by a tram accident in Dunedin recently, had bequeathed £90 as an endowment for the benefit of the Benevolent Institution. ' - NELSON, Wednesday. Mr. Hursthouse, M.H.JR., in addressing his constituents at the Upper Motueka advocated retrenchment in all branches of tho Government service as a means of removing the present- depression. He refused to pledge, himself to »iiy course of action during tho next session, preferring to wait and see what was brought forward. He received a vote of confidence. GREYMOUTH, Wednesday. . One of the most violent gales experienced here for many years blew from the north; from three o'olock in the morning till the afternoon. The greater portion of the time • rain came down in torrents. CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. Robert Hislop, employed at Parkerson'a Lakes Station, started six days ago to mustersheep, and has not since been heard of. He. had three dogs with him, two of which haTO returned. ' -• A high north-easterly wind blew until evening, when it abated and tome showers fell. No damage was done in town, bnt> from Malvern district it is reported that several chimneys, trees, etc., were blowndown. Mr. White addressed his constituents at Sydendam, and received a vote of confidence. • He avowed he would support either Sir G-. Grey or Mr. Montgomery in moving a vote ■ of no confidence in the Government. TIMARU, Wednesday. A very heavy northerly gale has been blowing here off and on during the day, but is now subsiding. Sir G. Grey addressed a crowded meeting • here to-night, and was listened to with great, attention throughout. DUNEDIN, Wednesday.'. At a meeting o£ the Vigilance Committee" to-day, it was resolved to call a public meeting to discuss, oertain resolutions drawn up by Mr. Pyke, M.H.R., representing to the Government the grave impolicy of discharging men from tbe works on the Lindon - section at the approach of winter,_ when, many men are unemployed in Dunedin, and • generally directing attention to the delay in prosecuting the works. _ : A meeting of shareholders in tha Coffee.Palace and Private Hotel Company was held ; to-day, in consequence of the stoppage of tha company's credit and| dishonouring of their - oheques. It was resolved that the meeting be adjourned for a month, and that tho • directors be instructed in the meantime to call for tenders throughout New Zealand and Australia for the company's asseta. j The Aorangi brought 200 immigrants from home, equal to 183 adults. 157 were for Otago and Southland. aDd 45 for Canterbury. Only two married oouples, two single, men, and a number of Bingle females, remain open for engagement of those for Dunedin. The weather has been very sultry all day, with strong north-west wind all the afternoon.

A boy named Murray, eight years old, has been killed whilst riding on a railway truok. News from ap country states that heavy rain has fallen all day in Wakatipu district, and that there is every prospect of floods 'on the Clutha river.