NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7033, 2 June 1884, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[SRKSS ASSOCIATION.] " _'~ ,' ' . - ■■■'■'■ GISBORNE, Sunday. The steamer remained in the roadstead all night, and landed passengers, including Sic; George GreyV'yesterday. fle remains a week, and addresses a public meeting on Wednesday. ■" "-' :: " ■ ■ ■ ' •'■■■ : A consignment of 500 sheep sent from here by Mr. Clarke, through the Loan and iMer-" cantile Agenoy, per Doric, realised 7d per: pound in London, the highest price.given for any of her frozen meat. WELLINGTON, Suncfay. : The barque Fasilier is Het likely tote got off Rangitakei beach. She now lies broadside on to the sea, and everything which "can be saved is being shipped from her. '■ \ The Wairarapa sailed yesterday for Attokiaod with the South Sea excnraioniata. The contractors for the erection -of machinery at Caawell Sound Marble Company's works have completed the vrork and the plant has been taken over. ' . ' Two of the. directors waited on , the' Premier to-day, from. the_ Benevolent' lnstitntioa, to urge the erection of an asylum for the aged and destitute. Nothing definite resulted. .."."".'.. The Te Aro foundry ha* made a start with the construction of a large iron steamer,' ordered by Captain Williams, of Wellington. The vessel will be built on the Te Aro foreshore, and is to be finished in eight months.* Her length will be 147 feet, and she will possess a beam of 20 feet. Her lines-will' bo very similar to those of the Koranui, and her carrying capacity will be large. /' . \ CHBISTCHURCE, Saturday. " The Springaton Hotel, 16 miles tsenx ChristohurcD, was broken into laatnJabt, and a oash-boz containing £200 stolen. ■ The cash-box was subsequently found empty in a paddock near the hotel. - The match Zingari v. Merrivkle on Friday afternoon at Lancaster Park was won by the former by two tries to nil. Owing-to , the rain during the night and morning,' the ground was soft and slippery, and the forwards had the game almost exclusively tat themselves. The local men played badly inthe first ipell, and McLennan and. Sontag scored, bat in the second spell they picked , lup and hod • little the best of it. TJie tendance was small. ' : •' \ OAMAKU, Saturday. ! A child, named Caradus, was found dead in bed this morning beside its mother.' It had probably been overlain. An inquest is' to be held. ; A stable; the property of Mr. Myers, butcher, was destroyed by fire this morning..' It was insured for £75 in the Lsndon ancl Lancashire office. .

DUNEDIU, Saturday. "■ . The gold escort brought down elevenpackages, value £36,000. A deputation of unemployed interviewed the Mayor this morning. The Mayor said he had received a telegram from the Premier j he was making inquiriee in reference t» finding employment,'and telegraphed during the day. The Mayor recommended the men. to remain quiescent in the meantime. Outside the Town Hall fully 200 assembled, end claimed a hearing aa the Mayor left the buildiDg. When questioned 'Whether they, would take employment if found for thenv up country, several men replied emphatically' in the negative. . : '';'•' Sunday. . We are having hard frosts, and the first, curling of the season was indulged in jesterPORT CHALMERS, 'Sunday. [ Robert Reid, the chief steward of the Koranui, was found dead in his cabin on Saturday night. A bottle, containing about an cunoe of laudanum, was found on a sofa. It appears he drank heavily at Ly.ttelton.' The supposed cause of death is heart die-, ease. He had consumed three ounces of laudanum.