TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4124, 9 June 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Press Telegraph Agency.] Auckland, Monday. The Governor's yacht has left for Maimkau, William Barton is at Alexandra, waiting fox Te Wlieoro, when they will proceed to Knit: to see Tawhiao. If their mission comes tc anything, they proceed to Wellington to repx-e----sent what they shall have heard. Alexandra, Monday. Negotiations have been carried on quietly for some time past between Major Te Wlieoro and Tawhiao. The Major is now here, with the Kev. W. Barton, and proceeds to meet Tawhiao at Waitonia to-morrow. It is on the cards that Tawhiao will be in town before the end of the week. Grahamstown, Monday. Thomas Waterworth, who cut his throat on the 19th May, died in the Hospital last night. Another escape of fire damp occurred in the Crown Prince at nine o’clock this morning. The theory advanced is that the workings are approaching a coal deposit. No harm has been done yet. Poet Chalmers, Monday. The s.s. Atrato, Captain Husband, from London, 59 days at sea, has arrived. She called at the Cape to coal and provision. She is now in quarantine. Six cases of measles, and 33 deaths—all hut one were infants. There were no deaths from infectious diseases, but there were 6 from convulsions; 9 from bowel complaints, 17 from croup. She has 762 souls on board, 189 for here, the rest for Canterbury. There have been 120 cases of measles, all very mild. 8 p.m. The Board of Health will meet to-morrow to consider the Atrato’a case. New Plymouth, June 8. Captain Henry King, K.N., died on Saturday afternoon, aged 92. lie was the only living representative of the victory off Cape St. Vincent, in 1797. Captain King was second lieutenant of the Seahorse, at the capture of Alexandria, and served in the operations on the Potomac in 1814. He became commander in 1344. He was appointed Besident Magistrate at New Plymouth, and was gazetted a retired captain in 1552. Natter, Monday. The Supreme Court was opened to-day, before Judge Johnston. Cunningham, convicted of horse-stealing, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment; Walter Murphy, convicted of burglary, was sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment; and Charles Williamson, convicted of stealing a gold watch, was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. Invercargill, Monday. Mr. H. G. Pield, who had been Inspector of Sheep in Southland for the past twelve years, died suddenly last night. Lyttelton, Monday. The Amateur, bound for Timaru, put in hero yesterday for water and provisions. A fresh case of small-pox has occurred among the Northampton’s passengers. Hokitika, Monday. Notice of a, motion of no-confidence in the Executive, to be moved to-morrow evening, has been tabled in the Provincial Council.