TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4135, 22 June 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Pkess Telegkaph Agency.] Auckland, Sunday. The Auckland Steam Packet Company's new steamer Southern Cross has arrived from England, via Melbourne, from which port she sailed on the 10th instant. Another attempt at incendiarism was discovered on Saturday night. A quantity of burning rags, saturated with kerosene, was found under the Catholic Institute Hall, Wellington Street. The circumstance of a soldier's coat being among the materials, and not burning, prevented the success of the attempt. The building is in the centre of a block of wooden houses, and, if it had got a fair hold, the fire would probably have proved extensive. Saturday. A Maori called Jeremiah Bob, who Idlled another Maori at Wangaroa, came to town today to deliver himself to the authorities. Some negociations have bee:a going on between the Government and the Native tribes, and it is sivpposed that the visit of the Governor had some influence in leading the Natives to insist upon the murderer coming to Auckland. Taueanga, Saturday. The thirty-thousand acre block of land, the purchase of which has jtrst been completed by the Government, is within easy distance of Tauranga. There is a navigable water frontage to the block. There has just been found a man who has been lost in the bush, for three weeks. He lived during the time on toi-toi roots and leaves. When found, though big before, he was a mere skeleton, weighing no more than a child four or five years old. The man's name is Gill, and he was formerly in the 18th ptoyal Irish. He is recovering fast. Grahajistown, Saturday. The quantity of gold lodged at the Bank of New Zealand during the week exceeded a thousand ounces, and heavy parcels were expected from the Bright Smile and Queen of Beauty claims. The same Bank shipped during the week over two thousand ounces. The Smith Combination Troupe gave a midday performance for. schools and families. Upwards of fifteen hundred children were present. - The number of children at such gatherings is accepted as conclusive evidence that the Thames goldfield is a permanent field of settlement. New Plymouth, Saturday. Mr. Parris is negociating for the purchase of another large block of Native land, of between 00,000 and 100,000 acres. A Native chief says that it will take two years to survey the block. A public soiree is to be given to Mr. Burton, Immigration Agent, before he leaves for England. Surveyors are much wanted in the Province. Bluff, Saturday. A sharp shock of earthquake, lasting several seconds, was felt at 5.45 this morning. The direction appeared to be east and west.