LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1087, 6 May 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[from our own correspondent.] NAPIER. This Day. Shaw, late Eate Collector, was brought up at the KM. Court, yesterday, charged with embezzlement, and remanded. The charge of arson against him was then proceeded with, but not concluded when the Court adjourned in the evening. The case was remanded till next Tuesday. There are six or eight more witnesses to be examined. At a meeting of the Borough Council last night, Mr. Newton, son of T. K. Newton, of the firm of Newton, Irvine, & Co., was appointed Rate Collector. AUCKLAND. This Day. Commodore Wilson, of H.M.S. Wolverine, has returned to town from Waikato. He states he has not received any cablegram announcing the safety of the Training Ship Atlanta. It appears she was made a sailing vessel, and was formerly on the Australian station, being then known as the Juno. She was in commission from 1853 to 1858. An epidemic has broken out among the sheep in the Waikato district. Some owners are losing 30 per week. The cause is not known. At the inquest on the body of Austen, found dead in a gutter, the medical evidence stated that the cause of death to be from extreme diarrhoea. WELLINGTON. This Day. At a Cabinet meeting yesterday, the degradation of the silver coinage of the colony by wear was considered, and it was decided to take advantage of the facilities afforded by the Imperial Government for withdrawing worn coin from circulation. The passengers per ship Caroline, which arrived from London a few days ago, state that the vessel was on fire three times during the voyage. The outbreak on each time was in the steerage, and at night. On one occassion, three of the passengers' berths and partition were burnt before the conflagration was stopped. Since the vessel's arrival in port visitors have been rigidly refused admittance on board. The officers deny the statements, and say the only accident which occurred was through the falling of a candle, but no damage was clone. CHRISTCHURCH. j This Day. The Church of England Synod concluded its sittings on Tuesday evening. In consequence of a second case of diptheria in the Lyttelton Orphanage, search was made by the medical officers, when it was found that the ground underneath the floors was sodden, emitting an unpleasant and unhealthy odour. Sanitary improvements will be immediately undertaken. DUNEDIN. This Day. The last goods train on Tuesday night found th 9 dead body of a man on the rails near Waihola. The examination of the wheels of the engine of another goods train that had previously passed showed by marks of blood and brains that that must have been the engine that killed the man, who has since been identified as one James Bacon. MARTON. This Day. The nomination for Rangitikei yesterday, was Fox, 39 ; Fraser, 23 ; Lyon, 27. A poll will take place on Saturday.

The Canterbury Liberal Reform Association have resolved to petition the Government to bringin their Re-distribu-tion of Seats Bill on the basis of population]next session, and that it should take effect aa early as possiblo after the rising of Parliament. It is stated that some Maorios have obstructed a road near Petone, leading to Gear's slaughteryard, and it believed that Gear intends to proceed against the offenders. The contract for the new Wellington railway station has been accepted, conditionally that the contractor agrees to an alteration of the site from the locality previously specified. The tender of the Anchor line of steamers for the services of the West Coast of the Middle Island, which was formerly performed by the Union 00. 's steamer Maori, has been accepted.