NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8270, 17 September 1888, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] fire in auckland. Auckland, September 17. Abont 7 o'olook this morning a six-roomed honse, owned and occupied by Mr. E. F. Kelly, was destroyed by fire, with its contents. Insurance: House £250, furniture £100, both in the Royal. MAN DROWNED FBOM ALAMEDA, On September llth,wben theR.M.S. Alameda was in lat. 25 Q 46 ' S. and long. 175° 48' W., H. P. Bolton, aged 21, a seaman of the vessel, accidentally fell overboard. Lifebuoys were thrown,* a boat lowered, and every effort made to save him, but without sucoess. He was seen for a few minutes, and then disappeared. A boat searched for an hour and forty minutes, bnt he was not seen again. INSUKANCE CONFERENCE. A Conference of Insurance Companies held here has resolved that in all oases of doubtful fires ooourring throughout the colony bnildings burned should be reinstated* TBYING TO DEFBAUD THE CUSTOMS Thomas Nash was charged at the B.M. Court with mating a false declaration to the Collector of Customs that he was the importer of a quantity of boots and shoes and that the value was £413 lls. 3d. accord, ing to an Hamburg invoice, whereas t he amount of the London invoice for the same goods was £539 9s. lid. He pleaded guilty to a technical breaob, but urged that the goods originally came from Hamburg. He was fined £25 and costs. The result of the misrepresentation was a loss of about £17 to the Customs. FIRIC IN CHRISTCHUBCH. CHBisTtmmcH, September 17. On Saturday evening afireocouned in the show window of the New Zealand Clothing Company's premises through a handkerchief falling on a gas get. The damage is estimated at £408. RESTORING CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. The Cathedral Chapter has decided to restore the spire in stone according to the design by Chutfield and Dobson. Tho tnnsonary will be less massive than that destroyed, and the iron oross lighter. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS STILL CONTINUE. "Westpobt, September 17. r There was a sharp shock of earthquake at 10 minutes to 8 o'clock last night, and slight vibrations during the past week. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. KxiKouhA, September 17. A short, sharp earthquake shook was felt here at half-past 7 o'olook yesterday morniDg, and a slight one 85 minutes later. The duration of the first was not very distinct, being more