TELEGRAPHIC

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 45, 13 August 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

j From ths Daily Southern Cross. J Grahametown, Sunday, 5..GL p.m. j A fearful northerly gale prevailed lasi j night, causing , considerable damage. ! The high tramway from the Albion Com. I pany's shaft, to was blown down, I and iell upon two houses occupied by families i named respectively Guy and Lowdon. I Guy's house was destroyed. He and his wife had a wonderful escape ; the heavy frame lof the tramway fell across their bed auc I jammed the two in bed without hurting i either. Tne falling material wasjust checkec i in time by a pile of firewood. Guy and his wife were unable to move, and were re lease 1 by the neighbors. ■ Lowdon's house was partially destroyed ! and the inmates had a very narrow escape j from injury. ! The skylight of the Governor Bowen Hote I was blown off, and the billiard-room Hoodec ! with water. j Tha windows of the Pacific Hotel wen I blown in. ! The Grahamstowii wharf was damagec I and two sets of piles carried away by i • coal-punt adrift.

A house in Seatey-street, Shortlaud, was blown down. There were many minor casualties. LATEST SOUTHERN, NEWS. Wellington,. Saturday. Arrived —Wellington, from Maniikaii. Sailed —Phoebe, for Manukau. The first s>d of the Hutt Railway will bu turned on Moilday week. Messrs. Broaden and Sons have arrange! for the construction of the following railways without further delav —Dunedin and Clutba Inveroargill and Ma-Laura. Auckland and Mercer. The Chief Engineer, Mr. Henderson, lms proceeded by the Phoebe t) arrange for the construction of the Waikato Uailway. Mr. Jerusalem Smith, agent for the Southern lines, proceeds by the Wellington to-morrow, The quarantine people were liberated today. I . Nelson* Saturday. The agitation about the Foxhill railway still continues. Another meeting has been called. Mr. Luckie advises patience. Lyttleton, Friday. The Onward has arrived from Auckland Sailed: Alluunbra, for South; Amateur, for Auckland. Napier, Friday. Mr. AVyllie, of Poverty Bay, who disputes the title of the government to land at Gisbourne, has taken co-possession of some sections. He says he will hold the ground till legally ejected. Arrived : Star of the South, from AuokI land. Christenureh. Friday. All the emigrants by the Metope, uu-u----bering 102, were, with the exception of a few families, engaged the first day the barracks were thrown open. Flour £ V.\ per ton ; wheat 3s Od per bushel; barley 5s ttd to 5s Od per bushel; oats 2s per bushel ; butter is active ; cheese Od to Oid ; hams and bacon plentiful, 7d to 7.sd per lb. Dunedin, Friday. Plummer is still uncaptured. It is supposed that he stole a suit of cricket ers' clothes out of the pavilion and disguised himseJf.