INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 59, 9 February 1877, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

[From the Pbess Agency]

Auckland, February 6.

Curtin was executed this morning. He maintained a firm, cool attitude till the last, appeared quite resigned, and died without a struggle. Advices have been received of 33 fallow deer shipped for Auckland. February 7. Curtin's body was given up to his relatives, and buried in the Catholic Cemetery. A seaman belonging to the German ship Hertha, fell overboard to-day and was drowned. Wanganui, February 7. The English Cricketers will not agree to come in the steamer Napier, therefore the match has fallen through. The people are displeased with the Englishmen's conduct. Nelson, February 6. FLOODS IN MOTUEKA DISTRICT. Heavy floods are reported in the Motueka district, where people are being removed from their house in boats. Dunedin, February 5. The Bruce County Council has resolved not to adopt the third schedule of the Act. FLOODS IN OTAGO. The fall of rain which set in on Sunday night continues unabated. M* Laggan and Rattray streets are completely flooded, and torrents of water are pouring down them. The damage to property will be considerable. All the low-lying portions of the city are under water, as also South Dunedin and St. Kilda Municipalities. At the north end of the town the creeks are very high, and the water of, Leith is running level with its banks. Telegrams from the country districts give sad accounts of the injuries to crops. Traffic on the Port Chalmers line is completely suspended in consequence of landslips and abutments of the bridges being washed away. The Clutha line is also blocked near Milton. Rain continues to fall heavily, and the weather shows no sign of clearing np. St Kilda presents the appearance of a floating island, and many of the inhabitants have constructed rafts as means of conveyance, while one family has brought a boat into requisition. The immigration barracks at Caversham have been placed at the disposal of those who have been flooded out in the low-lying parts of the city. Railway and coach traffic are almost completely suspended throughout Otago. In Rattray street the earth has given away for a considerable distance from the street line, and Mr Pritchard's shop, which was knocked down a short time since by a landslip, will probably soon share the same fate again. February 7. A well-known Taieri settler named Borrie was drowned to-day. A newspaper runner was fined this morning for selling the Daily Times newspaper on the railway platform without the consent of the Minister of Public Works. Messrs. Reed and Fenwick obtained the sole right of selling literature on the platform, and have excluded all local papers except their own, hence the action.

Port Chalmers, February 6. A heavy land slip has occurred on the Moeraki line over Bauchop's sawmills, estimated at 4000 tons of earth. The benches, engine, and shaft at the tunnel are completely covered. Fears are entertained for the safety of the mill. It is still raining hard. Barometer, 29.78. Dense fogs to seaward. Balclutha, February 6. There has been continuous heavy rain since Sunday night. The river is higher than it has been for years, an d there are fears that the lower part of the township will be flooded to-night, as the river is still rising rapidly. The river is still rising, but as yet pretty much confined within the banks. It is just beginning to overflow in some places. The township is mostly dry as yet,but fears are entertained for to-night. No train arrived from Dunedin to-day. Timabu, February 6. A man named John Fulton is supposed to have been drowned in the Rangitata. Parties have been searching for his body air day, without success.