BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
(from geevillk’s telegram company, REUTER’S AGENCY.) Auckland, Febma-y 17. The charge against Haley for burning the kerosene store is proceeding. The principal evidence against him is a letter sent to the editor of the Southern Cross, which was identified as being in his handwriting. The letter details the way the crime was accomplished. Mr Lennox reports Caledonians, Ll4 10s ; Thames, 26s'; Albania, L 4. Shipborne cattle fetch from 24s to 26s per lOOlbs ; sheep 31a 2d. The Hero brings Australian dates to the 10th hist. H. M.S. Basilisk, on her way to Cape York, boarded a schooner waterlogged and gutted. On boar 1 were fourteen South Sea Islanders, in various stages of starvation, and three dead bodies. There was no water or provisions, nor any clue to the name of the owners. The white crew had either been murdered, or had abandoned the vessel, which was New Zealand built, and furnished with Auckland.made sails. She is supposed to have been an American engaged in kidnap--1 if M.S. Rosario has returned t> Sydney. Tlio reported revenge for Bishop Patteson’s death is untrue.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18720219.2.10
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Evening Star, Issue 2810, 19 February 1872, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
184BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Evening Star, Issue 2810, 19 February 1872, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in