LATEST TELEGRAMS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.

Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 756, 22 November 1870, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.

FIVE MEN DROWNED,

Napier, Nov. 21. The p.s. Luna arrived froai Poverty Bay at 4.30 a.m., and proesods to Auclo landto-morrow evening, calling at Poverty Bay and Tauranga. The Native Lands Court sits at Poverty Bay on Friday next Judge Rogan and Mr Cooper, Undersecretary o? Native Affairsf and Mr Locke, Resident Magistrate, have arrived at Poverty Bay to attend the business of the Court. On Sunday evening, Mr M'Nalty, a publican, and his son, Mr Brenton, architect, and his son, Mr Yates, foreman in the Daily Telegraph office, and Mr Holloway, reporter, were returning after a pleasure excursion, and when near the outlet of the harbor the rowlocks fell overboard, aiid the current swept them into the | breakers. The boat upset, all hands j clinging to it. Benkers, late ferryman, went to the rescue, and all hands attempted to get into his boat, and swamped her at once. In consequence, the first live were drowned. Bankers broke two ribs, and I is now lying dangerously ill. Holloway escaped in a boat from the ship Challenger, which succeeded in picking the two up. None of the bodies have yet been recovered. Nelson, Nov. 21. The Supreme Court was opened to-day. The calendar is light. In addressing the Grand Jury, the Judge said there were frequent cases af embezzlement of public funds ; but, considering tho large number of officers entrusted with money, the statistics would show that the proportion of officers was not abnormal. Most of the cases are trivial, except Harris's— embezzlement of Provincial funds and numerous cases of forgery. They come on to-morrow. He is expected to plead guilty. The country is suffering severely from the long drought, and the crops of all kinds are in great danger.