LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1346, 21 November 1872, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

-o — GREAT FIRE IN AUCKLAND. • ALL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS . DESTROYED. ESTIMATED LOSS, £60,000.. FIRE AT REEFTON. . ] EARTHQUAKE AT DUNEDIN. THE POSTAL CONFERENCE. MR. VOGEL'S PROBABLE DEPARTURE FOR SYDNEY.

Auckland, Nov. 20. There was a great fire this morning in Fort street. Scheriffa' three, andßucholzs' two warehouses were burnt. The Telegraph, Customs, and Post Offices, and the Provincial Government offices were also destroyed. The damage is estimated at L 60,000. Auckland, Nov. 20, 8 p.m. The fire this morning originated in Scheriff's store, Fort street, believed to have been amongst some flax bales. It spread rapidly to Buckhoff's store and then over the whole block. Sparks flew to the roof of the Telegraph Office, and soon led to the destruction of the Post, Customs, and Provincial Offices. The telegraph instruments, maps, aud plans were mostly saved. Insurances— South British, Llsooj Norwich, L 500 0; Scottish Commercial, L 2000; Victoria, L 2500; New Zealand,. LBOO ; Royal, L3OOO ; Northern, LISQO ; besides other losses. . All the Proviricialrecords fromthejformation of the Province, with leases and. bonds have been destroyed. Burnt paper was scattered in" showers a mile away. ; General indignation is expressed at the culpable neglect which permitted the Government buildings to catch fire ; also at the absence of a strong-room in which to store the documents. Reefion, Nov. 20. A fire broke put at 3.53 p.m. The Telegraph Office being in danger, the operator removed his instruments. The fire was got undep. The office was not much damaged. Some fenoing was destroyed. Dunedin, Nov. 20. An earthquake shock was felt at 12.20 p.m. It lasted three seconds. The direption was S.W. A round-robin has been forwarded by the Councillors to the Superintendent asking him to convene the Council, and giving their reasons. The Nebraska fired a salute and dressed the ship in honor of Grant's elec- . tion as President of the United States. The salute was returned by the Naval Brigade firing 19 guns. A woollen factory has been started at Queenstown, . ' ■ '■■ Wellington, Nov. 20. The Independent says that, in all >probability Mr Yogel will attend the Postal Conference, which meets at Sydney on the 7th December. Mr Seed, Secretary of Customs, has gone to Auckland with books, forms, and materials, to re-place those destroyed by the fire. The Governor has received official instruction of his appointment as Governor of Victoria. He will probably not leave the Colony before March. He will visit Canterbury and Dunedin next month. He leaves for Manawatu to-day, to visit the Hon. Mr Fox. Exhibits for the Vienna Exhibition will be received till April, 1873. . The Independent hopes that as there is still time, representative exhibits will be forwarded, besides a catalogue of specimens from a selection by Dr Hector. Specialinstrnctionshave been forwarded to the Agent-General to accelerate immigration matters, to give special attention to Ireland, and .to place the Scottish Agencies upon their original footing. The Warwickshire sailed for Auckland on the 4th inst, with 150 passengers j and the Forfarshire was to sail for Wellington on th© 12th, with 400. Tho New Zealand Stoam Shipping Company offer to carry exhibits to the Canterbury Exhibition without charge. Christchurch, Nov. 20. Another pigeon match between Redwood and Maxwell. Out of 23 birds, the former shot 17 ; Redwood, 16 (1). j The' New Zealand Shipping Company is being floated with a capital of LIOO,OOO, in shares of 103. 5000 shares are allotted to Canterbury. 3300 have been applied for. 5000 have been reserved for other Provinces. The New Zealand Loan Agency are the promoters of the company. Lyttelton, Nov. 20. A man named Nelson Bell nearly severed his head from his bod}'. An inquest is to be held to-morrow.

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