LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 189, 12 May 1877, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[pee press telegraph agency.]

Westport May 12. There was a;tidal wave-here yesterday at 2.30. p.m. also at 6,'- when it rose six feet in 3 minutes. No damage has been done, except the washing; away of some loose material at the wharfage works., It still continues but in a slight degree. The management of the Albion Coal Company at the Ngakawa is transferred from Nelson to Duuedin. Messrs Larnach, Oliver, Turnbull, Proudfoot, and Brodrick, are on the' new Directory. "The first business will b 9 to decide an offer of Henderson and' Company; to construct branch works,; connecting the .mine with the Mount Rochfort railway.

Wellington, May 11. - Telegrams relating to a tidal wave have been received from the following places : Poverty-Bay, Gisborne, Napier, Lyttleton, Akaroa, Timaru, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, and Bluff. The phenomenon was observed at all the above places this morning after seven, and the rise and fall varied from three to eight feet, to which height it rose at Poverty Bay, The ebb and flow each, time is described as occupying between, fifteen minutes and an hour. No -damage is reported anywhere. Here the rise and fall slackened at midday, but increased again in the afternoon, :but ceased altogether here about seven. .; Lyttelton, May 11. The effects of the jtidal wave were touphJelt in Pigeon Bay. The water rose 12ft above.lihe high water, mark, covering'the hand-rail of the wharf. The yacht Jimmey has been washed into the bush: here. "''" ' ..'-'-:£?.';?. TAURANGA,May 11. > The tide rose suddenly several fjeet higherJthan springtides, and kept rising and falling about a foot at short intervals all day. ■■-.,.-•«*:• Christchurch, May it. '. ;. -Qr|iin..and,_ produce quotations £o.b.. •-— Wheatj, 4s 6d to 5s ; oats, 2s 3d; barley, 4s to ss; flour, j£ls to £l7 ; bran, £4 10s; sharps, £5 10s; [-' cheese, 7d; potatoes, £3. The steam road roller was tried terday with success.' ': • J '.' i .. Mr G. Warner,late railway engineer, was presented on.the eye of his depar-; ture for'Alustralia, with a testimonial and a purse of sovereigns. • - Dunedin, May 11. Wheat advanced during last Week, and is now quoted at 5s 6d for s p'rime samples; ordinary, 5s to ss. 3d; inferior .milling,' 4s 6d to 4s 9d ; oats, old, 2s 6d to 2s 8d; new, 2s. to 2s 6dj barley, |)rime,4s 6d to ss3.ordinaryV4si ';