TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume III, Issue 311, 16 November 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

CABLE. [ RKUT ER’S TK LEG RA MS. ] SYDNEY. November 15. The schooner Henrietta, 2!) tons, of this port, owned by W. J. Pachley, foundered at sea on a voyage to New Caledonia, and and ten lives are lost. The Henriatta was overloaded, when she left port. Government will shortly commence legal proceedings in connection with the expenditure of the award to the Milburn Creek Copper Mining Company. [united tress association.] WELLINGTON. This Day. Judges Johnston, Williams, and Gillies have arrived, and the Court of Appeal will sit to-morrow. INVERCARGILL. This Day. The Invercargill Electoral Roll contains 11,773 names, being an increase of 1010 over last year’s. The other Roll.*, in the Southland district are also largely increased. Mr Shanks, the late member, has retired from the contest at Mataura. Mr Richardson and Captain McKenzie, of Matura, last night, received a vote of confidence. The former said if he had been in the Assembly last year he should have supported Mr Hall.

HAVELOCK. Tuesday. William. Slattery, a son of Police-Ser-geant Slattery, received a compound fracture of the left arm, last evening, by a fall from a horse.' , HAWERA. This Day. Major Atkinson is holding meetings throughout the districts, and receiving votes of confidence everywhere. 3Voolcock has retired from the contest for Egmont. PUNGAREHU. This Day. Hone Pchama’s daughter, who threw herself over a cliff, is not dead, but is severely bruised. AUCKLAND. November 15. The University Examinations are now b*ing held. There are eighteen candidates, sixteen for the B.A. degrees, one for Honors, and one for the Senior Scholarship. TIMARTJ. This Day. The tender of Messrs Jones and Peters (L 5,305) for further extension of 300 ft. to the breakwater has been accepted. CAMPBELLTOWN, (BLUER). This Day. The township was flooded last night, through an extraordinary heavy rain. The water was three feet deep in some places. The Mataura Electoral Roll contain 1,300 names. Analysis of Invercargill Roll—Freehold, 9,10 S ; residential, 535.

TAURANGA. This Day. A native named Tawhinga was drowned at Ohinemutu on Monday night. He went into a hot bath, on the edge of the Lake Rotorua, and apparently f.dl asleep. He was found drowned the following morning. Soon afterwards a Maori woman was found drowned, in a hot bath near the post office, under similar circumstauces. PATE A. This Day. Bishop Redwood, having directed a collection throughout the diocese for establishing a Catholic Children’s Charitable Institution at Nelson, Ll 9 was subscribed here. Mr G. F. Sherwood is elected first Mayor of Patea. NAPIER. This Day. Mr Sutton addressed the electors, and received an unanimous vote confidence.