AUCKLAND.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 64, 30 May 1877, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

.- May 25. The "Herald" comments m strong terms, re the conduct of the officers of the Ocean Mail. " -The hangman who executed Te Pati,

tlie Maori murderer, when the drop felly looked down at the Ijody and said, "How d'ye like that; Jack?" He afterwards wanted to shake hands with the representatives of the Press. The hull, sails, and. gear of the v Feronia will be sold by auction to- >. morrow.- „'•■ ■- .' •: ■ • The' " Herald " to-day contains a ( severe, article against the Ministry, and says at the late Cabinet meeting they would be only able to report dissatis-faction-and discontent throughout the colony. [Per Pro9s Agency.] May 26. Fears are entertained for the safety 1 of the schooner Aspasia, which left Wellington on the 2nd May, m company with the Hannah. Bloomfield, for" Kaipara. The latter arrived some days ago put there is no news of the Aspasia. H.M.&. Sappho has arrived from the Islands. She was caught m a squall a few days. ago, -which blew away all her sails and threw her on her beam ends. She lay m a very dangerous position for a few minutes, but righted. No news of the May Queen. The tidal wave at Tonga rose twelve feet, leaving millions of fish, on the j shore< The natives m a great rage accused the Sappho of bringing the tidal wave. H.M.S. Sappho reports that Matei, Governor of Va'rau, met with^gfeath m an extraordinary manner e^j^'this - morning. He wa,s amusing Mmserf by ' killing fish with dynamite, and happening to keep hold 'of a charge too long after lighting the fuze, it exploded, blowing his hand and parfr of his arm away. Lockjaw afterwards set m, and he died. . < ' H.M.S. Wolverine, Nymph, and Sap rf pho rendezvous at Auckland for court martial.