TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 133, 4 June 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

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JPROTINCTAL. ' ;'., 1?? ?-.'?■■ ■' .' ■_ WESTPOET,.June 4.'. . , The floods i subsided about midnight; Damage is deplorable* it is estimated that £ \ 5,000 worth of property has beien destroyed or huririedly removed.^. - Properties 'destroyed : — Caledonian Hotel, Spence Brothers, W. J. Patterson, Pain, Struthers, .M'Farlane, "White, Mictial, Bank . N. S. W„ Tardley, Miller, Peterson, Leech, Neill, Gothard, Dickinson, Empire Hotel, Macfarlatie's,' Careffe, y Cook, Keating, Sniithj. Carruthers, Stevenson. The streets are 'encumbered with materials, and furniture. Many . are homeless. The river is encroaching from one. to three chains. All yhar yes .are washed away except Wakefieldstreet wharf. , . Serious encroachment between upper and lower townships; also, above the new township, many acres ; 6f land have been, washed awa-f.7 The new township is, considered unsafe. Thejtpwnspebple met to-day to consider what steps, "should be taken, and to inform the commit tee that another flood would, sweep, away the whole town.* The^.'situation is.desperate. Unless the outside public help, much distress is inevitable. The only craft in the river is the schooner Aurora, which is much damaged. The weather is npvr/jfineiv. The river is falling, rapidly., The casualties outside the district are. few. „ ,7 Auckland, June 4. The floods in the Wairoa jind Waipsffa : have caused damage,'- *-■•* * ' -.*----■-' *■ - Two natives drowned. A boat has been capsized in the river; three bushman drowned. The Harbor Board have resolved to construct a dock on the west side of the wharf to 'cost .£50,000. It is estimated that the land reclaimed wil lyield £5000 yearly. ■'..': ■.-- Gbeymotjthv June 3. There is a heavy flood in the Grey river. Many persons are leaving their dwellings in the lower part of the town. aii 'vii if "'"*'" W-esapOßT June 3. : All Wharf-street is washed, away, arid the buildings: . are pulled down from the Empire Hotel to Molesworth-stieet. Houses on the river; side are being removed. It is the heaviest flood ever experienced. The bank at the new township is damaged. The coal- wharf and coals are carried away. The other wharves are shaken. If the flood continues all the lower township wili be jeopardized. : There-is great consternation, ■"--a p.y * Wellington, June 4. . *'■ .-_, Arrived : Tararua ftom South. '-'.'"' ■■'■'. -Taubanga, June 4. Hori Taupara, a great Ngatawakawa chief has just returned from Waikato, where he interviewed King Tawhiao, who, at parting said: — '"■ Go on 7 to Tauranga, - Giather your children around you. : Tell the people, especially the Europeans, not to y be disturbed, but to remain in peace lest- evil overtake them. Leave me to my troubles. I alone am responsible."