LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 320, 28 September 1874, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

iJ- ) V ill -:n/: /.-, Wblunotoh, Saturday. "It* fort says j— lt v currently; repotted, aadwe know the report to be well founded, that ray serious charges hare been preferred to tlie (&vernm€rtfc3gainst a member of the Cyril Service holding a high position. The charges; /relate to his conduct in an office which he formerly filled in connection with the administration of intestate estates. -' -?■■'■'> r P&Bi Chaimebs, Monday. Amved.~Batsce Oneco, from New York, •witiipirtofoslfjA^fbr Nelson and Wellington. The : *^Bd&<i£e 4s lodged In gaol, supposed to have knocked a teaman overboard with a belaying pin on the voyage <"■ Bxw PtTMoxnrH, Monday. Major Atkinson has resigned bis seat in /:.. the ftoTiiidal Conncil and in the Executive • He addresses his constituents to-night. A whirlwind paeaed orer Bell Block, doing considerehSft damage* : . .._ -- . Ltttsxtok, Monday. TWi^p.M^ope, 92 days from Plymouth, has arrived, brings 331 immigrants, and the scientific party to observe the transit of Wamqahui, Saturday. Mrß,ryce:add^ef««d.hU constitnents last night. He defended Mr. Yogel, and said that Mr Wood' would hate brought forward resolutions {orthe abolition of , the Northern Provinces if he had not. At the end of tbe meeting the following resolution was unanimously carried :— "That this meeting accords to Mr Bryce its renewed confidence, and believes that the abolition of provincialism in the Island will tend to greater freedom; "economy, and efficiency in the administration of the Government " AvcKi^un), Monday. Messrs Henderson and Maefarlane, the ' owners of the barque Alice CameroD, 156 days ratio Manilla from Sydney, and not yet hearo? ; %f7 Wye "claimed the insurance ol £8000 The policy is Uddi by the Victoria office, *n4' she was re-fngured with the New . Zeal«ad,3puth British, National, Standard, ( and. National of South Australia for £500 in ' - each. The Cmik in drawing attention to an annonrfcimflP from itt BagUn correspondent totheeftect that Tawhiao has resolved to penait'railwßyf to;'be constructed on^te south *we o!f the confiscated boundary upon the condition of 'wVernment paying the Satives sixpeaffeioftes^h. lineal: foot of railway made iAUTtfie Maori territory, shows that -^ thb ß&BS*kf '#&s*'"> the rate of X13 2

per mile, or 10s feerscre, allowing a atrip acbain wide for railway purposes, snd\con-" I Biders the demand high, but thinks it might be made W coVer a yard of railway instead of a|oot. It looks upon this restoration on the part of ..the |M»om|a^ a floal cessation of opposition! to^/rallroad and bridge ma&boisr, Mpd orip the^QoreroQiehfetto embrace" the ; opportunity to make arrangements with the Maoris as to details. It is regarded as; the moßt hopeful news receivedibr many year*// Westpobt, Monday.* ' 1 here has been incessant heavy rain for the last 48 hours, and it still continues rThe lower portion of the town ;hasbjeepl flooded with surface water, and the river is~ rising rapidly, but as yet no damage has been done. Greymotjth, Sunday. There has been incessant rain for the last twenty hoars, and the lower part of the town is submerged. The river is rising rapidly, and it Is still raining. There are grave apprehensions of a serious inundation. The steamer Waipara, with Judge Richmond, the Provincial Hecretary of Westland, the Stephenson-Burford Troupe, rod others I from Hokitika, attempted the entrance, but i took the ground on the North Spit. Endeavors < are now being made to land the passengers. ■ , , , Gbbttown, Morday. 1 here was a heavy fl.od at Grey town yesterday from midday till evening, during which time the town was under water. A good deal of fencing jg destroyed, and one or two houses are damaged. The water was rising again this morning, but is not likely to rise much.