TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4220, 29 September 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Press Telegraph Agency.] Auckland, Monday. Eight hundred salmon, recently arrived from Hobart Town, have been turned into the streams in various parts of tbe Province. The ironwork of the Waikato bridge at Ngarnawahia will be landed from the ship City of Auckland shortly. It weighs 133 tons. The Swedish ship Condoren, 1067 tons, Captain Neiglich, from Sydney to San Francisco, with 1600 tons coal, has put in here dismasted. She left Sydney on the 15th inst. ; encountered a N.W. gale on the 21st in south latitude 35deg. 40min., longitude, 167 deg. 30 min. E. ; on the 22nd, at nine in the morning, the ship was hove-to ; cut the maintop-gallant mast away. Soon after all masts came down on deck, leaving only the lower part of the foremast standing. The third mate, who was aloft at the time, came down with the wreck, yet marvellously escaped injury. The captain was slightly injured. He rigged jurymasts, and came to Auckland for repairs. Napibu, Monday. The lease of the wharves for the next three months was sold by auction to-day for £l2O per month to Rontledge, Kennedy and Co. Mr. Edward Ceyland, of Meanee, fellmonger, has assigned all his estate for the benefit of creditors. A dividend of about 10s. in the pound is expected. The liabilities are about £2OOO. Greytown, Monday. There was a heavy flood in Greytown yesterterday, from mid-day until evening, and the town was under water from the Rising Sun to the platform. A good deal of fencing was destroyed, aud one or two houses damaged. The water is rising again this morning, but uot likely to rise much. The coach cannot get through Greytown. On Friday, at the Taratahi, a young man named James Adams had both his legs broken by the fall of a tree. The left leg was amputated yesterday, and the right successfully set. The patient is doing well. Christchurch, Monday. The British expedition for observing the transit of Venus in Canterbury has arrived in the ship Merope. The party consists of Major Palmer, E.E., Chief Astronomer; Lieut. L. Darmin, Royal Engineers, Assistant Astronomer and Photographer ; Lieut. H. Crawford, R.N., Assistant Astronomer ; and three, non-commis-sioned officers of the Royal Engineers. They brino' a large equipment of instruments, observatory huts, and other apparatus —about eighty tons in all. The site for observing tbe transit will be selected when the party have viewed the various localities, the selection being left to Major Palmer’s decision. It will probably be near Christchurch. The annual show of entire horses took place on Saturday. There were fifty-three entries, including many recent importations. The draught stock was very fine. Westport, Monday. Incessant and heavy rain has lasted for forty-eight hours, and is still continuing. The lower portion of the town is flooded with surface water. The river is rising rapidly. No damage as yet. Greymouth, Monday. The passengers ex Waipara have reached town by boat, after undergoing great hardships. The vessel is still ashore, with steering gear injured. The cause of the accident was the fouling of the screw and the extinguishment of the fires. No damage has yet been done to the town by the flood. Tbe river still is high, and is rising fast. Oamahc, Monday. Tbe Richard and Mary, schooner, is on shore. She missed stays beating out. She is at present uninjured. Dunedin, Monday. There has been heavy and continuous rain for tbe last twelve hours, with no prospect of cessation. A flood is anticipated. Heavy rains are reported inland. Port Chalmers, Monday. A dead body was picked up on the beach. It is supposed to be one of the two men who tried to swim ashore from the Corona on a ladder. Fartofthe cargo of theOneco,fromNewYork, is for Wellington and Nelson. A seaman was lost overboard, and is supposed to have been struck with a belaying pin by the second mate, who was placed in custody on that account, and is now in gaol here. The weather is miserable. It is blowing a stiff N.E. gale, with heavy rain. The mail steamer Albion sailed at 7 p.m.