TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4459, 5 July 1875, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ' • Auckland, Saturday. A Maketu telegram states that Temnrate Amatu is dying. His loss will be our gain. The -tangi over Hemana’s body is done. Presents of food, clothing, carved canoes, &c., estimated at £2060, have cl ranged hands. The native - members of the Armed .Constabulary at Rotorua are changing stations. European members are supplying their place. Gilbert Mair met with a serious accident while out shooting; his horse threw him. He is mending fast. ; Through a vexatious delay the Te Puke block wifi be again cropped and occupied by natives instead of Europeans; the land having .been paid for long ago, makes this state of affairs annoying. (PER PRESS AGENCY.) The Bluff, Sunday. The Tararna, with the English mail, arrived off The Bluff on the 3rd first. She came to the wharf at 8 a,m. on the -Ith. She left Melbourne at 3.30 p.m. on the 26th. She encountered strong easterly gales and atremendous sea. She was hove-to for forty-eight hours. The Tararua brings 24 saloon and 30 steerage passengers, and 200 tons of cargo for all ports. There is no later cable or Australian news than that to hand by the Hero. ' The Tararua sails for Dunedin at 4 p.m. Dunedin, Saturday. The office of Webb and Fulton was burglariously entered by an upstairs window last night, and the s.s. Easby’s box stolen, containing the ship’s register and papers. The box was subsequently found empty in Castlestreet. Sunday. A tremendous fire occurred last night at the Kaikora, Flaxmaii’s fellmongery and woolsheds were totally destroyed. The insurance offices are expected to be hit heavily. It is supposed that he was covered to the ‘oxtenf'of-w £9OOO, but as the fire occurred some distance from town, full particulars have not yet arrived. It was only on Thursday that the South British reinsured fer £SOO with the Australian Alliance, so they save themselves a little. The firemen were soon on the spot. There was plenty of water obtainable from the creek running near the work s, but no apparatus was available to throw the water on the fire. The glare from the conflagration was terrific,, and lit up the whole town. Many thought •it was the woollen mill. Reporters from all papers are out at the scene, but few particulars have yet arrived. Fort Chalmers, Saturday. The Press Dramatic Club gave an entertainment in aid of the Port Chalmers Hospital Fund on Saturday evening. The affair went off with great eclat. Wanganui, Saturday. The dispute with the natives regarding the Wangaehu railway station site has been settled amicably. More laud had been taken than was agreed upon, while their village was also cut off from communication with the road.

Sunday. An unusually sharp shook of earthquake felt at 1.43 this morning. It was and followed by lesser ones for several hours. Occasional noises like distant artillery firing were heard in a direction N.E. to S. W. Some crockery was shaken off shelves. There was no other damage. Napier, Saturday.’ The Council sat this afternoon, and considered the report of the committee re Henry Russell's petition on laud grievance. The committee reported that the allegations were correct, but they had no power to give relief. The session has nearly finished. Auckland, Saturday. The German residents have resolved to form a club. About thirty-five were present at the meeting. Commissioner Kemp has purchased 92,000 acres for the General Government at Whangarei. GUahamstown, Saturday. An engine driver named Nelly died suddenly last night. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of died from natural causes. There was no post mortem examination. The first ordinary meeting of the Tairua Company was held to-day. The proceedings were of a lively' character. It was stated by the chairman that 1000 shares were held by the secretary in trust for the company. The secretary denied this. It is probable that a lawsuit will be instituted to decide the ownership of the disputed shares, the market value of which is nearly £4OOO. The gold returns for the week are over 2000 ounces. The news from Tairau is favorable. The Tairua Company struck the reef in the tunnel fifty feet below the shaft workings, and thereof is reported to carry the same richness as on the surface.

A. conference of local bodies took place last night, at which it was decided to petition the Assembly for increased representation for the Thames. , Mr., Severn, a local scientist, lectured last night bn “Light.” Amongst other experiments he took photographs by means of the electric light spectrum. This is said to be the first time that this has been done in the colony. He has perfect apparatus, by Browning _of London, and a powerful" fifty-cell battery for the’electric fight.