TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4486, 5 August 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(from ode own correspondents.) Auckland, Wednesday. Captain Lloyd arid the crew of the Taranaki have subscribed £lO 2s. towards the sufferers by the wreck of the cutter Hero. Subscriptions are being raised very freely among the shipping, the master of the vessel having left a delicate wife and seven children unprovided for. Complaints of railway mismanagement continue. The Southerii Ch’oss and 1 id: ihaio Times have bristled with them lately. The Southern Cross of to-day says:—“The opening of the ’Waikato railway does not, so far, appear to have affected the traffic on the Great Southroad, between Auckland and Drury. Settlers below Drury find it quite as cheap, if not cheaper, to send produce down by dray, and it is more than probable that this will be the case for some time to come, because the arrangements for the despatch of goods and produce from and on its arrival at any station are so very incomplete, and occasion so much delay, that the danger of loss arising from this detention en route is sufficient to render the old method of conveyance by dray on road the more popular.” Dunedin, Wednesday.

There is not a single word of truth in the report of the Wellington correspondent of tonight’s Star that a feeling is strongly gaining ground in Dunedin against the passing of the abolition resolution this session. The same letter says that the Times’ articles are relied upon in Wellington. All I can say is that if they are relied upon in W ellington, it is more than they are in Dunedin. The Times is lately looked upon as a weathercock, and its opinion is not valued a straw. The Guardian has consistently from the first advocated abolition this session, and if the people were polled tomorrow there would be found nine-tenths of the same opinion. ■ The effete Provincial Government of Otago are doing all they can by means of their influence to induce a feeling against abolition, but the public sense of Dunedin is too good to be led away by any claptrap that may be advanced by the provincial party and place hunters.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Auckland, Wednesday. The body of a man aged about forty was found dead in the water, close to the Onehunga pier, last evening. It has not been identified, but was apparently in the water a fortnight, and is much decomposed. An inquest was held to-day, and an open verdict returned. The Star says the steamer Hero is likely to be purchased from Bright Brothers by the A.S.P. Company. The surveyors of the latter examined the engines while the steamer was last in Sydney, and are about to make full survey. The price is stated to be £24,000. Judge Gillies was a passenger per Taupo for Nelson to-day. Grahamstown, Wednesday. The meeting convened by the Mayor to consider the abolition measures was held last night. There was a large attendance. The Mayor read tire following telegram from Sir George Grey:—“ To the meeting—Pray pause before adopting any sudden conclusion. Measures more likely to be satisfactory will bo proposed than those before the House. Read this to the meeting to-night.” The first resolution proposed was that this meeting cordially and heartily agrees with the principles of the Abolition and Local Government measures now before Parliament, and would respectfully urge upon the Government the necessity of passing these Bills through Parliament as soon as possible. The resolution was carried with the utmost unanimity. A second resolution, appointing a committee comprising the members of the Borough Council, members of the Provincial Council, and Highway Trustees, to watch the progress' of the abolition measure through the House, was carried with some dissentient voices. A third resolution was to the effect that copies of the resolutions bo telegraphed to the Speakers of both Houses of the Assembly. Hokitika, Wednesday.

Mr. Pizey, younger brother of Pizey and (Jo., brewers, committed suicide last night. His body was found in the office adjoining the brewery, .with a pistol shot through the head. No writing has as yet been discovered to show the deed was premeditated. The pistol shot was heard in the adjoining premises. Deceased had not been drinking. He was a sober industrious man during his two years’ residence here, and much respected. Dunedin, Wednesday.

Another large fire occurred at three this morning, at Coombos’ tannery, which was entirely destroyed. The insurance is £ISOO on stock and building, viz., £IOOO in the National and £SOO in the Norwich Union. Mr. Coombes estimates his loss at £IO,OOO. There was a very heavy stock, and nothing was saved. It is supposed that the fire originated in some building where grease, tallow, and shoddy were kept, and was caused by spontaneous combustion. Lyttelton, Wednesday.

A fire broke out at the Mitre Hotel at B£o last night. It arose in the servant’s room, and is supposed to have originated through a candle being left alight and catching the curtains, and thus communicating with the roof. The fire brigade and the police worked nobly. At one time it was thought that the fire must proceed up Canterburystreet, but owing to the great exertions used, and the blank space betweeu the Mitre and Buddie's stables, its progress was checked in that direction. Meanwhile a number of people had been employed pulling down Robinson’s sailmaker's shop, which was on fire. Dr. McDonald’s house, next door, had a very narrow escape, and was on fire several times, but owing to. the strenuous exertions of the brigade and others it was saved. Had the wind been in any other direction or a little stronger no doubt the fire must have spread. The stock and furniture are insured jointly by Messrs. Saunders and Ward and Co. for £650 in the National Office, but it could not bo ascertained if the building, which is the property of Mr. J. T. Peacock, was fully insured. There was an immense glare that illuminated all Lyttelton. Had it not been for the constables and firepolico, agreatdeal of valuable property would have beenstolen, and as it was there was much damage done through breakage, &c. The Mitre and Robinson's sailmaker’s shop are utterly destroyed, but no other damage has been done. The Mitre was the oldest hotel in Canterbury. It was built in 1802, and escaped the great fire of October, 1870. Nearly every inhabitant of Lyttelton was present. The Christchurch engine was, sent for at 8.45, but the order was countermanded. All the danger was over at 10 p.m. The estimated damage is £6OOO. It is partially covered by insurance, the National and British being the sufferers. Timaiu.', Wednesday.

The Abolition of Provinces Bill gives universal satisfaction in this district, Provincialism is cordially detested heik. The Timctru Herald speaks of the Bill as statesmanlike, cotnproh&iaivo, and public and hopes divergence of opinion on minor points will be disregarded in order to save the great principle

involved. The same paper rather condemns the Financial Statement, but admits that the fact of its being based on the principle of abolition redeems all its faults, and affords the best hope for the future of the colony.