TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4534, 1 October 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) ■ - Auckland, Thursday.

Intelligence has been received that the bodies of two men, believe;! to be Captain Church and a seaman, are washed ashore at Kaipara ; also a head-board with the name of the vessel Tawera. .

Captain Logan - intends to enter an action against the Commissioner of Customs for damages sustained by the wrongful survey of the Hero, which resulted in his being fined £IOO. The matter lately formed the subject of a petition to the House, which was not favorably reported on, hence Captain Logan intends to try the case in the Supreme Court. There are seventeen prisoners for trial at the criminal sessions. There'are no cases of personal violence except one of assaulting a constable. There are three of perjury and one of indecent assault.

A local scratch team play the footballers a match on Saturday. Alexandra, Thursday.

Great preparations are being made at Hikurangi for Tawhiao’s settlement. All the Ngahtirauras are quite busy carrying provisions thither.

Wanganui, Thursday.

Jamea Nelson, about thirty-five years of age, fell off the Corporation wharf this morning in a fit, and was drowned. He was seen to fall over, but sank at once. A strong current was running at the time, and all attempts to recover the body have so far failed. Nelson was at one time a seafaring man, and was known in Auckland aud Wellington. Ho had given up that life on account of being subject to fits. Napier, Thursday. ,A very successful amateur theatrical performance in aid of the prize funds of the Napier Volunteer Cadets came off last night, under the patronage of the Mayor. There was a crowded house, and £SO were taken. Lee and Cornford, the celebrated Napier solicitors, have dissolved partnership. Each will in future carry on business on his own account. Christchurch, Thursday. At a crowded meeting held in the Good Templars’ Hall last night, a resolution was unanimously passed against the increase in the hours of labor, as proposed in the proposed amendments in the Employment of Females Act. The Acclimatisation Society have taken steps, through Mr. Young, of Otago, to obtain salmon ova from San Francisco. Steps are being taken to form an ice-making company here. Dunedin, Thursday. Mr. Lorrie, rector of the High School, met with an accident last evening. He tripped in going into one of the rooms of the rectory, and broke his left arm between the elbow and shoulder. The surveyors appointed to report on the condition of the Don Juan have given in their report, which fully sustains that previously made, and declares the ship utterly unseaworthy. Further proceedings are stayed in the meantime.

The “Spelling Bee” at the Temperance Hall to-night is a great success. A public meeting on requisition is called by the Mayor for to-night, to consider Donald Reid’s Bill to amend Bradshaw’s Factory Act, and the probable effect on women and children.

The Diocesan Synod closed last night. Port Chalmers, Thursday.

■ The ship Invercargill, 1246 tons, Captain Peacock, from Greenock, July 2, has arrived. Mr Monson, tide surveyor, accompanied by Dr. Drysdale,'proceeded down the harbor to clear the ship, and on the launch ranging alongside, it appeared from the official statement handed to those gentlemen by Captain Peacock, that SO cases of whooping cough were raging. The vessel was at once ordered to hoist the foul flag and await the decision of the Board of Health. She brings 436 souls. During the passage there have boon 8 deaths and 4 births ; 7 deaths were those of children, lan adult seaman. The cases are described as follow :—Bronchitis, 1 ; phthisis, 1 ; diarhcea, 6. During the voyage 66 coses of measles have occurred, the first happening on 20th July, and the last on the 3rd inst. Tho only means taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic, which tho report states was not considered contagious, was by removing the patients to the hospital, and a free use of. Burnett’s and other disinfectants. In addition to the 50 cases of whooping cough, there are 2 of bronchitis. -.

An accident happened at Sawyer's Bay this day to John Stumbles, who while driving home his timber truck, to which a dray was attached, was thrown off by the horses suddenly bolting. The wheels of both vehicles passed over the back of the logs of the unfortunate man, breaking the left log close to the thigh. Dr. O’Donaghue instantly after the receipt of the intelligence proceeded to the' spot, and was followed >by Dr. Drysdale. No further information is to hand.