TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4790, 29 July 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Auckland, Friday. It is reported timt Orbs, supposed to have been drowned from the steamer Taranaki between Lyttelton and Wellington, turned up safe in Auckland. He has not been to see his wife, who, orving to the reports current, has asked the police to institute inquiries. Grahamstown, Friday. The Thames Advertiser was sold by auction at noon to-day. The bidding commenced at £IOOO, and was rapidly run up to £2500, Ultimately the property was knocked down to Mr. Wilkinson for £2600. Mr. Wilkinson was one of the eriginal proprietors. Napier, Friday. A subscription has been raised in aid of the officers and crew of the shipwrecked barque Coq du Village and reached £llß, which was apportioned into 131 shares, and divided amongst them, each share being worth £8 14s. lOd. Captain, three shares, £26 4s. fid.; first mate, two shares, £l7 9s. Sd.; second mate, one and a half shares, £l3 2s. 3d. Seven men, each one share, £6l 3s. 10d.; total,£llß os. 3d. The evidence taken before the Collector of Customs and a nautical assessor is to be forwarded to Wellington next mail (to-morrow). A further inquiry will be held if deemed necessary ; probably not. The Court here attribute blame to no one. Geeymouth, Friday. At four o’clock this morning, the Brunner Gorge railway suspension bridge, which was expected to be open for traffic next month, fell with an awful crash into the river. The anchor plates on the south side had been snapped through too much strain on them, causing the whole bridge to collapse. No lives were lost. The anchor plates were generally considered too weak, but are according to designs sent from Wellington. Ddnedin, Friday. Mr. James Adam, late Otago emigration officer at Home, returned yesterday, his engagement having expired. The Peninsula and Ocean Beach railway is being pushed on. A champagne lunch was held in the Walton Park Coalmine yesterday. It is suggested by the Harbor Board to carry out the proposed system of harrowing the bar. Christchurch, Friday. Our football club contemplate sending a team to Auckland and Wellington this season if sufficient funds can be obtained. The team will also visit Dunedin, Taranaki, and Nelson. A man named Fuller, taxidermist at the Museum, was nearly poisoned yesterday by accidentally taking a solution of arsenic used for preserving skins. The stomach pump was applied, and the patient is now progressing favorably, though not yet out of danger. The Agricultural and Pastoral Association intend to establish a quarterly periodical called the New Zealand Country Journal. Lyttelton, Friday. The new Masonic Lodge was consecrated here yesterday.