TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5292, 12 March 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(from odu own correspondent.) Palmerston North, Monday. The stable and outhouses of the Clarendon Hotel were burnt down at half-past eleven o’clock last night. By great exertions the Volunteer Fire Brigade saved the main building. The damage is estimated at £3OO. The property is insured in the National for '£lso. (per press agency.) Palmerston North, Monday. A fire occurred last night, shortly before. midnight, at the Clarendon Hotel, resulting in the totardestruction of the stables, harnessroom, and outhouses. Very fortunately, there was some spare ground between the hotel and , stables, otherwise nothing could have saved it. As it was, the roof was on fire in half a dozen places, but by great exertions, the, local Volunteer Brigade, by the application of wet blankets, succeeded in saving the main building. The stables' were insured in the National for £150,. but that will not cover the loss by £IOO, in addition to which must be counted the storehouse belonging to Mr. McNeill. A large amount of property was destroyed. - Auckland, Monday. ’ At a Cabinet meeting this 1 morning, at which Mr. Sheehan, Hoani Nahe, and Mr. Swanson were present, Mr. Stout’s appointment as Attorney-General was postponed until to-morrow, for the preparation of the necessary-, documents. ' Mr. Sheehan and Hoani Nahe, accompanied by a numerous suite, proceeded to Hamilton by special train to attend, the banquet to sons of old colonists. A fire’at Spring Bank destroyed the cottage of Mr. Patrick Brady. It was insured in the Norwich Union for £IOO. , A large bush fire at Northern Wairoa destroyed hundreds of thousands of feet of timber. The electric light exhibited by the Italian war ship on Saturday night illuminated the harbor for a distance of a mile. Within this distance newspaper print could easily be read. Grahamstown, Monday. The well-known Maori chief Tarapipi died at his settlement, Piako, on Saturday night. Great preparations are being made for a tangi. Deceased was about 60 years of age, of splendid physique, and over six feet high. He was a man of great influence. New Plymouth, Monday. The natives between Parihaka and Opunake have 300 acres of wheat which was planted by the Taranaki tribe, and they have bought two threshing machines, Kahui, an influential chief, owning one of them. Kahui states that the intention of the tribe is to go into wheat culture on an extensive scale. Hitherto it has been only “ day dawn,” and they could not see, but now that it is light they intend to devote their attention to these peaceful occupations which they were engaged in before the war. Kahui wishes this to be distributed through the colony, so that Europeans may know the peaceful condition of the natives in Taranaki. Nelson, Monday. Mrs. Daly,' wife of John Daly, sub-inspector of sheep, and daughter of Mr. Disher of the Trafalgar Hotel, cut her throat this morning. She is not dead, but there is no hope of saving her. She has been in a very depressed state for some months. Charleston, Monday. A fearful gale raged here on Saturday night. The Catholic Chapel was blown down, and is a complete wreck. Great damage was done to property in the district. Christchurch, Monday. After mass yesterday, the Homan Catholics held a meeting, and a committee was appointed to promote registration. The football club on Saturday night resolved to open the season the first Saturday after Easter. The Corn Exchange Committee resolved to urge on the Government the necessity of running night trains during the grain season. Ashburton, Monday. Two new evening papers appear to-night, the Echo and Ashburton Post. The former is published by Furness and Dixon, and the latter by Joseph Ivess, the proprietor of the Ashburton Mail, Lawrence, Monday. There has been another break in the weather. On Saturday rain poured down in torrents, continuing for several hours yesterday, during which there were heavy showers; but this morning it cleared up. The crops have suffered considerably, and it is doubtful' if in a number of instances many acres of oats will be worth the trouble of harvesting. A cricket match was played here on Saturday afternoon between the youths of Lawrence and Tokomairiro. The former' won by 50 runs. Sir George Grey, accompanied by several well-known settlers, here this afternoon. ■ The children attending the Grammar School are 1 to meet the party at the railway station. The banquet takes place in the evening. It is ' expected that the attendance will be -unusually large. ' _ ! ■ '■■■' [i Dunedin, Monday. At the banquet to Ministers Macandrew said he was not without hope that public ■ opinion might compel Parliament to ! restore to ;the people provincial institutions, perhaps no| as-they were, but more adapted to the' circumstances of the colony.