LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 256, 22 September 1877, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[visit PRESS AGENCY.) AUCKLAND. September 20. The Auckland Lunatic Asylum has been completely burned down. The alarm was first given by the night watchman. The Superintendent, Dr Aicken, and Airs Longdell, matron, at 'once'-opened all the dormitory doors for the purpose of rescuing the inmates. 182 patients were safely got out, of these G3 were females who were taken out in their night clothes and wrapped in blankets. The scene on the lawn almost defies description. Many of the lunatics became refractory and required much attention to prevent them making their escape or getting into mischief. The most unruly of them were tied to the fence. Mrs Fortune, who is believed to have been burned to death, was .the wife of a baker at Napier, ami sister of Father O’Riley of Coromandel. -———❖ PARLIAM K N T A R Y. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. . WELLINGTON. September 21. House met to-day at 2.30. In reply to Mr Gisborne, Mr "Whitaker said there was no present intention to retain Sir Julius Vogel’s services as AgentGeneral, beyond the term originally specified, longer than was necessary to make arrangements to supply his place. The following new Rills wore introduced :—Education Reserves (Bowen), Land Drainage (Reid), High Schools Management, Rabbit Nuisance Act Amendment (L: reach). The Imprest Supply Bill No. 3 was read a second time, after a very brief discussion and was afterwards passed lb rough the remaining stages. ■ The House went into Committee on appropriation clause, (8) of the Education Bill. Mr Bowen proposed to raise the grant from the consolidated revenue to £3 15s per head. He intended also to ask for a separate vote to supply the place of the capitation tax, and provide for repairs of sdiool buildings, &c. The clause passed with tins amendment. Clauses 37 and MS of the Friendly Societies Bill were also agreed to in committee of the whole. In committee on the E Incation Bill a I new chin- ; e was introduced, in which pnh.ie schools, lauds, and buildings wore exempted from, local rates. An amendment to extend exemption to oilier than puh.ie sehoo's was lost hy 31) to 13. A new clause proposed by Mr Carrington, living the minimum salary for teachers in charge of schools at £l3O a-year, was rejected hy 34 to 20.