TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1064, 22 April 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from our own correspondents). Auckland, April 20. A young man named Webber, a 'naval storekeeper at the North Shore, was drownefl while towing in.a.dingy attached to the ferry steamer. He was only married a few months ago. A contract for the first section of the Cambridge-Hamilton Railway was signed yesterday by .Messrs Alercer and Marshall who were the successful tenderers at £'6,122. Samuel James, Bricklayer, was found dead yesterday, at Te Awamutur - • ....... Dunedin, April 21. The divers engaged in trying to recover bulletin from the wreck of the Tararua hilVe’celised opferatmns without achieving their object, they state the debris of the vessel is strewed over about an acre: of the setts bottom. ... , ; llaweha, April 21. An inquest was commenced yesterday -afternoon, at- Alauutahi, ten miles from here, on the body of a Native woman, found dead on the road. It is alleged that there was a public-house row, during which the Native received a blow on the head with a heavy stick from Gallagher, landlord of the Alanutahi Hotel. The Native went off on horseback, but was subsequently found dead a mile or two on the road. The inquest was adjourned till Alonday, because the -Natives throw .-difficulties in the way by refusing to allow uposf mortem examination, and though the Native Aluiister has been requested to order such an examination, no reply ■ has. yet been received from him. . Christchurch, April 21. excursion train at very cheifp rates' was 1 run yesterday to Waikari line, which was opened on Alonday. The terminus is just under 50 miles ./from- CJwiptchurch, and the newly opened section runs through the famous AVcka Pass. An extraordinary number of people took advantage of the cheap 4-ates, and the consequence was that though extra carriages were put on, some of the wayside passengers bad to be refused, and another train will be' run to-day in order to serve,them ; three engines were used on tire incline through AVeka Pass. There were 850 passengers on board.

Another Aurora was visible last /night/but not so brilliant as the one ou Alonday night.