TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1109, 29 July 1882, Page 2

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

[united press association.] WELLINGTON. HEAVY RAIN. The heaviest rain since 1864 fell last night. The fall recorded was nearly three inches, and various damage has been sustained in some parts of the town. Slips occurred on the Welling-ton-Masterton railway line. The train exchanged mails and passengers and by this means communication was prevented from interruption. The stone hasin of the reservoir which supplies water to the city overflowed the embankment and some little damage was done, but not of a serious nature.

At Newtown some of the houses are flooded to a depth of six feet. It is still raining heavily. Later. A young man named Hugh Clark has been arrested on a charge of having stolen jewellery to the value of £l6 from the house he was lodging in Palmerston North. The temporary bridge on the Rangiteikoi river was washed away last night through traffic was to have been resumed on Manday. Heavy rains have been falling for two or three days. It is clearing up now. We are requested by the National Bank of New Zealand, Limited, to state that the dividend just declared in London is 4 per cent for the past half-year, making a total, adding the 3 per cent interim dividend, of 7 per cent for the year. AUCKLAND. At the half-yearly meeting of the Auckland Gas Company, a dividend was declared at the rate of 17 per cent. Mr Hickens, a shareholder, stated that he had been requested by a number of shareholders to ask if the directors had followed the example of the Wellington Company in seeking from Parliament power to use the electric light, if necessary. The Chairman replied they had written to the Hon. Mr Whitaker on the subject, asking him to see that no injury was done to existing gas companies. At the half-yearly meeting of the Taupiri Coal Company, a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent was declared. The monthly output is 250 tons., Mr Dufaur, Winiata’s solicitor, goes to the King country with letters from Winiata to his relations. Winiata says in them that he regards himself as a dead man, and counsels them not to avenge his death. The case of bigamy against Samuel Jays is a singular one. It appears that 24 years ago he married a halfcaste woman at Taupiri, who within half an hour after completion of the ceremony, eloped to the King country with a Maori lover. In January last Jay contracted a matrimonial alliance with a woman named Primley, who arrived by the Lady Jocelyn, and who it is understood laid the information. He was brought up yesterday and remanded, but was released subsequently on bail.

At Russell, H. M. S, Nolson had an accident to one of her anchors, which might have been very serious, during the gale of last night. The officer of the watch noticed that the vessel was dragging, and immediately the alarm was given, and a 2nd anchor was let go. The vessel had dragged some distance, and on heaving up the port anchor it was found that only the ring and socket, and a small piece of the shank were left, there being a flaw in the iron. The anchor lost weighed 96 cwt. If the wind had been from the westward she would, probably have been ashore before she could have been brought up. The vessel Cathona, Capt. Gifford, arrived safely, 34 days from Port Chalmers. The cause of her lengthy passage was a succession of gales and head winds, during which the deck the deck cargo shifted, but no damage was done to the vessel. Much anxiety had been felt for her safety.

NELSON.

Mr Bayfield, manager of Johnston’s United Company, Collingwood, has received a report from Johnstone, Mathey, and Co., (assayers to the Bank of England in London) on the mine, giving analysis of samples of galena blend and pyrites from the mine at Collingwood. Galena gives 62 per cent of lead, with 14 ozs silver, per ton of ore blend gives 58 per cent of zinc with a small per centage of silver. Pyrites gives a highly payable yield of 4o«s gold, 151 ozs silver, and 3 o?s copper, per ton of ore, which is worth in Loudon from £l5 to £lB per ton. A vein of pyrites from 2 to 8 feet thick exists on the Company's property ; and a tunnel of 500 feet to cut the gqld bearing reef, supposed to be the same as in the Hope claim, is nearly finished. This tunnel is to be drawn 500 feet in all.