LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1191, 2 November 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION). CARTERTON, Nov. 1. The Wairarapa Agricultural and Pastoral Show at Carterton to-day was a great success. Upwards of 300 persons went from town by the excursion train. WELLINGTON, This Day. The customs duties collected at the port of Wellington for the month ending 31st October, amount to £16,043, while for the corresponding mouth last year they Were only £15,224 9s 3d. The City of New York, with the October English mails, left San Francisco for Auckland on the 22nd ult., one day later than the time-table date. The Zealandia, with the October Colonial mails, arrived at San Francisco from Auckland on the 27 th ultimo, four days earlier than the time-table date. NAPIER, This Day. The Hawke’s Bay Meat Export Company has been successfully floated. DUNEDIN, This Day. Mr Geniver, late manager of the gasworks here, has been presented with a purse of 100 guineas. Mr Fish, M.H.R., in making the presentation, said it was because many thought that the City Council had done an injustice to a clever and worthy professional man. The Rotoinahana on arrival was found to be a good deal more seriously injured than was at first supposed. The most serious injury was under the water ballast tanks, and this accounts for her not making water ; besides several dents there are three holes in her bottom on the port side a little abaft amidships, and her rolling choke is broken and twisted in all directions; the keel is also d amaged. It is expected that the repairs will be executed in a fortnight. The Magistrate in the Goodson horse stealing case dismissed the summons on the ground of Goodson having taken, advantage of the man while drunk.

Two shocks of earthquake were experienced in Queenstown this morning; the second one was the most violent ever felt in the district; it lasted over 20 seconds. The damage is confined to the breakage of glass. Mr Hackworth, collector of Customs held a preliminary enquiry in the Rotoinahana accident at the Bluff. All the evidence went to show that the accident was caused by the strength of the wind and tide, which were unusually strong, not being sufficiently allowed for. TIMARU. This Day. The inquest on the body of Captain White resulted in a verdict of accidental death. AUCKLAND, This Day. Mr Seymour George addressed the electors of Rodney at Aratapu. There was a large attendance. A unanimous vote of thanks and confidence was passe d. Dr Philson has resigns d the charge of the Hospital. The Presbytery resolved itself into committee to consider the charges against the Rev. Moses Breach, late o f New Plymouth. Six charges of contumacy were made. Mr Breach did not appear. The owners of the Ga telle refuse to accept the terms offered by the Government for the release for the vessel, and ahe still continues in the hands of I>he Customs. A disgraceful riot occurred at the Theatre Royal yesternight. Ben Allah, the conjuror, was giving his entertainment, aud in the gift distribution did not act up to promises. The audience broke a gangway through the theatre, and destroyed chairr, &c., portions of which were throivn at the nonjuror, who escaped precipitately by the back door. A large inob followed kirn to his hotel, hooting and bellowing in a disgraceful manner. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Elmswood House, tho residence of Robert Heaton Rhodes, on the Ps.panui Road, was burned down yesterday afternoon. The roof was first observed to be on fire close to the drawing-room chimney. 9?he roof is slate, . The Fire Brigade was sent for and did good service. The upper storey was consumed and the lower storey gutted. A good deal of the property was saved. The origin of the fire is supposed to be a defect in the drawing-room chtauey. The Insurance was £7OOO, the UnionTind Royal being the chinf sufferers. ;

• to nearly all the brothels in town, abusing I the inmates and smashing the furniture, and ■ demanding drink and behaving in a disgracei ful way, were fined £2 each, on three separate informations, and ordered to pay £6 10s j for the damage done. A seventh, who had endeavored to restrain his companions, was • let off.

The chairman of theSelwyn County Council) states he has heard that the Government had received applications to the extent of seven millions of money under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act. A fatal affray took place to-day at Horovorato. Two men named Perry and Hobbs, had a fight, which was provoked by the former. After one round, the men closed and fell to the ground, from which Perry never rose again. Hobbs is a quiet sober man, but Perry was quarrelsome and eccentric, aud at one time was in a lunatic asylum. Tho Customs revenue fur October £18,551, against £16,123 last year. INVERCARGILL, This Day. A narrow escape from a serious fire occurred about nine o’clock last night, when an upstairs bedroom of the Prince of Wales Hotel was found to be on fire. The flames burst through the roof and wall, and it seemed at first impossible to save the hotel or adjoining premises, the night being very calm. The fire w as, how’ever, kept under by a force-pump and hose on the premises until the engines of the Brigade got to work, when the fire was extinguished without extending beyond the upper storey of the Hotel. The damage through lire and water is estimated at £lOOO, and is covered by insurance. The origin is mysterious; it broke out in the i bedroom of a lodger named McDonald, who had not been in the room for hours. It began at the head of the bed. The insurances on the hotel are in the N’ew Zealand, Liverpool and London, Globe, National, and others, £2,000; furniture and stock, Colonial and Victoria, £1,500.

REEFTON, This Day. Gussler and party, all miners at Marua, within a mile of the route of the proposed east and west coast railway, report the discovery of quartz reefs forty miles from Reefton, in the direction of Christchurch, and near Cannibal Gorge. They obtainen fine gold in all of the reefs and near another lode found a piece of quartz with 5 dwts of gold in it. The reef is 4 feet thick. They will take up tools from here to cross cut the reef and test it. The formation of the country is said to be the same as at Reef ton. They also report the existence of several coal seams in the same locality.

A small wayside hotel, near Reefton, was burnt down yesterday afternoon ; the. place is fully covered by insurance of £4OO in the Imperial office.