LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1293, 8 March 1883, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(PER UNITED PREBB ASSOCIATION). AUCKLAND, Thie Day. The relations between Dr. McKellar, and nurses, and patients at the Hospital are of a most unsatisfactory character. Serious comploints are made against the Dr. by several female nurses, and alao by head nnrsea and matron, all of whom are under* stood to be about to resign. There are also complaints about the treatment of the patients. A committee intend to hold an investigation. The City of New York arrived at 10 o’clock last night, after an uneventful passoge from ’Frisco. Passengers : Cabin, for Auckland—Mr and Mrs Jas. Alexander, Mrs Von Tempskey, Mrs G. Beutt, J. Poole, J. Garwood, and E. Wright. Steerage—Mr and Mrs Bligh Wilson and infant, Mrs A. N. Hyland, and Mrs George. Messrs E. Cooke, J. Walsh, Thos. Haore, C. French, C. Balovick, P. and S. Amaviek. Passengers for Sydney—2s cabin, 33 steerage. BLUFF, Feb. 7.

His Excellency visited the Bluff this morning, and was received at the Railway Station by tiie Mayor and Councillors, who presented an address, after which the children sang the National Anthem. He wasP then pulled over the Harbor by a pilot crew, and expressed himself pleesed with its appear-

mice, which he compared to that of Ply. mouth. DUNEDIN, This Day. At yesterdays meeting of too Benevolent institution. Archdeacon Edwards .peaking with regard to the question bf runaway hu»hands, suggested that Sir Dillon Bell should be asked to bring the matter before the Colonial Institute with a view to urging the Home Government to have an Act passed rendering possible the arrest, in other colonies of such offenders. The Governor is on Friday to receive an address from the Chinese residents. At Arrowtown a young man named Scole was killed by a fall from a dray. WELLINGTON, This Day The date on which Te Whiti and Tohu will be released has not yet been definitely settled, bnt it is understood that it will take place in a day or two. One of the Government steamers will be commissioned to call at Nelson to convey them to Taranaki, Their release will be unconditional. A young Native named Te Puni, aged 28, attempted to commit suicide at Petone last night in a novel manner, He fastened a rope round his neck with a loop, and the other end ho fastened to his foot; he then endeavored to tighten the rope round his neck by a series of jerks with his foot, when his brother entered the room and cut the rope. Te Puni was arrested, and has been committed to the Asylum, to which institution his brother was committed only a day or two ago. The Government steamer Stella has gone to Nelson, and as soon as the necessary arrangements are completed, Te Whiti and Tohu will embark and be taken to Opunake from whence they will proceed to Parihaka. H.M.S. Espieagle arrived herq early this morning. NAPIER, Thi. Day. Ben Smith, the well-known Architect,' formerly of Wellington, while crossing the railway bridge this morning at Waipawa wa. run over by the train and killed. The deceased was seen by the driver to hold on by the girders as the train approached, but while it was passing it thought he must have become giddy and fell forward. Smith was superintending the erection of a large mansion for T. Harding, of Mount Vernon, of which he was architect.