LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1305, 5 April 1883, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(pbr cjriTKD mass Assdotartbirj. AUCKLAND, April 8; At 4 o’clock yesterday morning a Bro brolce out in a millinery shop in Wyndhahtstreet, occupied by Mrs Mary SoOtt, who with her child and five boarders, narrowly escaped. Ono injured his leg in jumping from rhe verandah. The fire was suppressed after the shop wa. completely gutted. A mart named Hare, was found in the adjoining ehop stunifiod with smoke. At the inquest on tho body ef Edward Md Minn, late M.H.R for Waipa, who w*» found dead in his bed on Saturday, the mid: ical testomy showed that the deceased wet suffering from aome internal lesion, probably of the brain. A verdict of death from nature! causes was returned. True bills have been found against Mehuiki and his twenty-two follower! oa six counts, and E. B. Walker, and others concerned in the Cambridge ejectment case, and Whakuata, for perjury. The bill was ignored! in the case of John and James Langan, fat malicious injury to property. DUNEDIN, April 3. Major Atkinaon delivered the first of hie addresses last night, in Dunedin, to an audience of 500 or 600 people. He went ovet exactly the same grounds as in Christchurch merely referring to one remark made by Mr Montgomery, to the effect that it was unusual and extraordinary for a Colonial Treasurer to address public meetings throughout the doh ony, without asking his hearers to take party views. Regarding this, he said he thought it would be a bad day for tho colony when a Treasurer could not address the public on matters of importance without giving them a party coloring. A vote of thanks Was carried. Tho Treasurer is to have a oonferendo on Wednesday with representatives of the Friendly Socitics in Dunedin, on the snbjodt of his National Assurance scheme, CHRISTCHURCH, April 3. The Monarch, barque, bound from FdH Chalmers to Falmouth, white cressing the bar on Saturday, bumped five times. Finding that she was making two or three inches of water the captain made for Lyttelton) where she will be docked. Dr Haast has received a telegrain from Lendenfeit, Albury, April 2nd :— “Made a successful ascent of the Hochleler Dome With a lady. Much higher than Mount Darwin: Had splendid weather and bivouaded five hours above Mr Green’s fifth camp. Twelve hours from there to the top of snmniiti Cloudless sunset 'on the top, Decended it. the moonlight and reached the bivouac at 8 o’clock next morning. Much trigging photo* < graphing, and sketching.” WELLINGTON, Yesterday. Tho Government having received a despatch from the Agent-General, Sir F. Dillon Bell, with reference to the disaster te the emigrant ship Oxford. Sir Dillon Bel! ■ays that none of the immigrants appear to have been injured, and during the whole of the time they behaved extremely well; and showed much courage and quiet endurance under the very trying and anxious clrcetn* stances in which they wets placed. Mr Smith, the despatching officer, has inspected them since their arrival at Plymouth, and reported favorably as to their health. A few are anxious not to proceed on the voyage, ' but probably only a few of these, Sir Dilletl adda, will persist in declining to re-embark. The Agent-General is unable to give the exact date at which the ship owners will be ready to embark again the emigrants, either by the Oxford or aome other snip. He um derstanda, however, that the damage to the ship is ao extensive as to require possibly a month or six weeks to repair. The Agent* General concludes by expressing his intention of urging upon the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company the necessity of providing another suitable vessel, rather than keep the passengers waiting for so long a time as six weeks, as allott ed by the Passengers’ Act,