LATEST TELEGRAMS. (By Electric Telegraph.) From Our Own Correspondent.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 40, 8 March 1884, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS. (By Electric Telegraph.) From Our Own Correspondent.

Thajiks, Last Night. Exceptionally heavy v.iin i'oll to-dny +'or about 12 hours, ami poitions of Shortland township have been Hooded bj' the overflow of the Kunikn creek. Tradesmen in the vicinity oi the creek arc sufformg considerable thereby*. A shingle splittei named Gcorire Hill was washed down Tararu Creek l>y a tiemendous freshet, and his body has been foiind on the btrtch horribly mutilated. When last seen a.li\c deceased was going 1 towards the creek bed with the intention of preparing 1 shingle blocks, and immediately niter wards an immense torrent of water, with u mass of- timber, swept down the gorge and carried him before, it II Wanganuj, Last Night. Second day's r.icing of the W.inganui Jotky Club touk place to-d.iy. The priuci(>ai event" resulted .is follows : — Handicap Hurdle Knee, of lOOsovs, distance 2.V miles, over 9 jumps. — Loch Lomond, I ; Denebigh, 2 ; Orient, .'i. Cressy, rider oi: Adventurer, \v >s tlnown and bully hurt. Good race. Turn, smius 18 l-sth sj'-s. Di/idexiv!, outsitle £-1 3a ; insi<le £i l .)<. W.inganui Stakes Handicap, of 200sovs, second horse to receive 30sovs out oi the stakes, thiul hoise to save his stakes, di.stano 2 miles. — Magic, 1 ; Poet, 2 ; Libeller, 3. Auckland, La^t Night. The pioposnl to erect <i second battery ai Te Aro!i<v is meeting with favour. Tilth and Ci like have resigned their right t.i Cook's water-iight, and have decided to give their moral suppoit to the new undertaking. Shaitm ii k-M. : Sales — Imperials, 16-, !('» ;'ul ; (J.imbria, Is sd, Is 6d. Sellers— ')ueen of JL j auty, 2s 3d ; Deep Level, 2, ( jd. Wklungton, Last Niglit. Gieat I'h'ingey are contemplated in the I'iib ie Works anil Railway Departments in din cfiou of amalgamation and re trench"ieut, oflici-ils in the Colonial Architect's D -p .1 tm.-iit h-.ving already acjived notice ti.it th lr .•iei^ ices will not be reip.ired ,i!t. i r the 31 -t instant. The branch of hu--iiie^s I'oiMierly conducted by this department will now be undertaken by th > Public Works Department. It is pro'.nbL', that atuotj^^t other reductions, tho establisiim *nt of an engineer in charge of .Middle Island will be abolished. These; changes will effect b saving of £4000 .i year.