TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1757, 30 June 1888, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

The single wire cable, which was accidentally broken oo Saturday, was repaired oa Wednesday afternoon. The Napier Borougli Council has decided to rniHe a special loan of £7OOO, secured on special rate, to build a sea wall and widen the Murine Parade.

The steamer Rosamond, coul laden from Greymbuth, while coming alongside the wharf at Wellington ft midnight on Thursday rati iuto the Brunoer Co.'a coal hulk, striking her amidships. The latter immediaiely sank. Fortunately the keepers of the hulk were ashore ready to assist in making the steamer fHet to the whurf. The damage dooe to the Rosamond is only trifling. A man named Franklin, aged thirty, was placed in the Auckland Hospital on Thursday, suffering from acute erysipelae. A few days ago he had a tooth extracted on the Golden Chariot, the operation causing intense pain. It afterwards transpired that a portion of the iaw had been broken, and an abscess formed, which eubsequently induced erysipelas. The patient ia in a very bad state. Captain Hansby and Capt»in Holford were engaged at Slew Plymouth on Wed. nesday trying by sweeping a chain from boats to see if there was a rock in the Ticinity where the Hawea was said to have struck. After an hour's work they gave up the job without finding anything. Ou Thuisiffiy Captain Holford and Mr Rhind, Resident Engineer, were sweeping the bottom all day, but found Dothing like the rock asserted by Captain Hansby as being there. The Collector of Customs sent a direr down on E'riday. The man was engaged at the work from an early hour ia the morning, but up to late in the afternoon had discovered no rock in such a position as to interfere with any veßsel entering the harbor.