WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4830, 2 July 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

■■bife' ' ■.•'-■■-* Yrestedrayf^ This morning Captain Clark, of the tug Lyttelton, telegraped to the Xyttelton Harbourmaster as followsf:—r'VAkaroa'i 10,50 a.m.—Hero and crew of four all safe in Akaroa. Mastof vessel gone, and decks broken open, Got' them off at 8 30 a.m. to-day (Tuesday), and will sail at 31 a.m." . *

LATEB-^-This day. The schooner Hero, mentioned in a Christchurch telegram as being in distress, hails from Wellington. She was pro-* nounced unseaworthy by the Marine Surveyor some time back, her Hmfcers being completely rotten, and was lying in the harbor till a few days ago^ when she cleared at the Customs for D'tTrville Island. Captain Bendall, secretary to the Underwriters' Association, who only noticed her departure when she was nearly out of the harbor, at once informed the j^U^pjna^liejQartmenJ^of-- bcr--statprTfmi' said that her real destination was Timaru, where she was to be sold to the Fisheries 'Company. "' ■■:■-,;..;■; ■'■•.'" ■'• "... :'.-'

During the temporary absence of the Governor from the colony, the formal Acts for which his signature is necessary will be performed by the Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, M:L.C, as deputy. His Excellenoy is to return by the mail steamer, which is due at Auckland on the 22nd insfc. ||- The Under-Secretary for the. Native Department has received the following telegram re the witchcraft case at Cabbage Bay, C.orbmandel:—'i Returned from -Cabbage Bay last night, and found Paraire, the native accused of witchcraft, confined in a house. The, natives, after some d?mur and delay, admitted his presence, and produced him. He had been brought from Taupo tied to his horse. After some talk they agreed to 'acquit him of complicity in Jhe death of the young Moananui, aril f to lay the blame on the Ngapuhi tribe.^Paraire declined to return in the boat with me, and said he now felt no fear. ' Haora, and the principal men . said no hariii WQuld come to him, and I told them the Native Minister would hold them reponsible for his safety "and appearance when called for. -Mr Preece, who acted as interpreter, says that the man is quite, safe from-harm, and in his opinion 1 concur.—Haebv Kenmen,\ELM-": '■■;■;..;: / .-■«.:.■"