TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1116, 4 July 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

' '|rarrED press ASsb'ouThiij]': ; ';' -■:,.■ FIRf : AT WANGANTJI.'. ...,.> July 4;"' ''■ ; A'sfl.r'tf4'b^ke.'put' : at' Hogg's chemist shop lif Wakeßeld-streWlast night. The Bhop aii'd,Stb.ckrW>.re.: entirely destroyed, and Hogsj narrowly escaped. The stock; is'insured in thu Colomal..for|£Bpp, and. the; bnilding in lire.. South' -British for £250. _ ~/'.■■-.Vri.: of the £BOO reinsured. ... .;,.-._:'...;.■•■'■"• : '' : 7RETURN OF THE SCHOONER KEt;;;:;::";; KEfOE; : " : ; The following, tetogranv has-been received by the Secretary'of customs: "Gov--ei'nment schooner KeKenoe, which sailed ago to islands'lying to Bouth' ward.'bOJew 'Zealand,..to search for caßtaways,"and,alsp for the purpose of protecting, the" seal : fiß'fieries,.haß returned to Stewart'lslands. Captain Grey reports no ■impbrtant-riews.\....; ■ .. ~- ' ' . M.H.P*VON THE SPREE.-• .... ;.>j^; : \CjiKsJOHORCH, this day. . AboutlGOO ■ 'persona attended a ball, given to meinbersjast.niglit'. . THELAMMERMOOR ASHORE." . The N.Z.-Shipping Company have re* oeived cable a'dvioe! ,from-Landnn that the Lammermbor, bound from Sydney to San Francisco, had gone ashore at the latter port, and allthe.pa'ssengers and crew were saved. The wrecks aiid,cargo were sold for a few dollars.': The company's risk is fully insured, ' ••■ '■• ■•' THE LATE FIRE AT DUNEDIN.

'. '■ '. Dunedjn, this day.': It has transpired-that Kitchener's furniture waß insured, in the South Britiah for MO. ~ .-•,:'... - - .. "■; ' GAS':JXftOSI6N'.. . ! A ga? eiplqsibn.dccurred at the Custom ■House this morning., A'inessenger named Waltera, He at oiics, opened "the. windows, and doors', and after a' short time struck a limtch to light a fire, when the explosion occurred, smashing a dnor and rneliing the r '..india-rubber casing •••••'of"-bell-wires; Walters was • burned. -About.. ; the'; head ratheraeye'rely;''•.',.," ■' ; : ,, : WAIF. ASHORE. ' •'.-'..' : ."'. Auckland,'this day. . ■ The' Bchooner;Torei), 78 tons, owned by E.' Mijchelson and Co., Auckland '.Wfiiitx'«»hp'rp: at Kaipara Heads to-day,, jjpjiidifp* Lytleltpn with 70,0.00 ft limber. ,Th 6 yßßßfllli a'dwitjtog fb get to'sea,''f6r^B97'erftl'daysV ;; The hull is .insured in.the Union-for JBiflOO, of which JflOO.is reinsured. 'A German Warship ;,,;■■ ?" •WELLiNOIIj6R'';OJRIMiNAL COURT. ''•iV";>..-fi .•;'■■-..;:.■ « ■.. , ; ■;..;■ ■ •■'"■'"?■' ''*''. oEwxmlii thiarday. ''\ %. t.hs Supfenib'Court, R.Ellis, for MpeV n^ v 12 years 'penal servitude;' floggings' of 30 lashes each'; The Judge said it wasone of the wdrst grimes lie had ever heard of, it was the crime of'a-br'itle, and he should be.trtftfeditab'nite.'. - •

'UNIOIONSPANCE COMPANY. ••"..'.'•:• ""• "Chblstohoegh, this day. •' - ThflannuaLine'etiiig.pf the Union InBiiKirice.: Sjppany : was* hejd <af .'noon, to.•dayc.:The^rt;!iand;pßlSnce: _sheet' for the'JpHstjyea't' were'- read-and adopted. The',reoeiptaV- for • the year, 55200 brought forwardi'afe stated to have Been £1251436 lq?;; expendiiure, £106,665 .68 ;''le'ayi,ng:aiciledit- balance of £18,771; ■h.'.,oi tb is'tfiao ut rft '£7500 i« appropriated ,tp at jthe- rate of-10 -per cent.; , 12509, ,is aftded .to\the;.feiefpe : furd ; ;. and 'MUMiiitio[foimti',' /The retiring :'dir'ectprß,«erpje-eleote'd.V-- . ■