TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2374, 16 August 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

(Uniibd Press Association.)

Ikvbroakqill, this day. Tho Pelham enquiry is proceeding. The captain in his ovidence states that no signals were givon by the Semaphore, although he whistled continually, and when the pilot boat did como up it remained stationary some distance ahead of him. He prodeeded to steam slowly up and then struck. Mr Tyßou, the harbor master, then came aboard and gavo as hia reason for'not .coming up to tho steamer that he was riot going out to be swamped and added that as ho had onlyjteo men, in the boat he could not get oflflw'

... Chkistchurch,. this day. On Saturday it rained very heavy but Blackened about midnight, -On Sunday they had' only a fow Blight showers, though the weather looked veiy threatening. The lowlying part of the town and the suburbs aro flooded, but not noarly'so badly as expected. Therivor ; Avon roso nearly four feet, overflowing the banks and flooding the road/iy in . Throe or four families . havo left their homes fearing they would ■' be swamped out. . The water, however, went down without entering any houses. No damage has boen done to the Hallways. The farmers all throughout the district have been inconvenienced by ■ their paddocks being flooded. The rain- ' fall was I*Bo inches, for the 24 hours ending at 1 a.m. to-day marked 3 inohes in 48 house. It has been ascertained that Mr J. L. Ooster; who was elected director of the New Zealand Shipping Company at the annual meeting is not qualified and a meeting to elect a director is convoned, Biuff, this day. The Polham broke in two on Saturday at 5 p.m. owing to a fresh wis&id swell having sprung up from the eaSward on Friday afternoon which still continues. . The break 1b just abaft the main hatch. , Tho forward part of the Bteamer is ■ turned allghfcly Beaward and at high tide .. bumps heavily. The after part, in which ■ the engines aro has slipped astern three <• or four feet, into deeper water and with ,;.- tho Btom rail on a level with tho water, -. tho waveaat half tide break-o# the w. whole of the wreck, and creases much more, in a nhort time it .'■ will completely break .her up. At pre- -, »ont little or no wreckage haß drifted • ashore. The wreck will be sold to-day.