TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2382, 25 August 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

(United Peess Association.)

Weiiington, This day. The Agent General has cabled, to the Government that, the Admiralty have declined to accede to the request of.tho New Zealand Government to present tho H.M.S~Miranda to New Zealand . The New South AVales and New Zealand Governments have mutually agroea' to accept the services of the Zealandia or the Australia for the Mararoa to carry ! the Frisco mail. ' • The Minister of Mines has' teceived sevoral applications from prospoctors in the south for free passagos to Big Bay. Pasßapes will be granted to these who wish to go there, but thoy will be givon to understand that there is no gold-held there, and that they go simply as prospectors who just take their cliance of finding gold or not. It is expected that 100 miners will Bhortly be on route .foi' Big Bay. The Hmeraoa left for Greymouth this morning, where she will onter tho rivor and take on board a cargo of 200 tons beforo returning from Greymouth to Wellington. She. takes a number of miners en route fur Bis; Bay, and after picking up a few minerß here , she will leave for her destination via the Bluff.

Wanoanui, August 24, At the inquest on the Maori Ruhiruhi, a verdict was returned' that death waß the result pf a blow given by. Albert Stublea, hotel - keeper, 'in expelling diseased, who was drunk, from his hotel, but there was not sufficient evidence to show that unnecessary violence was used. CIfEISICHUBOH, August 24. A singular case.of death by drowning occurred at Springfield to ; day. A child of two years old, daughter of MrKseiian,

of the Springfield Hotel, slipped into a. pool of wate?, a few inches deep, falling on her face. Although she could not havejipen more than-a few minutes in the water hen taken out by' her sister, all efforts to jcstoie animation proved unavailing • '