Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2845, 12 March 1888, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Another Shake, .' 1 Gisborne, Monday. A smart shock of earthquake ivas felt here this morning, lasting five or . six seconds, general direction from S.W. to N.E., but irregular in move- J meats. A Chapter of ■ Christchubch, Monday. On Sunday night, the engine and vat. at Rosewne's Skiiyhter Yards, were destroyed by tire, together with five tons ol tallow. Insured in the K<|uitable Ofiio'! for .£2OO. Auuia.i\i>, Monday. An unoccupied four-roomed house in Queen Street, Potisonhy, was burnt il.iwn on Saturday ni«ht. Origin .unknown. Insurance, £l5O in the South British. The vacant offices in Queen Street, lately occupied by the Norwich Union and Mutual Life Association, were discovered on Use on Sunday utonijng at 5,30 o'clock, Tl.h flames were before much damage was done. It was found that the lire had been deliberately started. Three pieces of the gas pipe had been cut, and the gas tut ued on at the meter, South Sea Island Hurricane. Auckland, Monday. , The steamer Southern Cross has i arrived from Fiji and reports a desl tractive hurricane at Tavinui on the I 14th February. Over 60 houses were ' destroyed and the cutter Queenie was wrecked. No fatal casualties resulted, t but the effect will be to delay the 1 start of the crushing season till Sep- ' tember.