TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3036, 24 October 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

, EARTHQUAKES. Woodulll, Wednesday, A heavy shock of Earthquake -was experienced at a quarter past eight last night. .Mmiton, Wednesday. A pretty heavy shook of earthquake was felt here last night at twenty ininutes past eight. • ■ : Hawera, Wednesday; ■ -An earthquake at 8.17-last -evenwg was felt severly here, but no damage dono, Direction west to east., .. V : -. W,- . Pateai Wednesday, father a severe shock was felt last night at 8.18,47 seconds duration, i Direction east to west. ■; •„:" i Ministers on tho Wallabi- i Curistcucrcii, October 28. Messrs E. Mitchelson and-Fisher arrived from Wellington- this moruirig. Tho latter went south in. the Mararoa this afternoon, Mr Mitchelson inspected the Sunnyside Asylum and will go south to-morrow. , . Accidents. Napier, October 28. .A youth named {Thomas - Kast, employed at the Moutere flaxmill, was caugjifin the mill belting to-day and dragged round. Ho was seriously bruised, and has ariariii' broken in two plftcea between tho shoulder and elbow.;

Mr Law on the Bank of New Zealand Report. , '

: Auckland, October 23. The late manager of the Adelaide Branch of the Bank of New Zealand, Mr Horiry Law, writes a long letter to the Star'ih reference to his connection^with.the bank.... Ho denies the aasortion in. the committee's report that tho money of the bank had been sqandered in Adelaide, and attributes; the losses'of that branch to the unparalleled depression oxisting from 1888 to 1880. Mr Law also refers at considerable length to clause 118 of the deed of settlement, about which some discussion arose at Monday's meeting,and contends that that clause makes it; incumbent that the bauk should go into liquidation upon it appearing that losses have been sustained equal to one-half of the capital, and that it can only be resuscitated at the next half-yearly meeting by a vote of three-fourths of the actual paid-up capital.

Mine, Transactions.

Auckland, Ootober 20.

The purchase of the Crowu Company's property, at Karangahapo (Thames) has been completed by the Glasgow syndicate. The railway plant was handed over yesterday to Mr M. Green, who will start operations without delay.: Messrs John Taylor & Son of London have been appointed consulting engineers! and; the Cashell Company of Glasgow will erect a plant to save the bullion; by their patent chlotinatiou process, and they guarantee to save no less: than 75 per cent of the'gold and silver in • the.' stoner The working capital i 5.£25,000, and the property; includes the following mines Welcome, Keep-it-dark, Crown, Sunny j Corner, Sutro, and

Threatened Seamen's Strike.

Dukedix, October 28. ■; It is understood that there is every probability of the threatened strike of the members of the Seamen's Union being averted by. a compromise. Negotiations have been .carried on for the past few days,-, and these are likely to be/successful.

Not 111, but Indignant'

Auckland, October 28.

•..The Maori, Hono' te Oro, hai visited Auckland in connection will tho leases of tbe Pukokura and othe: bloclis. He iB in excellent bealtli am is indignant at tlio report being cir culatcd that be whs .... . .

Threatening Language.

Napier, October 28,

William Meads m charged at iho Police Court to-day with using threatening language, to',George Morgan, a Maori. A short time ago Morgan was a witness against Meads ina ohargo of rape on a Maori woman.: There was somediscrepancy in the evidence,, and the ohargo was dismissed, ■ The Renata Will Case. • Wellington, Wednesday. The appeal by Broughton against the judgmont of Chief Justice Prendergast in tlie Renata-Kawepo Will case, will be heard before the Appeal Court on November sth. The mother Objects. Auckland, October 23. Some comment has been caused in respect of a lad named Gordon, who was brought before the Police Court a few days ago, on a charge of stealing sacks, Ho was scntoncod to 24 hours' imprisonment, and on tho following day. comipitted to tho Industrial School; but'it has since transpired that tho mother of the / boy is iu good oircumstances, and did not wish him sent to the school, and she in tends to apply that ho be released from that institution.