EARTHQUAKE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3387, 16 December 1889, Page 2

EARTHQUAKE.

. i'lf-Mpfii. Monday, l ' A severe oai'tlnjuako was feljih® b yesterday afternoon at 2,88, 1 b Woodville, Monday, s l A very severe shock of earthquake *1 \yag experienced here about 3 pan. ll ii Wjjlungwjx, ijioiiday, l > No one here, seeds'.to have felt %,£ earthquake which was felt at Field- I' jug, Masterton, and Woodville 11 yesterday. £ljo recorder of the ol museum gave no indicatioi) of any °l shock. i; rr-. it Kojtorua Township, tl ' :—' fc Wellington, Monday, TJio Opyerument havo net 'recoived a'»y irithnitioi) of the .coming K lawsuit over tho sale of th<j Rstoj'!}'a H Township, On the contrary, they H haa reai i on to a «PPO9O matters \1 were progressing Mr Jt feis, Under-Secretary iu" L Mivo Weputinent, who is now on a P< fipit 'to the dibfcet lias 4G D' m.'p.re signatures', 1 This" le'avea only Ci ]] to be''obtained, and uoiie of those Ig standing out' ljold large E: while every man of any dote has ' signed.

Amval ol the" Arawa;" h . Wellington, Monday. I ' The Arawa arrived alongside the C wharf at a 1.45 a.m. She left London V on October Slat with 281 passengers, J and Plymouth on November 2nd; C and reached -Teuerieffe ou November I 7th, Capetown 28rd November, f Hobart December lltli, landing 80 Q .passengers nnd 200 tons cargo at J the last-named place. She brings J 207 passengers for New Zealand, and | 1,800 tons general cargo. During thevoyage MrHuxterky, third saloon passenger, died of heart disease. The 1 officora ate the same as last trip with 1 the exception of Mr Gift'ord (late of j U.S.S. Coy.), who comes as second, 1 and Mr Licldiard (formerly of . the 1 ship Pleionej as fourth officers, j The East Coast Elections, j Gisbornk, Monday. Tho whole of the {returhs. for the | 1 election for a mpmlier foi liio East ® Coast District aro now in and ere , Arthur 676, fiees 624, N. Z. bliippmg" Company, * 1 Chihstchuhch, December i 4. i Tho -directors sixteenth aunual ( [ report of the New Zealand Shipping I ; Company, to be submitted to the meeting on Tuesday next, gives tho balance-sheet as adopted at the London , meeting on December 4th. It shows 1 a profit on the past year after providing for all chaiges and interest, • £99,90710s 9d, to which is added t .£24,663 4s transferred from insurance t 1 to profit and loss acconnfc. The | appropriations aro ss follows: De- . preciation in stcamc-ra and ships, I .£54,890 10s 2d; depreciation ou , bulks, refrigerators, etc, £20,285 17s [ sd; provision for losa on, sale of I Waikato and Wanganui £9,615 8s sd; 1 1 reduction of deficit of £29,678 18s ' lid, The deficit then Stands at ■ £81,336 15s 9d. ) . A WOOL SHIP ON FIRE. J In'TKLTOff, December 15, t The barque Beltana, Captain [ Henry Bright, cauie into Lyttelton : at 10 o'clock this morning flyiug a. distress Hog. The tug went out with 1 the harbour master who ascertained ; that (lie vessel was ou fire. The 1 Tho Beltana was bound from Port . Augusta (South Australia) to London, 1 loaded with wool. - Ou December 9th ' the cargo was discovered to be on firo. ! Tho hatches were battened down and .■ the decks carefully caulked to exclude 1 all air., The ship was then near the . Antipodos Islands. The wind drove ' her to the northward, f.nd the captain decided to niako for that port, as he » 'knew that the tug had apowerful hyd--1 rant for use in case of fire. Ho made ' | Lyttelton this morning,after thecargo I had been six days on fire. The t tug brought the Beltana to the inner 11 1 harbour, She was moored close to ) the dock, and everything wis at once 3 doitt to get the fire under, Tho ' locality of the fire cotlld not be ascer* | tainod, The chomical firo engine ] , was telegraphed for, and sent down from Christchurch by a special train. ( The railway steam fire .engine also j came down, but was not used, Tho , chemical engine was taken alongside ; 1 the Beltana by the • tug, aud soon ' • set to work, Holes were bored iu 1 ! the deck, and the chemical fluid 1 injected into the hold, About four [ ; o'clock all the chemical fluids were ' j exhausted, but the firo was not , extinguished. It is intended to use * 1 water, The cargo is consigned to | 1 Elder and Go, of London, and con- ' I siskd of 6037 balos of wool. Captain ' 11. Bright had a very anxious time of I it, and considors it most providontial lie was- able to reach Lyttfclton so ' soon, ( 1 ' NEWS BY (JAJ3LB ENGJiSH. London, December 18. ; Tho Financial News eulogises the directors of tho Bank of Now Zeu- < , land for asking for proxies at tho 5 1 annual meeting in Auckland to r secure the transfer of tho manage- c . mcnt to London. Mr Larkworthy | 1 in a letter to tho Times, ex n presses himself confident that the c . transfer of tho headquarters to a , London will restore success to the Bank. The cirenlars issued to shareholders says it is possible tho <jlobo , assets will be transferred to a Trust ' Company. The directors are oonfidout , : a splendid future is in store for the ! Bank, j