TELEGRAPHIC (From the New Zealand HeraLd)

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 274, 12 February 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC (From the New Zealand HeraLd)

Coromandel, Tuesday. Tlie i*kull of a human body, supposed to Do tuat at' one Henry Jones who wa3 lost between Coromandel and Wingapous about t.vo jear3 ago, waa found on the portion of the new track, leading to Wangapoua.

Taurunga, Tuesday. The as. Southern Cross left Jrickland on Saturday evenin $. She took «helter at W-iGeke Island during the fierce sturm, and •tartei yesterday at 11 o'clock. She sighted a slip under jurj masts, between Capo Colnlle and Curries Island She jtemned alongside and found it was tno iron s!iip Allahabad, laden with oai from Newcastle, and bound to San Francisco. The maintop and mizsrnj:ast were gone, and the cibm was a complete wreck. The chart*, chronometer, &c, vtsvt destroyed during the ijurnenne Captain Sellers fcitpphed chmU, and tho mate to act as pilot. The s'n'p pro oed» lo Auckland for repair*. T.i«- Superintendent attended a public meeting on Satur-d-iy. It v»hs the largest ever held in Tturanga Great enthusiasm was manifested. To-day a great native meeting whs held at the Wharepoa Settlement. His Honor, accompanied by all tho influential people in this place, attended. There was gnat speechifying and rejoicing The Superintendent a 1 ttrwards joined the Pretty Jane, and departed for Pcverty Bay-

Wellington, Tuesday. H.M.s. Blanc?.e arrived this afternoon. She left Levuka on the 6th January, and left the Com<oo lore there. The co -will >iad arrired from England. The Blanche arrived at Aji*, Samoa Grott,^, on the 14th Jam^r. Tho object of gu ng there was to settle tb> r 1 in* o' "> • Brttis 1 * subjects a? unst tbe natives, and to enforce the payment of arrears m .de by Captain Douglas, of the sMp Corsair, which fie nctives ignored, ifter ore da^'d palaver the fines were paid, ard the remainder of tbe claims settled. She left Aj mon the 25th, and had light winds until the last three days. Sl.e left Sydney on the 14th July, and since then has been stationed in Fiji. She will remain in New Zealand probably vi til May. Sho leaves herein a fevr days for Auckland and Ccmpbell Island, returning again to Auckland. Yesterday the Evening Post oallod attention to the fact that the Parliament, by proclamation issued ou October 28, wn» called together for the \Otu of February (to-day). A number of members meb in the Legislative Council. Hie hon J. Johnston was called to the chair. There" were also prasent, the hon Messrs Waterhouse, Pharazyn, Gruce and Hart. Mr Waterhouse spoke at some length on the importance of proceeding according to due form in order that subsequent proceedings should not be rendered invalid. Mr Hcrt quoted an important case in the time of George 111 , bearing upon the point, and seconded the motion, for nrljournment for a fortnight which was carried unanimously. In the House of Representatives there were present, Messrs Fitrherbert, McLean, Bunny, Reynolds, and Wakefield Mr Fitzherberfc was called to the chnw Mr McLean proposed, nnd Mr Bunny .seconded, the adjournment of the House till 5 o'clock to-morrow. The Customs revenue was £338. Great mortality prevails. The death rate last month was double that of the corresponding month of last year. For this month already tlie deaths are as numerous us the whole of the deaths in the month of February last year. The General Government have formally suspended Mr Dorset as Provincial auditor. xhe Interprovincial Regatta Co-nmittee met last night and appointed committees to lolect crows to compete for the various events :t Canterbury, and tD secive the co operution of Wanganui. The expenses will be Jat'juyod by jubsciiption. A performance is also to bo gotj up iv aid One craw has gvne into training.

Hok t.ka, Tuesday. Hihnun haa been committed for trial at ihe Supreme Cmrt for assault with intent on a girl eight years old The evidence wa» rerouting The Fits!, v lale towing the schooner Florence, got ashore on »W 0 uth Spit The schooner is also aahore. The former • i'l probably be got off next tide. Th* Florence is in a T>oise position firther south.

Nelson, Tuesday. The dinner to the Hon J. Yogel iru.e a great success, Tr.jre was a vtrr lar;?9 sttendance Hi* Honor the Superintendent occupied' the chair. Tne Hon Dr. Ren«ick and Mr Baroicott, Speaker of rhe Prov»noial Council, w ere Vice-Cuiiinr.-n. In pnpoamg the bcilth of Mr Vj el, tee Suporiutrndent oaid tiat no eulosium v»«s deeded beyond that foand in ths distinguishing po.-itioii .ie had atained by hit grent t«!enfc ana indomitable fo<-r* of character. Mr Vogel It id it r.-« gratifying to find in Nelson iuch a kind ©xprcpyion of f-elin.}. Z¥els<n hitherto )>ad been the •tronghold of opposm;on, but a rhanpe of opinion taken placH «w to thf appreciation of tne Government poljcr. He referred In. the Ctovernmvnc policy -of public. work* and immigration, 'inn nntur tny +*iwti& opft^»VL"a-iD. N*iv«i. tt it was lotiJifieii on the principle.} opposite to ttie pi-eseut pohejHe the two dntinot msthods of coljaisation, on* where a few persons settling earlj bec^tn-3 j<.«lon« i«f otbera sliarinp their profits, the other attnefljijg great *alue to the waste lunds, and felt it no hardship to box suuu laads for the future mhahjtanta. The^e typos repVetepted rtcUon and Cantprhnrf. He hoped Nelson would hereafter beco xie a.3 proeperoas na Cunter^cyv had been. Ho hoped speedy re« suits would not he anticipated from the new poltej in KrU son, us PiirliMnenl, last sosHion O|/poded the provincial borrowing witTiib'ul giving anr indication a» to the future policy. He hoprd thnt the Q-ener»l Assemblj would not fail to see that Nehon h.td her fair claim to a aharc in the policy of b.)rrowin{; for public works, but he could not «ay the e'lTeet if ainulur claims cmne ht onoe from several of the provinces, but he would assert that no provinces had ureatei elaun than Nelion. He approved of the Provincial Government policy a' one based on opening up the country by roads and bridges, and congratulated the provinces on the now order of things, and anticipated great results from opening tip I he resources of the province. Nelson, which had sot a social example to the colony in education nnd other matters. It had been said tiitit men oi mr»m «ould realise and leave the colony when tiie borrowing policy w»» hegun. But rich m< i n hud now increased their investments. Of cmirso there mutt be bad timrs end good here as jn all countries, nnd those who ovcrspccuWd might lo?o. But the Qovrrnment policy, on the whole, had proved to be a success Those who said that the prosperity of to colony was due to the rise in the price of wool, and not to the public works policy, should reflect that only those parts which earned on public works and immigration shnred in the advance. He thanked the nudieneefor the kind welcome they had accorded to him, and hoped that n hen next he vi-ited Nelson to see it as prosperous as other j^arts of the colony were. In reply to the tonstof "The Ministry," Mr Vogol, for Mr Richardson, who had such a cold that he could not speak, thanked Mr Curtis fur his remarks iv hm opening address to the Provincial Council, in which Mr Curtis re^ I ferrcd to the Geneial Government and the public works policy, and he wished to say to all New Zeahnd thnt the people nboold be more cureful to letnin m their bands the [ power of Buying by >«Lorn they should be governed. In England the elections we'-e now ROing on. and with very fnw exceptions candidutes dare not dechuo to any which Ministry they would support. The cry of " tnwwes not men " »nu most undesirable one, and the people of New Zenland should insist oij rapremontatives saying whether tliey would support or oppose the Ministry, aud notleaie it open to them to be infliumcei by any of the thousand caprices whioli -nmet.mca «i!V<.ti men US U diyiSlOH drawk nigll. Mr Vo;p1 ATM enthusittiticaliy ttcencd, and his *peecli was applauded. . The Luna started fjr Wellington after midnight

Recent events neem lo show , says the Lancet, tlir»t wo have boen overtaken by an epidemic of murders and railwiv accidents. Whether it is some wise di-pensntion which is noting to prevent an unriuo excess of the population, or some secret society that has been formed for the destruction of human life, we nre at r low to understand. Orimnly the purposeless manner ;n which several horrid murders have lately been committed would almost justify the belief that some very zealous numbers of such « society ac we* hare intimated are constantly lurking in our streets and by-patht,, i^adv to pounce upon and destroy tbrir uninspected vtotims. The latest imstery of this kind is thut of a young Frenchman, who, while walking last Friday near the Victorian docln. w«i seized by two men, one ol whom stabbed him in the right thigh, inllioting a severe wound r.f fho femoral vein, about the middle oi its course. The poor man lost a Urge quantity of blood, and was taken to the London Hospital collapsed and pulseless. Stimulants and nutritive enemata were administered, but without any beneficial effect. It was therefore determined to try transfusion of blood, which wat performed by Mr Jeremiah McCarty, the blood being rsken from the arm of the drawer, Mr Latham, who nobly volunteered to suppty it. About one pint was abstracted, snd immediately ddfibrinated, and inpeted into the right nituun cijlialio \oin. When lw«j ounce* of the dofibriuated blond had h^en tranbfused ibe man lulhed for a few minutes, and the pulse returned, but death aupuneneJ ten minutes after translusion. It is u matter of regret that this laudihle attempt to save tho life of 11)^ palirnt. should not have benn nucce«sfu]. But. wo congratulate ALr Latham, who br hi* magnanimous conduct has ever transcended tho wonted kindness of tbe profession, and trust that he will nnrer have any cause to regret the saorifice that hn mnde to tare tho life of a str<m»er. The "Sheffield TelegrapV describes an extraordinary scene in that town. & new sewer was being put down in Tuoiumstreet, and the excn atiun* U.d open u «eaui of co»J v,hich there foihup ftlm>«t to this f.ni f.i«. Ne«v« of this di«cu very was ru cU) spread among the humbler ro*id«nU in the n«ighbourh pi. anfl tho roMilt va^ th*t stvernl liundred women and ► hildrfn put hi tn appiuranc- «Mth baskets, bucket", auds.ioki, und ail kmo» of receptai let, for ihe collection of the k( blac' f'idn.^nds" a* tluj weie thn^n up by the workmen. The fepar-ition of the ciial i vm tbe earth und stones cc Uinly mqlved some htt»e trouble, bat tin. i.n-*a wu.s mi i^iuiuk *u>l patu-nt und the dr vi<»2 ifi f '' <■ (.noil »i' "oi.^)i.t«-H wi»Vj , f x \ r iJo>t c of | j [ y">r jui