SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (From our own Correspondent.) FIRE AT GRAHAMSTOWN. DEATH OF COL BALNEAVIS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 667, 29 August 1876, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (From our own Correspondent.) FIRE AT GRAHAMSTOWN. DEATH OF COL BALNEAVIS.

.Auckland, Wt night. Thi» well Inowa anil mach respected nfl'h'ur ami gentleman died on Si'tird y evi-iung Uil. U.a body wi 1 probably bo bo. ne to Hie ra»f by non-sominits oiied oilici'rs <o iiicrlj uuder !n» convi;und. I lie Zdulandin tailed w.lh tii* San IV iiiciicj mail. Iha X ii,'l«n Hotel,- Papatoitoi, was destroyed bj tire on Saturdaj light. Tlie t'oamcr, chartered by ihj New Z -,\ and Shipping C'ompanj to icarch fjr Ih ; vrrei k-d Cleumti*, retufned to Ljttleion u succeiiful. Tie Ih in>e* Gas Company declared a dividend of 7i per cent. (From a Correspondent.) Mr Helm, •choolmajtrr of Hamiltoo East, died in the hospital thia morning

Gkihakitown, last night. At throe o'clock on Sunday moruiog a fiio broke out in the ba.k of the pr«mia.a of t>e Kuranui Hotel. An alarm wa§ q-.i -tly gir»n, and * large crowd memble«i ; but the fire spread with fearful lapidftj, and demolished the hotel tt>d tno adjoining cottag.-i. We^tou'a b'acksiuith'e shop, PutteraooV grocery »tore, And ftobmson'a baker shop, w. ro »Uo de»Uo^ed. The fire v/*i th« work of an incendary. I'li4 lieti'l w<» ♦tttxifupied, but the door* were left coi^Mantry unlocked.

vWeilington, last night. A warrant has b^en iasu d against Mr C X Haugliton, Under Secretary of loimiRruiion, < n a charge of unoatural offence Ho went &w*j by th« 'Arawata kttlj with the gnpj o«d intention of joining the Suez mail steamer. All that is known n that lie cent * letter lo Msj>r Atkinson, and suid good-bye to bub a rerj select few.

Nxlsov, last night. The lUwca itruck * sunken rock between Jaekson'i Head and I hi* inner ook, nn ! made a good deal of water before uiriTtil at Nelson.

Dunidin, Itst night. A football match between Oauiaru and ])u.xdin hu§ reaulted in the yictor/ of tue latter.

PARLIAMENTARY. Mr Fitzherbert will probably form a nun i try that will curry a m^jjritj of the Jiou-c, and gel ipeed.lj through the se-Rion Reader Wood, Atkinsou, liowen , Donald Held and George McLeaa are auo'it oned as probub c m.-iubera, with Mr Kuilestoaaa Speuker.