SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 989, 24 October 1878, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[PRES3 AGENCY. | AUCKLAND, last nigbt. At the Police Court to-day, J essie . McLeod one of the iecent immi-' grants was. charged with being drunk and disorderly and creating a disturbance in the barracks. ■ She was liberated on the assurance tliat her aon would take her to'Wsukatd. Mr Rees addresses his constituents to-night. The ship " City of Auckland" from London bound to Napier with railway material and 2-iO adult immigrants is ashore near the mouth of the Otaki rircr. The ressel. came ashore about) nine o'clock last night, during a heavy north east gale. Great excitement appears to prevail among the passengers, who are throwing boxes overboard. The life boat came ashore in charge of the second mate, and every endeavor to land the passengers . is being made. The residents of Otaki, are making every arrangement for their reception, and traps and Cobb's coaches areou the beach waiting to tlrire them to tlie township. The beach is lined with natives hauling up wreckage. Later telegrams state that all the passengers ars safely landed. The ship liad a considerable quantity of cargo for Auckland. The New Zealand Insurance Company has £3,000 on the cargo, and the South British loses heavily. WELLINGTON, last night. Te Whiti has communicated, to the Government that Hiroki, the murderer, has just arrived at his settlement, severely wounded, being shot through the belly. Te Whiti asks Mr Sheehan to come up. WELLINGTON, Tuesday. 1 EARTHQUAKE AT WELLLNG- | , TON. About 10.45 last night a very sharp shock of earthquake was felt, the keenest T have experienced since that of 1868.' Tho vibrations lasted fully twelve seconds. It shook down the Venetian blinds in Bellamy's, knocked down a s.aall boy who was taking in refreshments to one of the rooms, and made him spill his liquor. It was generally felt very keenly all over the town. As a rile, most persons who were walking did not observe it. The House was adjourned at supper. There have been several slight vibrations since 11 o'clock. ' NEW PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. Ofthe 26,500 young trout shipped from . Canterbury for here, 22,000 arrived alive, and of the 1000 salmon ordered, only about a dozen were alive. Mr Caverhill, through whom tho fish were obtained, superintended placing them in* various rivers,— some in the Henui, , Waiwhakaiho, Mangoraka, Waionga, and Waitara rivers. The fish were very lively, and are likolj to do well.