SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 997, 12 November 1878, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[press agency. I AUCKLAND, last night. The dead body of a newly born male child was found this morning ai ,the North Shore, under the following suspicious circumstances: A laborer named Hugh Jones, was going to work in Oliver May's timber yard when he saw a bag, I apparently with something in it. floating at high-water mark. He but open the bag when out upon the saud fell a kit covered with a net containing the body of an infenr, which could not have been in the water more than a day, as decompo sition had not set in. There is no clue to the perpetrator. Mr Macfarlane gives his Parliamentary honorarium to school libraries. WELLINGTON, last night. Mr Reed has received the appoint mont of Immigration Agent in Kngland for a period of two years, at £6OO a year and travelling expeus(?s. The ' Caiuerbnry Press says it is also rumored that part of the mission is to assist Government journals in arranging for special European telegrams. Mr Reed leaves next month. , The 'Canterbury Press' states that Mr 11. J. Creighton is expected by the in-coming San Francisco Mail, having been sent for under promise that he shall either be appointed Editor of the ' Herald,' in Auckland, or ' New Zealander,' at Wellington. Mr Board man, formerly of Auckland, has been appointed chief clerk in the Land Tax Department. BLUFF, last night. The ' Arawata' has arrived from Melbourne. The passage occupied fhree days twenty houas. TAURANGA, Saturday. The remains of Thomas Dale Wrigley, who died yesterday, were removed to the Te Papa cemetery this morning. This was the largest fnneral ever witnessed in Tauranga. Banks, warehouses, and stores were all closed, testifying to the high esteem of the deceased. Much sympathy is felt by the whole community with hia bereaved wife and family. The Revs. Messrs Jordan and Mulgan officiated at the grave. The deceased gentleman was buried by his Masonic bret hern, who turned out in great numbers. DUNE DIN, Saturday. About 1500 Volunteers attended the big review. The spectacle was a grand one but the att.endane of spectators was not very good.