[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.]

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1390, 31 May 1881, Page 2

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.]

Auckland, Last Night. A boy fell from the Hawea at the wharf to-day into the water. Mr Thompson, second officer of the steamer, gallantly jumped in and rescued him.

Wellington, Last Night. The Premier does not return to lington until Wednesday. He will deliver another public address in the interim. The rumored intention to release more native prisoners is not confirmed. It is not yet definitely decided by the Government, but probably a laige batch will be liberated in a few days. A deputation waited on the Colonial Secretary for a grant of pound for pound towards erecting a building as a home for friendless women, for which £150 had been already raised by public subscriptions. Mr Dick raised the point as to whether under the existing law a benevolent grant could be given for building purposes. He promised to consult the law officers on the point.

Christchurch, Last Night. At 5.20 this morning a fire broke out in one of four newly erected unoccupied houses belonging to Brice, Oxford Terrace. The brigade quickly arrived at the fire and extinguished it. The damage is estimated at £100 The four houses were insured for .£2OO in the Royal office. The police have arrested a man named John Brown, alias Henry Duncan, who was seen about when the fire broke out. Richardson has been committed for trial on the charge of attempting suicide by strychnine.

New Plymouth, Last Night. An effort was made last night to get the Rowena off the Waitara, but she was found to be firmly embedded in the sand, and the attempt proved unsuccessful. She is high out o"? water, and as she has settled down will probably not be got off for some time. She 1 is not in a dangerous position.