TELEGRAMS. INTERPROVINCIAL. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1736, 21 August 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS. INTERPROVINCIAL. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON, Ratmday. A MAN named JUcUuue, an imnngiant by tlic Oxford, died at New town to-day, The cause of death was typhoid lover, conti acted on borudtho vessel. Sunday. Another of the Oxford's landed passengers a gill, who gave evidence bcfoic the Com mission on Friday, has been seized with typhoid. Last Night. The Oxfoid Commission sisitcd the quaiantino station to-day for the purpose of taking further evidence. Tlio doctor ■was examined, and stated that in his opinion the ship was in a cloan condition, He attributed the outbicak ot fever to the germs of disease having been brought on board from the immigration depot at Plymouth. A number of immigrants complained of the water that was used on board for drinking purposes. An unoccupied store owned by Thomas Mills, merchant, was destroyed by fhc this morning. The damage amounts to £100, which is coxered by insurance in the South British office.

DUNEDIN, Sunday. The tend or of 11. »S. Spanow and Co., to the amount of JJl'2ss 10s, has been accepted for iepair& to the Kotomabana. The, w oik is begun, and will be completed in about six weeks. Dining the past three months about seven hundred draught hoi&cs have been shipped for Sydney, by the Union Company's steamer, from Port Chalmers and Lyttelton. They have been mostly taken to Queensland. The demand is slacking now.

OPUNAKE, Saturday. About 170 natives, many of them coming from Hawke's Bay and the East Coast, were turned back this morning by Colonel Roberts and Captain Messenger, Native Interpreter, fiom Parihaka. There were only ten of ,the Armed Constabulary, under command of Captain Morrison. A bar was placed across the bridge, but they did not attempt to force a passage. They said they would come back to-morrow.

WANGANUI, -Saturday. Eight informations for fraudulent bankruptcy have been laid against William Lingard, late In ewer of this town. The prosecutors are Mr. Chcjmol, of Wellington, and Messrs. Plodder and Thomas Hailey, of Kelson, and the charges included the obtaining of cases of beer, iralt. and hops, by false pretences, and disposing and pledging the same within four months of filing. The informations are to be heard at the Police Court on the 27th.