TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1341, 28 December 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from our own correspondent. ) Napier, 24 Great complaints are being made by farmers and runholders at the scarcity of labour. Ashbuktov, 24. The dead body of a youth named Hayes, aged 16 years was found in the river bed yesterday afternoon, shot through the head. Deceased had been missing from his home for a week, but was supposed to have gone to Dunedin. At the inquest a verdict of found dead was returned. Auckland, 26. At the Harbour Board meeting held to-day ti. k.;.ter was received from Bissett, a contractor of Wanganui, accepting £1,200, and the waggons in settlement of his claim against the Board for the stoppage of the railway reclamation contract. 1 Mis Margaret Gordon, w.ho was the

prosecutrix in a rape case some years ; ago against Timothy Hayes, of Waikato, which led to the presentation of j a petition to the Governor, and Hiyes' ! release, was found dead this morning. She Lad been drinking heavily. A I the inquest a verdict of " apoplexy . through excessive drinking " wis re turned. Dv i DI , 26 This morning the guard of tha southern express train, named M'Plier son, fell off the train about 3 miles from Dunedin, while collecting t ckets He sustained two slight seal;; woa.ds The Victory was detained by an ;ic cident to her propeller on ihe 3d Doc Her best clays work was 305 miles, She has 2,000 tons of cargo, of which 400 tons are for Dunedin, and the rest for Lyttelton and Wellington. The [passengers all speak very well of the treatment they received during the voyage. The criminal calandar comprises twelve cases, including one of manslaughter. Port h \lmers, 26. The Government steamer Stella arrived in. Port Chalmers at an early hour this morning. She left Wellington at 1 p.m. on the 16th iust., for Campbell Island, in search of the missing crew of the schooner Sarah W Hunt. , She arrived off the Island at 10 p.m. on the 20th, and at daylight on the 21st searched round the island, and put into North-west Bay, »-ut owing to the heavy sea a crew could not land, and she then steamed round to the North-east Bay, and searched there. A complete search of the bay was made, but nothing vas seen of the missing men, or their boats. She then proceeded to Perseverance Harbour, and found oue of the boats crews, comprising the second mate and five men, named Michael Crawford, Martin Turney, Thomas Wittle, Alexander Henderson, William Heteveg, and Samuel Huber. They were all very ill, aud quite unable to stand, owing' to their feet being blistered and swollen. They were taken in the whaleboat on board the Stella. After searching the Island they found no trace of the othf-.r boat's crew. The Stella then sailed for the Auckland Islands, it being thought there might be a i-hance of finding them. When they left the schooner they had no compass. She reached the Auckland Island on the 23rd, aud searched Comely Harbor and Camp Cove, and visited the storehouse, but found no trace of the missing men. Slwteamed to Sandy Inlet, and on landing found that the storehouse had been robbed, but thei'e were no traces of any castaways. Proceeded on to Sarah's Bosom, and found the storehouse there had also been opened, and its contents taken. Captain Gray is of the opinion that both houses had been plundered by the same persons. At Sarah's Bosom he fouud the cooking pot which had been left with the clothing and provisions in the storehouse at, Sandy Inlet, on the last visit of the. Stella. After a careful and strict search had been made, and finding no traces of the other boat or crew, the Stella left for Port Chalmers at noon on the 24th. Auckland, 26. The Auckland Summer meeting took place at Ellerslie. Splendid weather was experienced. AUCKLAND CUP HANDICAP, 500 soys., 2£ miles. Mr Bobinson's Salvage, Bst 81b, (G. Williams) - - - 1 Mr Smith's Tim Whiffler, 7st 121 b 2 Mr Cobbett's Libeller, 7st 71 • - 3 Wellington, 27. A fatal boating accident took place on Christmas Day in the harbor, by which two men named Lee and Woollau were drowned. Hokitika, 27. . The second day's racing was well at tended, and the weather tine. HURDLE RACE. Whalebone - - - 1 WEST LAND HANDICAP, Marie Stewart - - 1 DISTRICT HANDICAP. Marie Stewart - - 1