Other descriptions of merchandise are without material alteration. INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, July 27. The cutter Hero, abandoned off Mokau, was insured for £4OO in the South British. The body of ,a man has been found in the swamp near Mercer, with deep wounds in the head. It is supposed he has been struck by a locomotive. The body is not identified, Typhoid fever has broken out in the in dustrial school. The timber contract made by Mr Russell with the Admiralty is participated in by Messrs Stone Brothers and Mr W. C. Wilson, who are joint contractors. The ship Director, 800 tons, has been chartered to come over from Newcastle and load the first cargo of timber. The contract is stated to be for only about a million and a half feet yearly. The barque Lochnager has arrived from Newcastle after a smart passage of seven days. She reports the ship Colombo, bound from Newcastle to Hong Kong, with 800 tons of coal, was wrecked in Torres Straits. Six men were left without provisions or water on the island. Seventeen Chinamen remained on the wreck. A schooner picked up the boat with ten of her men who reported the wreck. Gbahamstown, July 27. Great indignation is expressed at the re ported proposal to give the Thames only one additional member. A monster meeting will be called when the proposal is officially answered. New Plymouth, July 27. The Herald's special reporter says:—■ “ Hunt, of the cutter Hero, states he is nephew of Captain Fairchild, and was cabin boy in the Luna, but ran away. He is seventeen years old. The heavy rollers sent in from the beach frightened the master during the night, owing to the starting of a plank on the port side. The vessel labored and made water, and the pumps were kept at work. The captain resolved to go for Mokau, and shook out the reef from the mainsail, but no sooner was this done than the mast cracked. They took to the boat, and the first surf capsized it. Hunt swam ashore. He saw the captain on the top of the boat, ,and he was washed off. He saw the men struggling in the water.” Wellington, July 27. 