It was dis covered hy several persons, who saw the centre of the Government build ings in a blaze, A telegram from Auckland says : — " A terrific whirlwind occurred at Cox's Creek on Friday last. It struck Warnock Brothers 1 -soap and candle factory, 100 ft. long and 30ft. wide, drove both wails out, scattering weather boards and roofing far and wide. The blocks on which the building stood were knocked out* portions ofthe boards and hrieks were -carried a considerable distanoe. The bricks struck down James Warn ock find one of the work men da the factory. Both were in jured. Tha latter was slightly in jured by potash blown into his eyes. A hut some distance off was lifted , bodily, but not destroyed. The tor-,

nado next struck Reid's f&rniv ! a quarter of a mile away,,lift& l t the air, and scattering fragma » directions. Sheets of corrugi l were carried two miles."' Mes^ l nock's loss is £500, and ti J damage is estimated at £1000.j A facetious correspondent wri the Auckland Star says :— ) Yogel is anxious to get home! he has been asked to accept the? ship, vice Abdul Hamed,whoisd It is said Yogel has already prep scheme to pay off Turkey's Nl debt, by a grand lottery. A fe} lion shares will be reserved foi Zealand. He has also announj scheme for exporting all the Sen and Bulgarians to Auckland. B written to the Grand Vizier that I disgusted with New Zealand, an tends to float the Polynesian Con} there. Yogel expressly stipulates; he is to have his pick of Abdul A and Abdul Hamed's harems. The [ lowing will be the new Ministry vt Sultan Yogel arrives : — Grand Via J. M. Dargaviila ; Grand SeraslS Captain Casey; Keeper of the 1 nnchs, Billy Rowe; Commander Chief, Captain Burns; Poet Laurea John Blackman : Royal Physician. S. Doctor." The Cooktown Herald records t perpetration of another murder on til , Hodgkinson, and in this case aga excessive drinking appears to have be< the cause of the tragedy. 