Interprovincial Telegrams.

Bruce Herald, Volume X, Issue 955, 6 November 1877, Page 6

Interprovincial Telegrams.

■j,"... ..y« . -„, - ■...;, ■.. ....... X,,X-X ■■.'■ Atjcklakd, November 1. - | .. : The Gqyeynof "hjig , re-|l»se<i .. pernii§s|on. \o • qse Goyecnmen.t House and -grounds for jthe fete in . t aid of the Indian famine Relief Fund. ! The decision being notified fco the committee' by the Colonial Secretary, the fete was 'adjourned. '■-' ':y.yAyy-X- •■■•■.,■•-.■.;■• yAy '■ ['" ■" The Ihdiiiu FarjiiUe'Relief Fund" subscript tions reacljod £^3^ •-." ".•..',;'.-.;■ Z ....'•-.:' <X..xy lu-yy-X-. :« !^97emb.er 2. . H. S. Meyers has been arrested on a charge of hot fully aiM truly disclosing his'e'state. } . , Nabier, November 2,.

Insurance Company was issued to-day. Capital, £100.000, in 20,000 shares of £5. One. pound will ouly be called up in six instalments, ss, on application, and 5s on allotment ; the remaining 10s in four further calls of 2s 6d each, at intervals of . three months. The Provisional Directory includes the Hon H.R. R.usael), Captain Russell, J. D. Ormond, F. Sutton, and a number of local influential persons; ....... The Rev. C. C!ar ; k bad a crammed house last night, and left this morning by the Taupo. Collections for the Indian. Famine Fund have reached close upon £800.., It is expected the sum will mount up t > £1000. ; . X , Wanganui, November 1. _ A fire was discovered in the upper floor bf the store occupied by Mt\ Levy as an. auction mart.. The fire was first seen in the parti-, tion between the New Zeal and. Insurance Office and Mr Levy's store. A : spiendid. force. of water, being on, and the working well, all. danger was averted ..in. '. a short time. Had there . not been a good supply of water nothing could have saved the whole block, which was an important business one. Levy and his shoreman, Tuffnell, were afterwards arrested on suspicion of arson, and , were brought up before the Resident Magistrate this morning, and re-, manded to liexfy Monday, bailbeing. Allowed: The insurances' on the building were— £2oo 'in jthe Standard, £200 in the Norwich, £150 in the Victoria, and ; £200 ou the. lmperial ; on the stock, £250 in the London aud,Lan-. cashire, and £200 in the Imperial. The total receipts for the . Indian Famine Relief Fund were,. £530. The list; is now closed.. .. ; ..-.,■ :.„ "... t .. .! - Wellington, November 2. i Mr Keeley.a comedian at St. George's ; Hall d roped ; down dead last night| J'at the close of the first act. ; ' "' ;i ' : ' : Mr Macandrew : is recovering. , -: Gheibtchuech,. November 1. .. The Indian Eamirie Fund has now reached £3000, and; subscriptions are still coming: in freely.. . ■ ■'. ; .....,.; - , ;.•--•' '"' : Rain /ell in some of the, country districts on Tuesday, doingthe crops great good. . Tn the majority of the districts the -crops arestill sufferingi from want of rain, parching northfwest . winds, being. unusually prevalent-! '■- X :■■:■'. ■'■. ;'-■■;•-. ■'■•''November^. ! The governors of Canterbury College have decided to erect' a 'building costing £6000, on the 'ground* purchased for a m^del farm, : and advertise for a manager at £500 per "annum:'-' '.''-- ■-- ; ":j A heavy N. "VV gale yesterday has done] considerable" damage in the country districts: : The following-incident occurred at Malvern :■- As the West ' Coast coach 1 was approaching Red crn Hotel it was met by au- extraordinary squall -from the ranges,'-' which the horses could not face, : but as ifc was quite evident the coacfr must be upset the driver and passengers v. jn toped- out. Mr Crombie! Brown, who waß on the box seat, had a narrow escape but only received a ; dislocation of the ankle. The moment the- coach j was relieved of .its- weight' of pasaengers it was lifted bodily in to. the. air and dashedto pieces. The passengers" had J for -some moments to lie". oh.' the ground to prevent themselves being blown away, and with difficulty reached the 'hotel^ -200 yards distant. *' '■' ' -' ■■'■" X- " : '•' - Two bush fires' have occurred at • Oxford ; one is extinguished, and the other waa still burning last ;night.< Several cottages havebeen destroyed/ } : -• '-'• .<-.•'. Oamabu, November 2. The: annual show of the Northern Agricultural a»d -Pastoral Association will' be held here on ' Thursday and . Eriday, 15th and 5 16 th instants, "and. promises to.be a great success. Already there are 945 entries, as against 717 last jear. It is expected' the entries will reach'lOOO. ' " " ' ' *"\' .' '\' ' : The . amount collected up to the present time for the Indian Famifce Relief Fund' is £432. ; X' , '•"'•• Timaru, November I. - At the show dinner at the Grosvener Hotel: last night jthe Secretary announced" the, following successful competitors for oops,. &c. :— Merino Qup, . ■ val ac . £25 , and gold UAedal, for besi ra«a, Canterbury and. Otago Association ; ■.English' Leicester Cup, £15,.: Post'ethwaite ; .Leicester Cup,. £15, Gillies' and Street ; Romney Marsh Ou.p, £JQ, Ford and Co.. Ghrist^hurch ; Lineolu .Cup, £20; Canterbury and Qtago . Association ; Obis* wold Cup, £10 10*, W. lL" McDonald,;, goldmedal, best long-woqlled ram, and £6 103, H. J; Hall ; Cattle Cup, £2& Fleming: and Hedley; gold medal, b.eafc bull, P. ; H. Russell j Draught Horse. Cup, £20, E. Menlove j Draught,. Entire Horse .Cup, £10 103,: T. Ruddock ; gold medal and £6 10s, - for best thorough-bred horse, F. Archer ; gold medad a_s>ij[)B 10a, for best wheat, QusOott (.;. ' yyi .y, :> ' X....y- .