LATEST TELEGRAMS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Nelson, 29th November.

Evening Post, Volume XX, Issue 280, 30 November 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Nelson, 29th November.

Mr. Hugh Stafford, of Stoke, brother of Sir E. W. Stafford, died yesterday. Ho was well-known in turf circles, and contested the seat for Nelson suburbs at tho last general election. Auckland, This Dat. Messrs. Tole have not yet got possession of the disputed block at Ngamako. They have made three attempts, but were turned off each time. The last attempt was mado by a party of about forty natives yesterday. The matter is getting complicated. More natives on each sido are being engaged. The natives in possession have, :*¦ is stated, already communicated with the Government, asking to havo the matter investigated, especially as to how the land was sold and surveyed in the first instance At the Wesloyan District Meeting yesterday, it was resolved to send a minister to the Upper Thames district. The inquest on the body of Eobert Brown has been adjourned till the 3rd December, to await an analysis of the contents of the stomach by Dr. Dawßon. Deceased had purchased poison at a chemist's shop, and had been drinking latterly, being depressed, it is" said, through straitened circumstances and loss of employment. A large number of men, bearing swags, left by steamer for Te Aroha last night. The Kaipara Steamship Company's report shows, after paying interest on overdraft, insurance, and other charges, earnings equal to 15 per cent, per annum on the paid-up capital. All the single women per Wanganui were engaged in one week, and the demand continues. The local manufacturers meet this evening to take steps to open a co-operative store for the sale of their goods. Dunedin, This Day. The weather to-day is wet. The Customs authorities made two seizures on Saturday under the Beer Duty Act, when four unstamped hogsheads were seized. The vital statistics for November show — Births, 136 ; deaths, 53 ; marriage?, 29. The engagement of female immigrants by the ship Dunedin, from Glasgow, took place yesterday. The engaging-room was crowded. It was remarked by the visitors that a more respectable company of girls has not occupied the depot; for a long time. All but four were engaged. Christchurch, This Day. Thomas Fuller, a chemist's assistant, suffering from drink, escaped from the hospital last night, and was found drowned in the Avon this morning.