LATEST TELEGRAMS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Christchurch. 24th February.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 46, 25 February 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS. [ UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Christchurch. 24th February.

It appears that the construction of the Sumner Railway is not all settled, and it is uncertain whether it will be gone on with. Messrs Anderson have undertaken to do it for £12.000, but as interest must be guaranteed under the District Railways Act, there is a feeling of insecurity at present about the probable profit. Moreover, a tramway will be laid half the distance by another road, and altogether the carrying out of the project is problematical. At the inquest on the body of the girl Moore, a verdict was recorded of found drowned. There were no marks of violence, and nothing to show how or by what means she came to her end. New Plymouth, 24th February. The native youth who was taken prisoner at Te' Ngutu o te Manu in 1868, and afterward adopted by Sir William Fox and articled to Dr. Buller, has been converted by Te Whiti, and become a follower of that chief. It is said he has abandoned European clothes and customs, adopting those of the natives. William Barton, charged with assaulting his wife by beating, kicking, and jumping on her, was committed for trial to-day. Auckland, 24th February. The gate money at the cricket match amounted to £285. Ivens, of the Civil Service Club, won the bat presented by Mitchell Gallagher to the highest scorer in the Auckland team in the Intercolonial Cricket Match. A native named Himi Mitana, who was recently discharged at Auckland on a charge of lunacy, on his return to Monganui got looked up for larceny, and fired the police station, which was destroyed. The Maori escaped, but has since been captured, brought up before the local bench, and remanded to Auckland. The murderous assanlt committed by the native Pariki, lately from Wellington, on a half-caste named -Wallace, arose out of a dispute about money. The latter was badly injured. Pariki has been arrested. Donbdin, 24th February. A four-roomed brick house in Dundasstreet, owned by Paul Sharley, and ocoupied by Fred S. Nichols, journalist, was totally destroyed by fire to-night. Sharley is insured for £250 with the National, and Nicholls for £150 with the South British, but the loss is considerably over these amounts. The fire is supposed to have arisen from an ash-bucket. This Dat Five new insolvencies have been filed during the week. Mayo continues unconscious, but is gradually sinking. Lloyd is progressing favorably. The Union Company received advices that the Orient leaves Sydney on the Bth April, and the Cotopaxi on 25th March.