LATEST TELEGRAMS

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 148, 27 June 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS

[fboji our own correspondent. Masterton, This Dat. Mr. Renall addressed a crowded meeting at the Town Hall on Saturday night, explaining hi- action respecting town lands trn-tees and acre No 42. A resolution was carried item con. that ho should retain the chairmanship. I UNITED PRESB ASSOCIATION. I Auckland. 25th June. Private letters received by the mail state that C-ayland's Colossal Circus leaves in September for this colony aiid Australia in a specially chartered steamer. The circus is said to be even larger and more complete than Colo's, and it has associated with it part of Parnum's celebra<ed museum of curiosities, as well as a valuable menagerie. The chartered steamer will carry tho circus from place to pla^o. A robbery of J2 IOO has taken place from the Kamo Hotel, Whangarei. Thomas Collerick, telegraphist at Wangaroa, who attempted suicide by taking chloral, has been brought up to Auckland for medical examination. He boltod at Russell on the road up, but was recaptured with two bottles of chlorodyne_ in his possession. Ho expresses his determination to die. At the inquest on the body of Mary Galvan, found drowned in the harbor, an open verdict was returned. Her husband was killed at Epsom some years ago. The Customs launch ha 3 leit for Motuihi to release the quarantined passengers. Grkt mouth, 2Gth June. A wave of very cold weather swept over Greymonth last night. It was raining at about 8 p.m., when a sudden chill took place, and a hailstorm followed, lasting for some time. About half-past 8 it began to snow heavily in la^ge flakes, and continued till about 11.30 p.m., when about threo inches of snow covered the roofs of houses and other exposed places. A frost set in about 1 a.m , and at dawn the snow which had fallen was frozen hard. Tho whole country was white, tho flats and forest trees being covered, while all tho puddlos in tho streets wore frozon. Ice and snow are still lying in shady places. An accident occurred at a quarry yesterday to a large steam derrick. Ono of th 9 wheels was stripped of the cogs, which flew in every direction, the driver escaping by a miracle. There was also another accident while drying some nitro-glycerino, which exploded, but without doing any damage. Christchurch, This Da r. A heavy gale from the south-west whs experienced on Saturday night, accompanied by hail and snow. No damage is recorded. Otakt, This Day. An old lady, named Mrs. Dodds, died here yesterday, at tho age of ninety-six. Dunedin, This Day. The Otago Rugby Union decline to participate in tho proposed football tour through Australia. The committee of the Dunedin Jockey Club have offered tho Forbury Park Company .£25.000 for tho race-course, bnt no definite agreement has yet been come to, aB the company are asking iJ30,000. The Jockey Club agreed to lot the offer stand over for six montliß, pending the company accepting it.