LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 31, 5 August 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

— ♦ > I UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. I r Donedin, 4th August. I Two cottages were burnt in South Dane- " din last night. They wore insured for .£2OO " in the Colonial Office. ' Mr. Hazlett, of Dunedin, has purchased 1 Mata for .£7OO. This Day. In reply to a telegram sent by the Chair1 man of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. the following 1 reply from the Colonial ScoreI tary has been received :— " I regret the law does not allow of your suggestion being carried out. lam informed by the Customs " that it cannot be done." The request was one made by the warehousemen to p*y full duty in releasing calico, &c, from bond, and ' have a rebate allowed if the Government proposals as to the remission of duty became ■ law The conference between the Chamber of Commerce, the Harbour Board, the City Council and the Port Chilmers Town Coun- \ cil affirmed the desirableness of erecting a 1 new graving dock 500 feet long, at a oost ' not exceeding J2100.000 ; also passed a resolution that a bill t hould be introduced into Parliament for vesting the existing dock and port harbor reierves in a trust, with the object of facilitating the construction of the proposed dock. The chairmen of the Harbour Board and Chamber of Commerce, and the Mayors of Dnnedin and Port Chalmera, were appointed a deputation to proceed to Wellington on Monday to co-operate with Mr. Macandrew in this matter. TiMARtr, This Day. Cary'a "Pirate 3 of Penzanoe" Company has been plp.yui-j hire for the last three nights to crowded houses. The company has met with unparalleled success. A number of candidates are already mentioned for the districts of Timarn, Geraldine, and Waimate at the coming election. Chei&tchurch. This Day. The revenue of ths Lyttelton Harbour Board for the past month was nearly JJ3OOO. Ninety-two vessels arrived at and left the port during July, representing 23,807 tons. The Board being dissatisfied with the high price chargod for gaa at Lyttelt">n, has instructed the Engineer to seek information as to the possibility of a more economical means of lighting the harbonr, hinting at the advisibility of introducing the electric light. This Day. At the inquest this morning on Jeffery Wiiliam3, who hung himself in a, blacksmith's shop in Victoria-street yesterday, the jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. The day has been observed here a3 a holiday, on account of the Hnnt Club Steeplechases. The business places and most of the shop 3 aro closed. Intercaegill, This Dat. A young man named fccott, agad 22, employed on the Invercargill- Kiverton Railway, while out shooting a few d*ys ago had his thumb blown off, the contents of the charge and part of the thumb bone lodging in bis

shoulder. He lingered till yo3terday when he died, mortification having set in. Gisbornb, This Dat.S A company, with 50 £2 pharos, has been formed for the purpose of exploring for minerals. Mr. Allen will go out to-day. 1 ho natives have allowed prospecting to bo carried on on their land, under certain conditions.