TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 174, 8 December 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

i [united press association.] „ Timaru, 7th Deoembor. The rfcw 1 wharf was opened for traffic today. The BchboiJ«rs Spray and Alert were the first vessels toitei* Alongside. Tbe 1 accommodation is now &&plb' idi 230-ton vessels at the wharf named. The statement that Claridge, who was iff fearfully injured yesterday, died at the Hospital, was wrong. The man is alive, and is 1 doing well in the Hospital Dunedin, 7th December. An enquiry into the ciroumstances of the fire at the goods shed on Sunday is to bo opened on Friday. Some'66hß9lite, from whioh vory good prosi pects~.h&y* mtSB obtained, has been found on 'the Otog 6' Peninsula. The Cmnfy Councils ate explaining of the heavy &.* wliclf the d'omfcfldg ef the charitable aid'eontribrrtioris impose on' tftttn. At a meeting of thd Briics County Council 'the members complained bitraily of itf; tod it was rfi&oLvcd that the Chairman coifinVdtiicate with the f Srions County Councils with reference to each bocf? vtoviding for its own poor, the charge for hospT&A' Bfeinjr paid according to the number of patient? s4nt. The hull of the New River HarißMr Board's dredge was launched to-day from the yards of Messrs. Kincaid, M'Qiieon and Co". , fim builders, and named the Alpha. The dredger ie SOtt long, 15ft beam; ahd 6ft 6m in depth. It is capable of raising 75 tons of spoil per hour, from a depth of 18ft below the surface of the water. The fr&mes and plates aro of steel and double rivette& The motif e'power will be supplied by a pair di inverted Mgl^pressnre engines, capable of being worked u'jf to 70 h.p., connected with a screw propeller. With thfr exception of some gauge glasses, all the work has been done in Dunedin, the steel being imported as it left the rolling mill. Christchurch, This Day. Last night James Mills' tailor's shop in Colombo-street was broken into, and clothes to the value of .£25 abstracted. The burglar evidently entered through the window. The orders issued to Lieut. Andrews to proceed to England, and ihence to the Essex Regiment in Egypt, have been countermanded. It is expected ho will be ordered to India. Auckland, This Day. A tfleetfag was held last night in connection Witt* the Presbyterian oity mission. Tho report showed a debit balance of about 1 £10. It was fesoifed to make a special effort to raise ftfnds and continue a missionary who- was doing good work. 1 The wall of the new reservoir at Pdn- , sonby htis bee* found to be insecure, a large crock being 1 discovered in tbe north front. ' It is fortunate that tbe break happened bofore the reservoir was filled with water. A special meeting of the Council is to be held to-day to consider the matter.