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Evening Star, Issue 4953, 17 January 1879, Page 2

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[ROUTER'S TELEGRAM.?.] HOME AND FOREIGN. London, January 15. Two thousand Communists are, amnestied. The signature of the President to their pardon will be definitely attached to-morrow. A tremendous conflagration occurred in New York, a largo wholesale clothes store being completely destroyed. The estimateel loss is 2,00p,000d01. The passengers and crewof the Schichallion •were saved. January 16. Proposals have been submitted to the Government by tho Colonial Institute, with the object of getting, a Colonial exhibition held in London. Count Gala, the Italian representative on the Turkish Frontier Commission, has been murdered at StAmboul. . Paris, January. 16. Mons. Martel, the moderate Republican candidate, has been elected President of, the Senate. [Sent 12.45 p.m.; received 3.5.] —; •-—_—, INTERCOLONIAL. r , Brisbane, January 16. At the firing of a salute by the volunteers on the opening- of Parliament a cannon exploded, killing two persons and wounding two. MrM'llwraith moved a want of confidence, and tho debate was adjourned. Melbourne, January 16. Fires are raging in the Gippsland bush, and a railway station hac been destroyed at Port Darwin. One hundred arid sixty Chinese were landed from Hong Kong. George Martin and Co. have,failed. It is stated that the liabilities are large, being principally English creditors. January 17. Three tinned men, believed to be- Kelly's gang, atnck'Up a.house at Peinberley, ntear Mahnsbury, last night. Bp.lsbank, January 17., The Ministry were . defeated, on Ml M'II wraith's waut of confidence motion, by a majority of 12. A vast concourse Of people attended the funeral of the two gunners who were killed during the firing of the vice-regal salute. Much public sympathy is felt for, their families.—[Sent, 1.50; received, 3],...'-' • Sydney, January 16.' The owners of tho immigrant ship Hereford were fined LoOOfor a 'breach of the charter party regarding the water supply. Father Chiniquy lectured at" Mudgee, when an alarm of fire was given, and a Btampedo ensued. The affair was a bote, and no casualties occurred.

|\ Mr Augustus Morris has accepted the secretaryship of the Exhibition. - Montgomery was committed forjrial for the Governmont-hotißojcwollery robbery and cither charges. / The new steam launch Littlo Deuhain valued at LI,BOO, was burned this morning!

SPECIAL TO THE STAR. London*, January 16. President MacMahon has pardoned 1,900 Communists. Sydsbt, January 17. .. The .difficulties of the. miners at Newcastle. in regard to the vending system are increasing. Fears are entertained of an extensive strike. [Sent 1.50; received 3.15.] [Phb Prbss AoxKcnr.] . January 16. A conference was held here to-day re the erecting of the Balelutha bridge. There were present Messrs'Clark, Wayne, Petrie, representing: the Brace" County Council; Jowctt and Brydonc, froui the Clutha Council ; and the Mayor, Councillors Mason and Dunne, of the Balelutha Council. Mr Jowett read a report from Mr Higginßon, C.E., upon the bridge explaining the style of structure he would recommend, the cost of which was L 9,910. The delegates from Clutha explained that the Council willing to bear a share of the expense of the bridge, while those from Bruce eaid they had o jfcvined a leg il opinu n to the effect that they could . not legally expend the County funds beyond the County boundary. A long discussion ensued, and it appeared that the boundaries of the county and borough 'were so mixed that it could not be decided whether th-. bridge was on the 1 bundary between the two counties, ov within the Borough of mately resolved to ask the Colonial Secretary to obtain the opinion of the Attorney-: General, as to which body or bodies could legally expeiid their funds '"in the erection of the bridge. - In the course of the discussion "Mr Wayne expressed a strong opinion that all main roads through boroughs' should be ill the hands of the counties.

Information has been- lodged with the police here of a serious charge against a youth named Stewart, lately a clerk in the National Bank. Stewart has left the district. The police are making inquiries.— [Sent 4.50 p.m., received 6.10.] Invekcargill, January 16. A railway employe named James Atkinson died suddenly at Oreti yesterday afternoon. He was loading a truck, and suddenlyfell down, and died in a few minutes. Death is supposed to have resulted from heart disease.

January 17, The 'Southland Times' strongly condems the proposal to commute Walsh's sentence.

Christchurch, January 16. The first meeting of the Board of Education since the holidays was held to-day. A complaint was made by a certaiu up-country School Committee that the wife of their schoolmaster was iu the habit of coming into the schoolhousc and interfering with the female pupil teacher, of whom, it appeared, she was jealous. The Board resolved that the master in question must either assume the control of his wife, and keep her from the school, or else that he himself must leave.

• Auckland, January 17. A man named James Littlechild was drowned n«ar Riverhead on Wednesday, when ferrying himself across the river. Mrs Hood, charged with travelling on the Waikato railway without'a ticket, was fined lis. .-■-■■.

Mr Sheehan addresses his constituents tonight at Rodney. Wellington, January 17. The City Council sat until four this mornings discussing the drainage question, several members being accused of speaking against time to defeat the intentions of the majority of the Council, who were in favor of Mr Clarke's drainage scheme, and of placing ; its carrying out under the City Engineer instead of under Mr Climie, who also drew ,up' a drainage scheme. The Council eventually decided to adopt Clarke's, scheme and leave the City Engineer to see it carried out, adding that if Mr Climie had any claim upon the Corporation it should be paid. Mr O'Rorke has been appointed Chairman of the Royal Commission on education. The Primitive Methodist Conference commenced its sittings in Wellington First Church this morning, nearly thirty delegates being present from various parts of the Colony. Tho Rev. Daniel Dutton, P.R.AJS.,of Auckland, was elected president; Mr Stewart Eraser, of Dunedin, vice; Rev. Joseph Sharp, of Timaru, was elected secretary ; and the Revs. James Clover and James Grey assistants. The case which was brought by Captain Scoular, of the barque Examiner, against one of his crew, resulted rather unprofitably for the master, it being disclosed in the defence that the man deserted by jumping overboard to save himself from being abused by the skipper, who was at the time chasing him around the deck. Theßench fined the captain 20s and full costs. C. E. Wagner, the well-known architect, was arrested to-day, charged with issuing a valueless cheque. A new batch of Justices of the Peace will be gazetted shortly. It is understood that the Government will decide this afternoon in the Cabinet to grant one free pass to each paper in the Colony. The Hon. John Ballance will leave by the Ringarooma on Monday, for Lyfctelton, where lie will take the train and visit the principal i places in the Canterbury and Otago districts, j A deputation en behalf of the Corporation and City waited on the Minister for Public Works this morning to Urge upon him. the necessity for the immediate coustni3tiori of the .railway wharf. They were informed by Mr Macandrew that all arrangements regarding the work" were so well advanced that he expected to be able to call for tenders for the work some time next week. The wharf is to be 650 ft long. ■'.'" ''; Nelson, January 17. ' Excellent specimens of argentiferous galena, evidently from a large lode, la r /e been brought in from Wangapeka. Professional miners think very highly of them. The -writifor city election is issued. The nomination, is fixed for the 30th inst., and the, polling for Pebinary 5. Mr Pitt and Mr Adams are likely to be the only candidates. •• [From Ouk Own Corrbspondknts.] Wellington, January 16.. A largely-attended ordination meeting was held last night in the Sydney street Primitive : Methodist Church, when the, Rev. J; Guy," of: Diuiedin, was fully admitted to the ..u;. , ; January, 17. The minority "in the City Council resorted unsuccessfully to every expedient this morning to force the majority "to postpone coming to a decision •on the drainage question.. All the divisions were close, one of the members being absent, and the final division, taken shortly before five o'clock tlii3 morning, was only carried by 7 to 5. • i Mr Macandrew promised that the tenders for the railway wharf shall be advertised within the next fortnight. [Sent 1.55; received 3.25.] } CnRiSTCHURCH, January 17. The \city valuation for thi3 year is L 216,702; in 1878 it was L 170,596; in 1877, L 173.559; and in 1876, L 147.711. The reaper and binder trial came off yesterday afternoon at Fendalltown. The weather was beautiful, and the attendance large. Four wirebinders competed and two handlimdera. Neither Buckeye's, MassillonV, nor Edwards's machine? were on the ground. From the first it was apparent that the contest was between the Osborne and the M'Cormick, and the latter won after a splendid contest. Tho Wood's did hot work! as well as usual. The Marsh harvester had many points to recommend it, but was t unfor-; tunate with horses and gear. The judges took great.pains in their inspection, and sub-' mitted the machines to, the test of the Dynamometer. The draughts of each were given as. follows >—Osborne, scwt; Wood, 4£cwt; M'Cormick, 4cwt; Marsh,: 3|cwt; M'Cormick, handbinder, Sewt ; Marsh,: :2icwti> The. time, in which' each .machine; finished.'from .the time of starting Wood;' Stirs'. 4thhih: ; Osborne,'3hrs". ; smin ? .!;- ■M'Gormiok-, 3hrs. ..Smin. ; Margh, 4-tirs 1 .-' 35min.; the handbinders, a3 --before stated, not their task. At the close or the iwpection. Mr H. Murphy publicly pro-

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nounced to hi had been Sped— ppflnad f^ n to the they SassfiUt cJSptedf the Work. The announcement wuh general to, have been the Unanimous verdigPpf the jndge>. [Sent 2.57; £hislM&s3 r / , . lNVEncAitotti. << danuai9|rl7. v« '?*. fe . ared will be an enormous difficulty in lodging visitors on the railway opening. Many of those intending to come have already telegraphed f«r beds, which are likely to be at a premium. The town valuation thia^ewtSxhfbitiaiM^ General surpriset is rc "Pite, which is considered unwarrantable There was a little scen£aVihe declaration of the Mataura poll. Mr Kinross, the unsuccessful candidate, After a v ßpeißch in very naUl' form, accused Mr Shanla, the successful can- : didate, of.having onttlection day accusei, ; him and his committee of being liars ibecause they said diat he (Shanks); was not * sup.V J porter of the Ministry but was sailing, under false colors. ' Mr Shanks, replying, repeated, that the statement was false; and declined to • apologise, expressing himself as a thorough supporter of the Ministry. :, ' ??'