CABLEGRAMS.

Lake County Press, Volume V, Issue 278, 26 January 1888, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

London, January 22. Three hundred Welsh clergymenhave passed a resolution condemning coercion in Ireland. A large crowd assembled at Kilrush and publicly burned the proclamation prohibiting meetings. bonfires which were lighted to celebrate Mr O'Brien's release from gaol were quenched by the police. It is reported here that the Russian Legation at Bucharest has been ordered to break off relations with Roumania on the grounds of wrongful arrest of a Russian officer and his. subsequent release without any explanation. News has been received here that the troops at Erzeroum are being reinforced, and the defences of that place being attended to. A telegram has been received from Nancy town, in Department Meuthe-et-Mosselle, stating that a. French gamekeeper, while shooting boars on the frontier, was assaulted by a (xermon exciseman, who seized his rifle. Brisbane, January 25. The doctor who had been sent for to attend the patients at Roxburgh Down station died of thirst on his way, and the messenger who accompanied him only saved himself by drinking the horse's blood. Vienna, January 23. A Hungarian Judge wh> was. sleigh travelling in the north • was. beset by wolves. During his flight the sleigh struck a tree stump ands the Judge was thrown out and eaten by wolves. The driver of the s'eigh, who was accompanied by bis son, held on, still pursued by the animals, and, as they gained upon the fugitives, 'h • fatht-r, in order to save his life threw out the boy. By this means the father escaped, but was arrested for murder. Babbit Departjiest.—Owiug to Mr James Henderson's removal from A.towtowu the en-ire district will be supervised by Mi 1 Miller and Thomas Gilmoor. School at thu Phcemx.—Efforts are being uvde to iidnee a lady to open a schou 1 at the Phcenix, SUmpers, which, it is to behoved, will meet with succpm. Pastoral.—Shearing is now in full swi .g b\ Ibis district. The clip will bea satisfactory one, and ihe sheep are in. very good condition. The percentage of Ipojlm will be low owi.ig lolhe rough weat'ier e:pe*ie iced iu tl>e middle- of thelambi ig scso.i. Tlie fa' mers* lots have already Use.i put tb-ough—th«f sheep aid JaJjfcs looking well. (*eaan has been mo.-3 abuoda.it thai usoal this seasou. I.iri-ei by those wfo ought to know it i* p o toeuced a fine season for grass. Weather.—For the past week theweat.ber has been mo*t unseasonable. It has for the most part been a week of rain, with snow in the mountain regions. In consequence the atmosphere is cold and winterly. The heavier grain crops have been laid, but the damage thus derewill not be so great. Lake VVakatipu rosetc an un usual height passengers having to step down on to the Queenstown jetty from off the s'-eamer. The Kawarau must nave been very much in flood. Accident. —ln returning with the m;>ils from Queenstown early on Thursday momiug last, an accident happened to the coach by which the vehicle received a severe smash. Comiug down vhe hill at We'sh's corner, the brake fai'ed to hold, and, the trap running on to Ibe horse., they came down at full bpeed, and overturned it. The driver (P. He.idei'&oa) was stunned, and J. Wedlake was thrown underneath. People at We'sh's hotel were awakened, and gave assistance in releasiug Wedlake, and taking away the bosses. Neither the driver nor the passenger was hurt seriously, and the damage to the trap ia less than might have been expected. The escape for the men and horses was rather fortunate.

School Attendance. —The attendance at the Arrow public school is very satisfactory, there being now on the roll, we are informed, the names of 146 child-

Presbyterian Church.— lt has been arranged to hold a re-union of members of the Presbyterian Church and their friends in Arrrowtown to-morrow evening, when there will be a’aoiree followed by a service of song entitled “Joseph ” Great preparations have been, we are informed, made for an enjoyable gathering, and, as the night will be moonlight, it is expected that a lartre number will attend from the outlying parts. It might be mentioned that the service of song has already been given in Queenstown with considerable success. The choir will comprise 18 voices, and will render several other sacred selections.

EiCHAKivr's HoTK.n. —One of things ■which surprises tourists on their arrival at Queenstown is to find Eichardt'a Hotel lit up with electricity. The manager (Mr O'Mearal is an amateur electric : an of some standing, having had considerable experience in the Telegraph Department, and the electrical apparatus in use at the hotel is almost entirely the work of his own hands. The hotel is a pretty large one, and r has the electric light in almost every room, "excepting the bedrooms. There are four lights in the dining-room, several about the bar, and all the sitting-rooms have them. Over the hotel entrance there is an electric lamp ; and Mr O'Meara has fixed up a large lamp at the top of the hotel, which serves as a lijrhthouse to the lake steamers at night. The generating -machinery is kept in a shed at the back, and derives its motive-power from a small two-horse power tangent water-wheel. The cost of the entire fittings was £3OO, and the annual expense is about 25 per cent, on that amount. Mr O'Meara finds it a great improvement on kerosene, being both cheaper, cleaner, and safer, and giving no trouble. —Tuapeka Times. ANSWER THIS. Did you ever know any person to be ill, without inaction of the stomach, liver or kidnevs, or did yon ever know one who was" well when either was obstructed or inactive * and did vou ever know or hear of any case of the kind that Dr Soule's American Hop Bitter 3 would not cure? Ask your neighbor the same question. " Times." Memoranda. ABSTRACT OF N'E\V ADVERTISEMENTS. Sale of land in Arrow-town extension. Outstanding rates in the County must be paid forthwith. Tenders for right to collect County dogtax. Tenders invited for collection of dogtax in the Boronuh. Messrs F. C. Calvert and Co., of Bradford, England, advertise their already celebrated Carbolic Acid No. 5, which, in addition to its other numerous uses, effects a great improvement in wheat dres sing. The import agents are—the N. Z. Drug Co., Limited, and Messrs Harband and Co., Auckland. The opinion of Dr Cover ; s that the preparations of Carbolic supplied by Messrs Calvert and Co., are " much superior to those of any other manufacturer."

DATES OF SALES, MEETINGS, ETC. Presbyterian soiree to-morrow evenin';. Temlers for deepening Messrs P. Betel ami Co.’s mill race close on the 28th January. Tenders for the right of collection of Borough dog-tax close on 6th February. Tenders for right to collect County dogtax close on March 5. Sale of land in Borough extension, February 17th. at the Courthouse. District Court sitting—at Queensoown on the 16th March and 25th September.