LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 287, 4 December 1888, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Deo'.mbor 3. Advices by the Zealat>din. sia'e that the Melbourne land boom h<s i'?r,omifjiously colbpsfd, A privato Jeter snys that the supp^sfd colossal fortunes now only appear on paper, and tfao batiks are ssiziug victims in all directions. Om "• louder of the boom " has forfeited £62,000 in deposits sooner than goon with payments. The American teams of bnai^.ll pbyrrs will arrive frr>m Sin Francisco on Sa' ur 1: y, and play that afternoon nt the Trunway Co.'s ground at Epsom, One of fho team r.' rebuts Chicago, ami the o' hers all America. It is not yet; decided whether they will go South. Wellington, December 3 The Premier, th« Mi.user for Public Works, and tho Minister for Justice loft for the aouth thin afternoon. The Premier and the Minister for Public Works will inspect the route of tho Otayro Central railway, as promised Jasfc session. Mr \Y. N. Bbir, AsM'tant-Engineer-iu-ChiQf p.ocompanies. The final judgment, in the Oreti caaa was delivered in the Admiral. y Court by the Chief Justice this afternoon. His Honor ordered 'hat of the moneys paid into Court by thr late owncro of the veaid, £516 should be paid to Captain Rjbar'son for wages at'd disnursemeu'p, while acting aa msster ; and £363 to Mr Jellicoo for coats < to. The finul performance sit the iYlupionl FestivaJ, when a benefit w^s tendered to Mr Parker, thr> conduct w, took t)!.-ce to-nk'ht, when Sullivan's "Go'deu Lagend " Wfii re; eated to n good house, r-yer a lhcus»ni being present. Dunebin, December 3. At the grain sale to-day oats were from 2d to 4d lower than last week, owing to news of tha rainfaJl in Australia, aud several prime lots were not sold at theao prices, which ranged from 3s 7<l to 3s lOd. Wheat, on the other hand, showed a small increase, and sold up to 4s 9d. Chkistohdroh, December 3. Some cases of wanton destruction of cattle have ocourred in the vicinity of Papanui, be^ tween three and four miles from Chrietchuroh. During the last few weeks a bull belonging to a farmer named M. O'Connell and another belonging to Mr Higgs, have been shot dead and mutilated. The outrages are belieyed to be the work of one individual.