NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5633, 5 December 1879, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[I'ltOli OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT."]

THAMES, Thursday. There was a long discussion .it the County Council meeting on a motion of Mr. Poiter to merge tlie county into the borough and highway boards. The motion was lost by 5 to 3. The Adct'rtiacr reporter visited the Alburnia mine to-day. The prospects arc as good as before. Scrip fetood ;ifc the close, ex div.: Sales, 57s Gd ; buyers, 57s Cd ; sellers, GOs. CHLUSTGHURCH, Thursday. The present fourth of the month is not passing over very cheerily ill Christchurcli, and squeezes are Eaid to have been both numerous and heavy. During the four weeks and five days the Oriental Exhibition was open hero, 2000 peraons paid for admission. The total takings of sales, &c., were over £3000. After returning from the North Island the exhibition opens in Tiuiaru. At the meeting of the Canterbury Cricket Association it wa=a decided to fix the date for tho annual match with Otago for January 24. It was stated there was no probability of a Victorian team coming this season. It was decided to write to Wellington, asking if an eleven would be sent down this season, and tin- possibility of a Canterbury team playing a combined New Zealand eleven was also mooted, but nothing settled. Instructions have been issued to the Collector of Customs that the value of goods be correctly stated on the export list, and as a consequence from the cargoer of the Orakei and Waitaugi tho following average values have been arrived, at: —Tallow, £'25 to £30 per ton ; hides, 15-i each ; Bheepskins, 3s ; rabbit skins 2d ; wool in grease, cross-bred, Sd per lb.; wool in grease, merino, 9d ; wool, scoured, Is to Is 2d. This result leads the collector here to believe that the values in former years have been overstated. During the sha> p frost of Monday morning cold as low as 20'G Fahrenheit was registered. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HAWERA, Thursday. The result of the post mortem and inquest is, that Moore, chemist, died from heart disease. John Douglas lias been committed for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Conrt at New Plymouth, for attempting to kill his wifc. He is supposed to have been under tho influence of drink, which had a maddening effect on him. Ho also mide a desperate attempt to commit suicide by cutting his throat. The knife being blunt, tho cats are slight. Mrs. Douglas escaped before any injury was inflicted. WELLINGTON, Thursday. At the Supreme Court to-day a case of some importance to the public and insurance companies was heard. A man named White, of Nelson, had insured his house, which was recently burnt down, not in one policy and one premium, but with different amounts proportioned to the several items. Tlie policy contained a clause making it void should another policy be effected. The plaintiff sued to recover damages he had sustained by fire, but the company disputed the claim on the ground that tho articles mentioned in the policy were insured in other oifi .es. The Supremo Court of Nelson held that plaintiff could not recovor. Plaintiff appealed against the decision, but the court upheld the judgment.

CHRISTCBURCH, Thursday. The coutract for the tirst section c£ the Christ'jhurch Tramway Company's lipe from the treasury office to the railway station waß let yesterday, to Mr. J. Barrett, and is to be completed on January loth. A large shark was caught yesterday in Lyttelton harbour. On being hauled into the boat sho gave birth to 10 young sharkß. Haymaking is in full swing in the Ashburtou district, and, should the weather

prove fine a few Jays, sphnli i crops wiil bo stacked, in prime condition. Around Chertsey the crops of barley are in full car, and are looking well. The number of patients at present in the Cbriafccburch hospital is 75. The Customs revenue f>r the month was £10, ISO ss. Spirits, £5393 2i 31; tea, £2203 10-; sugar, £4342 15s 7d ; were the principal items. Five informations were laid against the Deputy-Registrar of the Supreme Court, for filing deeds of assignment u.ider tlu- Debtor and Creditors Act not being duly stamped. The ease will b? heard to-nnrr.r.v. OAMARU, Thursday. Several large land owners in t!ie district are about to cut up thiir estites into suitable sized farms, and to le.a>e tliem for periods from 14 to 21 years. Mc. McMaster has commpnee 1 to practice on his Takaraki property witii arcit sugcess. DUNEDIN, Thursday. Clnrles D. Graham, shipping reporter at the Port, narrowly escaped a watery grave yesterday evening, through accidentally falling out of the boa' which was conveying him Irom the llermioue. lie was rescued by a waterman. Sir William Fox, list was electcd President of the New Zealand Temperance Alliance. Mr. J. A. Walleott was elected a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, on the Harbor rice H. Tewsley, resigned. Great regret is expresael at Mr. Tewsley's resignation. Mr. H. J. Water, in conjunction with Messrs. J. Finch and Jss. James, this morning, ladg-id a petition, priying that Mr. H. J. Fish, junr , be omtel from the position of Mayor of Dunediu, to which he was elected on the IGt'i ult., on the ground that he was at the time interested in a contract under the Corporation. The Dominic n Convent Bizaar, at the Garrison Hall, is progressing very successfully. The proceeds, up to list evening, amounting to £200. The annual meeting of the Otago Rifle Association has been fixed to take place at Anderson Bay, on the 17th, IStb, l'Jth and 20th inst. The report that Alexander Grant, the absconding laud office clerk, had been arrested in the King country is without foundation. It was a c*se of nrstaken id ntity. Walter Tyrrell, actor, who was arrested lately forgery in mistake for another man, is reported to have brought an action for £1000 damages against Ddt;utive Bain.