SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 157, 21 October 1876, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[from our otot correspondent.]

Dunedin, Saturday. SALE OF TOWNSHIP SECTIONS. Twenty-four sections of land in the newGovernment township of Vauxhall, realised £2,684.

THE rNTIMTDATION CASE. Mr. Proudfoot, having been questioned by Judge Williams, said he had no wish to intimidate Captain Webster when speaking to him yesterday. The Judge was willing to believe the conversation arose casually, and high words followed, but warned the public against interfering with witnesses.

MANIPULATION OF THE LANDS. Attention has been drawn by the Guardian to the alleged questionable dealings in land, by one of the officers in the Land Department. The matter has caused some excitement, and the Deputy Commissioner has called upon the officer to explain.

MR. GORDON, THE SINGER. Letters by the mail state that Mr. HarryGordon, who was basso in the Carandini Company, has gained the bronze medal of the Royal Academy of Music.

THE PRESS CLUB. "An effort is to be made to-night to wind up the Press Club, which has been three years in existence.

SUDDEN DEATH. Borrows, a tailor in George-street, has died from excessive drinking.

THE CEZARAWITCH CASE

The Cezarawitch case closed very abruptly, the defence failing, no witnesses being called. The jury found for plaintiff on all the issues, giving a verdict for the amount claimed —£2,650.

INSPECTOR OF LUNATIC ASYLUMS. The Times' Specials state that Dr. Skae has been appointed Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, at a salary of £7OO a-year, for three years; and sailed in the St. Leonard's on 26th July.

THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT. The Immigration and Public Works Appropriation Act has been printed. It appropiates £2,032,285 for railway construction. The votes include Waitaki Bridge, £1,300; Waitaki to Invercargill (including Lawrence branch), £316,851; Winton-Kingstbn, £51,073. £30,000 is proposed for additional cost of land for authorised lines, and £70,000 for additional rolling stock and stations, to meet increased traffic. The vote for telegraph construction is £46,000 ; and the general vote for the introduction of immigrants is £95,600.