TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 441, 26 September 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from the press ahbncy.) $ WELLINGTON. September 23. Last nisht a public meet ng was hel', at which it was decide 1 to form a comp-i y of firs police, the duties of which are to save life, protect property, and assist the regular police at any fire : to keep the space for the

j efficient working of the Fire Brigades. A captain and officers were appointed, and 30 men enrolled themselves. The Wellington Trust and Toan Investment Company decided last night to increase their capital by another LIOO,OOO, by isstii' g 10,000 LlO-sluves, so as to enab'e the Company to be registered on the Loudon Stock Exchange, aud raise money thei e at a lower rate than tliev can do in the Colony. DU.NEDLN. September 2"). A man named James Henderson wa< committed for trial to-day for false sweating when giving evidence m the Police Court. .At a meeting of the City Council held today, it was lesolveil that the Council heartily approve of the action tacen bv Mr. Larnaeh to vest the man; gement of the Otago Harbour in the Corpoa'inn of Dunedin. «. . KAPIEII. September 25. In the Synod this afternoon, the Rev. E. C. Stuart was unanimously nominated to tha B.shopric of Waiapu.