TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 492, 26 November 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FItOM THK P;.KS> AUKS(!Y.)

WELLINGTON.

November 24.

The body of G-. orge Allan was found in Woodville Bush y.-sterday. Ho is supposed to have been murdered. Enquiries are being made. lie the Woodville murder, Hans Thomson was arrested to-day. He was a p .rtner with the murdend man Olandt, and there is said to be strong circumstantial evidence against him. Towels were found in his room spotted with blood, and the kaf of a book found near the body corresponds with one found in the prisoner's bedroom. Mr. Frederick Back, lately chief accountant for constructed railways, has been promoted to the post of assistant traffic manager of the Ghristchurch section of t ; e railways. He leaves for Ohristchurch to-morrow. He lias beei. presented with a handsome gold huntinc: wa'c •, and an address, by his friends in the Civil Service. November 26. A detailed list of subscriptions in aid of the Indian Famine Relief Fund collected at Wellington and Upper and Lower Hntt were published this morn. The total is LL777 3s. 7d. The oapiaiu of the schooner Pelican, from Oania.ru, was, this morning, in the Resident Magistrate's Court, fined 20-=. and cosfs for overloading his vessel. Mr. M'lL liar, Collector of Customs, did not pi\ss for the full ptnaliy, as the offeiie was the first one of the kind. It is said the authorities were apprised by telegraph of the Vessel being overloaded, beems. immediately upon her arrival, the Harbour Master went on board and inspected the vessel, and afterwards testified to her being overloaded. AUCKLAND. November 24. The North S'lore and Auckland crews competed to-day in outriggers for the silver cup pnsented by Mrs. TavareS. Auckland won by a hundf d lengths. The total amount collected for the Indian Famine Belief Fund to date is Llßls. November 26. A great alarm of fire was raised y-ster- ! day aiming, wuich cua.d the people to : rush out of cl-ureh, but only to discover the bush on fire n*ar Mr. Bucklaud's i 1-oosj, Kyber Pass road.

Mr. and Mrs. Tavares' performance was thinly attended. The Aucklandera do not r.ppear to appreciate Shakspeare. De Lias takes a benefit to-night. Dr. Wallis .denies ,lh}vmg applied words " rogues" and " trimmers" to the New Zealand Parliament. He say? they were intended for L gislatures generally. - ~ » \ / \ , . "•, /D triSJBDIN.\ , November 24. Mr. Preston and his shepherd nave been drowned while bathing. Tne railway line betwen Dunedin and Blueskiii wiii be opened before Christmas. The proposed Juvenile Exhibition is likely to fall through ; no interest is evinced it it. The Morning Herald M announced to appear on TLVIA tOJ. November £3. Messrs. Jones and Hart report fat cattle at 30s per lOOlbs. ; store cattle is in poor demand owing to the continuous dry weather. Heavy draught horses, L 6 to L6O ; plough horses, L3B to L4l; light Harness, LIL to L 27. Produce, same as last week, quotations unimportant. An important arrest has been made by Detective Neil. It appears that not long ago a house in the Rangitata district, belonging to Mr. M'Donald, was burnt down, and a farmer, on returning home, found his house broken into, and articles of value gone. Other cases of robbery were also reported. Neil, dressed like a ploug iniaii, wi nt ami worked in the n ; ig :bour..ood for so.ne diys, and eventually went to t.;e lionsi »f a farmer named Saudforl, where he found some of the missing articles. Sandford has been arrested, and will be brought before the Geraldtiid Bench to-day charged with arson, house-breaking, and robbery. . «. KUMARA. November 24. The Rev. Charles Clarke is exciting great enthusiasm on the coast. The rns to obtain seats on the opening night was so great that the assistance of the police was necessary to preserve order. GRAHAMSTOWN. November 26. The Indian Famine Relief Fund liere has reacaed L 241. The amount will be remitted through tha Government in a tew days. NEW PLYtf Uril. November 25. Miss R. tford's tobacconist's shop. Devon-street, was burnt to the groini ■ this morning at 1 o'clock. Nothing wa.saved. The insurance on the buildinii was L2OO in the So..th British ; LIOO, New Z aland; stock, LGO9 in the .New Zealand. The tire broke out in the shop, uiit its origin is not known. T.ie building was separated from large blocks by a river and the railway on one side, and on the other some old buildings had been removed a few davs previously.