TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 538, 22 January 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(rK!I PItKSS AGENCY.) ❖ WELLINGTON, danuary 'JI. |t is stilted that the Government do 110! intend to summon Parliament before •July, and that the principal measures to be brought forward will be the Bills dealing with redistribution of representation on the basis of a new census, the adjustment of the incidence of taxation, and a Bill dealing with native lands. Tin.A rq>ix believes that the present Government is delimits of dtiing avvav with t-li. mixed authority which prevails in the administration of tin: port, by which the City Council controls the wharf, and the General Government the harbouy, They would he in favour of putting both under the direction of a properly constituted Harbour Board, and are prepared to support an adequate endowment to the same, The Police have arrested John Prestige, who occupied the hotel recently burned down, and which led to the destruction of the railway station. They have been procuring evidence which aroused suspicions as to the origin of the lire. omayTCHURCH. January 21. The Soldene Opera Company tipens at the Theatre Royal to-nuHT'.v.Y, A large number of tickets have been sold. Mr. Fitmty addresses his constituent* 011 Saturday next. January 22. Owing to renewed wet weather this morning the match was again postponed. It will be continued to-morrow and Thursday. Ti:u h«-=i now ceaaett, but the weather is stiiV threatening: o AT.' CKLAND. January 21. Mr. I)argavi!le has withdrawn from tile Parnell candidature, and has published a letter stating that the present Government, is the most likely to serve the interests of tlio Coluny, A dispute lias arisen in the Waikato >r ' a block of 8000 acres. The Maori King's j secretary has warned the occupier (Mr. Jackson) to clear off, and claims the land. Rewi Maniapoto supports Mr. Jackson, ami says the sale was legal. He cautioned tile Kjjakauwau against interfering. The Government haye telegraphed to Mr. Jackson, risking him not to o'cou i'.y io luud at present. Arrived—Rotorna. (She left on the lflth. Passeng'-rs —Piisiiop Qain, |.'> in tiio saloon, and SO steerage. January 22. The Xealandia with the Han Francisco mails is signalled, and will arrive in about •in hour The libel case brought by Mr. Jam- s ■Sharley (postmaster) against Mr. James Gerrand, in the Supreme Court, in w,.icii Jauiages to tiie amount of Ll,ooo were claimed, has resulted in a verdict for plaintiff for LoO damages, carrying with it plaintiffs tjostg, lj?hp Ijbe} ppiisiatejl in ilie defendant reporting that the plain' iff :iad opened his letters. TTMARTT, J.ynvjary al. A farmer named Bell, residing in this listrict, has been arrested for sheep stealng. January 22. Last, night a fatal accident occurred on the Opawa railway line. On the down train arriving at Cave Station a inioi named Hutt, a bullook driver belonging to the Levels Station, got in. Shortly

after he attempted to p,i3s into another carriage, slipped, and full. The guard (Wiidlow), hearing a woman scream s put the break hard down and backed the train; when the body of fclntt was found outside the rails, hia head being nearly severed in two pieces connected by a - piece of skin. Tiie brain was found about i six yards from the line. The jjuard believes ' that Hutt tried to pass underneath the < lifting bar at the end of the platform, and 1 fell underneath the ilan<_'e of the wheel 1 striking his head. His body is unin- ' jnred. and if lie had fallen three or four < inches further lie would probably have i saved his life. Hutt was between"2s and i 30 years of age, and it is believed that i his parents live on the Moeraki Downs, i south of Oamaru. Ail inquest will pro- 1 bably be held to-da-v. Tiie body Iks at the Club Hotel, Tbuarn. r Miss Ai!;» \\ aid and tiie Lydia Hiv, .-■i\ie Troupe, appear here to-moj-y, AV night. ill - . White and Mr. llfuiiiuersiev, solicitors, engaged iu ib,o breach of promise casei—Ployu \i'K.iiinon v. ,)ohn Loudon—liavtt to Christehiu-ch, The former applies to tiie Supremo Court- now sitting for a re-heariuir on behalf of the prosecution \ the l«itiT opposes. There lias been a very heavy rainfall here. It lasted all night." ■ . GIIEYMO HTH. January 21. A child foil into the river yesterday from tho paddle-box of the Luna. There was a very heavy current at the time, which swept it down the river. Ponsonby, purser of the Luna, jumped in after the child with his clothes u\\ t and managed to secure it. Both man and child were all but dvowiicd, as tho current, turned tiiem : ovor and over, when they were eai\ghl. by a boat-hook from a vessel ing further down. Tho ehil(\ insensible, and Ponsonby \va> thoroughly exhausted. balclutha, January 22. At four o'clock this morning the new railway bridge; here was tested by Mr. Carruthers, Engineer-in-Ohief, accompanied by Mr. Blair, District Engineer, and Messrs, and Kerle, Assistant Engineers. Three locomotives and six loaded co;i 1 trucks were used, the height being 110 tons. Eacli span was tested carefully. The deilection was from threeeighths to three-quarters of an inch, there being no permanent set, as when the load passed over the bridge sprung back to Unoriginal level. After each span had been tested the train was run across at ten miles an hour, when the deflection was only three-eighths of an inch-. Thcsi tests are considered very statist ictory. an show that t!|o work has been f.iil.hfnil; curb d i.ut, Tho bridge consists of sew: spans of 120 ft. each, and one of across tiie void at the mid of the bridge.