TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 568, 26 February 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

i (i'Kl: I-KKSS AUKXt/Y.) «* j WELLINGTON. i Febniaty 2.",. I Captain Andrew, master of the Taiaroa, j and who leav. -.; that steamer to take com- | tnaiiil of the Tiiup". was this afternoon wvsented bv the oftieers of the Taiaroa i with a gold chain and locket before kav- | ing, as :i token of their respect and esteem. ! " February 20. i At yi< ssrs. iieilume and Hunter's wool ! .-ale, -~>l bales .»f long wool realised 0.J.1 per ', i'n : 7 bales merino, in urease. 'MA : 4 i onus pieces. 4i : 2 bales sheepskins"; r,!d : j L bale merino skins. 4J,d : I bale ditto, yd. | I) (NED IN. : February 20. .- v n important ease came mi at the I I'oliee Court yesterday. Cameron, the j originator ~f the Ditnediii Cup consulta- ! tion. was prosecuted under the Town and i Country Police Ordinance, prohibiting i lotteries. The ease was postponed till i Saturday, to enable the Magistrate to consider whether tiie participators in the : swet-p winil I criminate themselves by ; giving evidence : the lawyer for the deI ffttee" holding that if the lottery was ! iili-L'al. those taking part need not give \ evidence which Mould implicate them, as aiding and abetting a wrong. Three witi Hisses refused to give evidence.

Great dissatisfaction is daily displayed

! ".< iv the Education Act. A number of i deputations from country School Com- | mittoes have waited on the Education j Board, asking them for funds for school | accommodation. Hundreds of children have been refused admittance to the ! already over-crowded schools. Only 1 LlO.oiiO is available for Otago, and i LT.i.'.OOO would hardly be sufficient for ■' moper accommodation. The people genej rallv express a desire that a fee should be i charged. They do not want free educaI tion. except for those who are unable to i pay. They would be willing to pay as I long as education is provided, but there are no funds for this. It is admitted on all hands that the Bill will have to be amended next session. CHRISTCHUECH. February 25. A man named Butler, who shot at a j guard on the Southern railway on Saturday, was brought up at the Resident |