TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 616, 24 April 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

* (VEll PBESS AUK.NCV.) o WELLINGTONS 7 . April 23. At the Government land sale to-day, about 33.000 n::v--s were ofersl. About 5000 sold. Ti'e land is sitmiced in various parts of the Provincial District, and comprised town, suburban, and rural sections. The two former realised from L4O to LI.OO per acre. The total product, or the sale was L 12.575. The Underwriters, Associ ition telegraphs, nnder date London, April 18 : Arrived—Waipawa, from Dunedin. April 24. A Wairarapa settler named Welch has been stuck up by two men between Masterton and Tai'atahi. He .was knocked off his horse, beaten, and robbed of Llf. One of the men was identified as a resident in the Wairarapa, but has not-yet been arrested. A deputation of settlers from Manawatu waited upon the Premier and the Hon. Mr. Ballance to-day, and urged tli3 necessity for a railway line between the Hutt and Manawatti. The Government promised that the line should be surveyed without delay. Sir John Goode is expected here on Saturday. !* DUNEDIN. April 23. . A carpenter named Withers died from injuries received by falling from a scoft'old yesterday. He leaves a wife and a family of six. The Albion Brewing Company decided to-day to suspend brewing and malting operations and sell the freehold properties, preparatory to winding up. Seventy teachers were present at the Educational Institute's animal meeting to-day, which has been sitting for the last three days. Mr. Stout was elected President. a, AUCKLAND. April 23. Telegrams from Cambridge repeat the statement that some surveyors saw a comet during the day, about 40 deg. from the sun. The Northern Glub gave the' Governor and naval officers a ball last night, April 24, At forty minutes past two this morning a fire occurred at Newton in a block of two-star;"/ buildings, on which is erected Hanson's Queer. Horei. Near this block : was an old delapidated shed, from which- ; a policeman drove a loafer last night. The lire originated in the shed, and i i

spread to the block. The Newton Fire brigade had no hydrant, and the' -City Brigade, which followed, were' a long time in obtaining a supply of •,water. Daring the delay the fire , spread to, MouaView Cottage, which was destroyed. The greater part of the furniture was saved. ''. The hotel was also destroyed. Mona View Cottage was insured in the New Zealand Company's office for LBOO. The hotel stock and furniture were insured in the Phoenix Company's oliiee for L2OO, and the building for LOSO. o. _ CHRISTCHURCH. April 23. A man named Kinsman. ■ a \v;>rder at the Lunatic Asylum, on returning from the races, was run over by Dal wood's omnibus and killed. It is said that no blame attaches to the driver of the vehicle. © NAPIER. April 24. Arrived : Isabella Pratt, schooner, from Oamnru. GRAEAAISTO WN. April 23. The obstructionist Tnkukino, who stopped the Komata road works some weeks ago, has now torn up the bridges in another direction by means of a party of eight armed natives, and threatens bloodshed if the road works are persisted in. The County workmen, who are Maoris, bad to desist on seeing Tukukiuo's opposition. He claims an interest in the lands. * MASTERTON. April 23. Two racehorses, Kakapo and Ouida, are reported to have been poisoned at Castle Point, where they were to run. One was found dead in the stable; the other dropped down dead outside. Both horses were valuable. Their stomachs were sent to Wellington to be analysed. Two more horses are nearly dead. There is great indignation throughout the district. HOKITIKA. April 23. The Albion left Melbourne on the 17th. There are no later items of importance. a RIVERTON. April 23. The Longwoods Reef is attracting attention. Hayes (who has been prospecting off and on for .12 years) has applied for a milling lease. It is supposed ho has discovered a reef, but he is very reticent, on the matter. A rush lias set in, and there are about 100 men now on the ground. A large number of claims have been pegged off i>n the line of the supposed reef, the Rivei'tou Prospecting Company, amongst others, having abandoned their old claim. Considerable capital is required to develop this new reef. $ BLUFF. April 23. By the Tararna, the following shipping news is supplied by the Underwriters' Association, under date London, 9th of April.—Arrived : From Brisbane— Salado: from Melbourne—Loch Garry, Superb. True Briton ; from Sydney Dunbar Castle, Damascus ; from Frcomantlo Helena, JL'iiii ; from Hobart Town Ethel ; from Adelaide, via SiirZ Canal itarossa, Siadt, Amsterdam : Yiaiacepedc i-dands—Barque Brave.