TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 708, 24 June 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PEII PItES.S AGENCY.) WELLINGTON. June 22. A considerable quantity of land, cut up into :;Ci-- and half-acre hlr-eks, and r : - v.:.u- :.-'oai- the Gov.-vi.n-pnt towns' ;p ■;." Carnarvon, in the Manf.-.wi;u : r--v, was sold at nnetion to-day. The 1..---' ranged from LlO up b"- Ll'O : corner sections in each case averaging 30 or 40 per cent, more than ordinary allotments. The attendance was meagre, but the bidding brisk. The purchasers were mostly"Wellington residents. It is stated that a circular has been torwarded from the Colonial Education Department to the various Education Boards throughout the Colony, intimating rhat payments already made to the Education Boards within the current financial yi ar have, very largely e->.c«.e : ed the amount voted by Parliament, for education for the entire year, and thai, although the vote for unauthorised expenditure has also been larg-.-Iy operated upon by the department, it has been found impossible to get the Boards' June account Viassed for payment out of this year's appropriation. Further payments due. to the respective Hoards in respect of grants for buildings for the financial year, will cons- fpuntly have to stand over until after the Ist- proximo. There was a heavy fall of snow to-day at Ka.rori, just nutsido the citv. 'June 24. Tile Ansli-ah■;, with the Thon-inn maP -if th- 23rd Ma'\ lef-' San Francisco {V Auckland mi >'■:-■ 10th iust. Jun- 24. Ar rim h'o.-i hmt Magisrra.'e's Court. Mr. Travels bid an information auaie'Mr. T. K. MDonabl, auctioneer, f-.-.i e.nn-m' f tiet<r a breach of the 52nd *i:c'; ■•'.'. 0 rhe L.iw Practitioners Act, 1871, ■ y pr.-priring a conveyance in his office. 'i hi d fine- was tbat the eairge made in c'-> - n.-c i: "U «-lrh the matter was not for rhe : >i ■■ oa-inii of a h-as--, but as commission fi." ;ii,- ]r-:-. : (-■' ■he property which the ib--ci;m--iit coev- y •";. P ar.penred from ' . '-! i-vijei;:.-, h:i! all tlie negoliaf'o: ,H !■■ V 1 asb;_r the jiv i-ev.y were made in Mr. M-D.-uald's office. 'Tim Magistrate tool the view thii' the e" a-'ge was for commissi u, and dbm ssed the information without :ilhiwin.LC cos:s.

NAPIER. June 2,1, There was a very strong shock o earthipmke bore yisterflny aff/.i-n ■."' sliMi-r.lv after 3 n'cloek. Tr. was also LI in several of tin.! country districts.

WAITAUA. June °4. A. special train from Xmv Plymouth. ; ;'i: - '4"i.i_; the We'llingion natives, arrived heiv i'.c lmmi yost"rdiiy, and they innnetliately afterwards wont to Eewi's quarter:.;, where cordial "reetirgs were exchanoed. Rewi, Wetero. and Te Avn spoke words of v.-C'l'vnit! on behalf of tile IS'gatimaninii.'.ro. W.'dkato. and Ke-apnki tribes, and Alcte KiiiL.i, V,"i Take, and Manatami: Te AVhefn on b half of the Wanyamr ;.nd R'e.vi then crossed over to where the Hon. Mr. Sheehan «-.-\« sitting, and after a short private interview, the ni""iin<_f dispersed.

It is rumored this morning that R.evi is likely pi have tin meeHng posrp.m-. d hconsequence <>f rite sm.-ll ait'-iidanc . t ••• non-arrival of Wif.-inii Iviny. and the unfavorable state weather.

KOiARA. June 24. Sir. George addressed the electors on Saturday night, when, a vote of confidence w :S carried. ISlr. Fiiz-,-e.raki had a large meeting nt Goldsborove/h. A unanimous vote was passed in his favor.

BLENHEIM. June 22. A large public meeting has been held re railway extension, and the weerion of bridges connecting the town and country, and an influential Committee appointed to impress upon the Government the necessity of carrying out the works.

DILNEDI.Y. June "">. A deputation o? the Cumber of Coinnievce interviewed (he M ■yor on S:-tr>>-.Say, in ivf :-. ::c ■ to tiie insp-.-ction ol' kerosene. !■ i .-lined to communic:He veil h f.':e Co'; ; -:,,r,uer of Poi <- on the Ar, .■ i-..nfe: ee : in re railw.y. d. .-■'•. and it : imre'-e,-, ■ :.. tits. i it ..ii] y;.;;: ;;;•::.!.'. . the plans were diseuss-d, and it was r. - solved to refer them to the Chamber ie" o""!iiu;vce for ifs apin-oval. >[r. Robert Gillies is spoken of as a e-.ndii.iaio for the Ta'en. dijtiicf. All". IleeVi "s addn-sed a large nice tin:; of (.decors in the Temperance Hail lan: r.iaht. .lie said, if vs.turned, lie would ■•',. irfc Hie G v rnmtn: as far as he con;d. A nnnniuioiis resolntio:! in i;is fav jr was carrieo.

- BALCLUTHA. June 19. Snow has been falling all day. The weather ;.- .- ■• ■■ >y, an-! bitterly cold.