TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 712, 22 July 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

I July £Q. I Mr. l! .trdinan, the indent here for the Smith Mi-itiah Insurance Company, has receiv -1 private information that the folIn'.viii -iio the insurances on the Hyderabad'. ,-irgo-. South Australia. L3OOO ; M--V:.::tile and Marino of South Ans;r.i\'.,. U>.->OO ; >; u w Adelaide,~L-2tM)O ; *f«.tioi,al of So;|th „ins.traiia. LIiOOO ; National of >Cew Zealand, I; 2000 : Victoria. LIToO ; New South ! \VaJ(.^'V.jJSO : Globe. ISOO: -Merchants, i LLSOU ;'Nfctliurfai:,i3, Jmlirt-, LloOO : Imperial, LISQO: South Uritish; LIOOO ; Southern. L-50f). Tiie City of sf«\v York, with tlie Loudon mails <>f June 28, left San Francisco for Auckland <>u the Bth in.st. July 22. Last night Father Henn-.'bery ad-d.'-issed a crowded congregation in the Catholic Cathedral, when lie emphatically denied having made the statement that mixed marriages vveie ;:o marriages at ali, and characterised the accusation as a base and wicked falsehood. After the service lie referred to the expenses incurred' in tesiovatintf the Cathedral, and then Md those who wero willing to subscribe towards defraying the same to stand up, when the whole ongi'i gatiou stood up f» mum. Father Heniiehery and three priests then went amongst the people, and shortly announced that LI 100 had been subscribed?' The pockets of the waistcoat belongiT.j: { to O'Connor, lately convicted of attemptj ing to poison Light, the publican, have bean analysed by' Dr. Hector, and found to contain poison. A meeting has been called by the Mayor for this evening with the object of petitioning the Government to mitigate O'Connor's sentence, but this will probably now collapse. A sharp shock of earthquake occurred here at 11..4Q on Saturday night. AUCKLANDJuly 20. The Hon. Mr. Dawson, United States consul, has lectured on California to a large audience. At the Board of Education, the following estimates of receipts and expenditure were read by the Secretary for the ensuing year, with a view of their being sent to the Government-.—Receipts : (1) 10.000 average attendance,, at L 37,000 ; less net profit of education reserves, L800—L36,200. (2) 10.000 aver- j age attendance, at 10s.

10,000 average attendance, at Is.—Lsoo. (4) votes for inspection of schools, LSOO. (5) training institutions, L2OOO. (6) sundries (including. fees to girls 'at. training school), LIOOO. Total, 145,200. (7) from vote for public libraries, LI2OO. Expenditure:—Officers, salaries, expenses (including inspector), L 2500; teachers' salaries, L 30.00 0; payment to committees, L3OOO : scholars, L7OO ; training institutions (including girls' training and high' schools), L 3500 ; school libraries, LSOO ; expenditure on the new schools, L4OO : all other expenses (including printing, advertising, &c), L 50 0; total, L 45,700. Public Libraries, LI2OO. The Secretary stated that the estimate for school buildings would probably amount to L 40,000, and the liabilities upon school buildings were set down at L 11,538, less L 6570, leaving a sum of L 4976 to be provided.

DUNEDIN. July 20. A public meeting was held at Anderson's Bay last evening, when it was resolved—"That the County Council be requested immediately to adopt the whole of the Counties Act. and that a petition be presented to the Government praying that the whole County be decladed a Railway District under the District Railways Act for the purpose of the construction of a railway thrqugh the centre of the Pei.insuda from Anderson's Bay to I'ortobello and tho Heads." The Committee of the Chamber of Commerce have resolved to recommend the Chamber to give their support to the proposal that a notice of all bankruptcies should be advertised, \n ihe Mercantile Qay.ette of Now Zealand. The Hon. H. S. Chapman has written to the Chamber of Commerce recommending that the Government should reduce the railway fares to 2d. per mile for first class, and Id. per mile for secondclass. He points out the New Zealand charges are the maximum, rates fur a minimum, snood. July 21. The Dunodin Jockey Club last night resolved to remove the disqualiliaation from Fishouk and Derritt, for unfair running on the Oamaru course the year before last. ...... ■§ ,-r-T I'JS VBROAiiGILL. July 21. At the Southland Waterloo Coursing Meeting Snrnam was the runner up ; and I>i'Donald's Skip imxfc. Tho ties were \Y'.'iv o'ieon r.-id Ham'ei'. The meeting was a' sucQussfid one, The hares were plentiful and strong. There wua about an inch of snow on the ground.

NELSON. Jul. At the football match between Wellington and Nelson, for the first two halfhours there wag very h,ard play without anv result, though tlie position of the ball was generally in favor in Wellington. At the third bout Wellington scored one goal and one try. At the fourth bout there was very hard play, but no further result. The Wellington team will be entertained at a dinner to-night.