TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 723, 3 August 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON", i August 2. I 111 reply to an application for a special ; press wire from 9 at night to 3 in the morning, for the Southern towns, as is • now granted to Auckland, the Govern- ' ment decline for the present, on the ground that the arrangement with the 1 Auckland Herald is only an experiment, A further reply will be given shortly. DUNEDTN, August 3. It is intended to hold Saturday afternoon classes in Knox Church for the religious instruction of young people attending the Government schools. ♦ TIMARU.. Aug. 2. A petition to the Governor praying that the borough of Timaru may be divided into wards has received a large number of signatures representing 400 out of a little over 600 votes. To-day, four seamen of the brig Pakehn, previously cleared for Kaipara, were brought before the Bench of Magistrates for refusing to go to sea, on tlie ground of the unseaworthiness of the vessel. A survey was made, and the Bench ordered certain repairs, the surveyors to see them faithfully executed. The men were ordered aboard in the meantime. GRAHAMSTOWN. Aug. 2 A movement was originated last night- | t<- ,sv_iid a congratulatory telegram to the . Earl of Beaconsfield on the auspicious | termination of the Berlin Congress. A subscription, limited to. one shilling, was | started, the money raised, and messages sent to-day, signed by Warden Frascr on behalf of the community. NEW PLYMOUTH. Aug. 2. The Chief Surveyor on the Waimate Plains has crossed the Makanui, with 0 without) opposition from the Natives, who remain quiet. | ft ia proposed tos start a Gas Company hero. g WANGANUi. Aug. 2. The ease of Fred. Whitelock and Thos. M'Donogh, charged together with having had an illicit still in their possession, occupied the Court all day. The evidence of the Collector of Customs, Mr. David London, showed that while making-a tour of inspection, his suspicions were aroused, and he made an investigation of the upper storey of the City Brewery, and caught the other defendant, Ambrose Lough, partner of M'Donogh's, upsetting the vessels of grog. The still and worm were partially hidden by sacks. There wore upwards of twenty gallons of spirits in the room. The still was working at the time. A fine of L 250, with the option of twelve months' imprisonment, was inflicted in each case. Auibros I;,.uv_;h was caught in an upper roo;y, «ud tried the desperate defence ih.-is he was a servant of and knew nothing of the unlawful proceedings. He was Rcviioiicod to twelve months, without the o.pbimi of a : hue. The defendant Lough states that the still was used for the first time when he was caught. The atViiir caused much excitement here, as it was the first case of the sort in town. The defendants' solicitors gave notice of appeal.