TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 737, 20 August 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. August 19. The Committee of the Chamber of Commerce instructed the Secretary to bring under the notice of the Minister for Justice a defect in the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1870, whereby a secured creditor, no matter what the amount of his claim, is practically precluded from voting at a meeting of creditors. The Secretary was also instructed to procure a sample of wool to forward to Mr. Mcncktoq. Synott, Melbourne, for the inspection of the Japanese Commissioners. DUNEDIN. August 19. The M yor and Chairman of the Harbor ! have telegraphed to the Pre•i. urgmg the speedy settlement of the

• i'.-vriy si;; question. In answer to a telegram from the President of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, pointing out the injurious effect of the remission duties on flour and grain, Mr. Stout has replied that it is satisfactory to know that this is the only proposal of the Government which the Chamber objects to. The Government believed it was their duty to arrange the duties so that industries would be encouraged, and the Chamber's recommendation would not be lost sight of when the tariff should be revised. He pointed out that New Zealand was a grain-producing country. s»»ul -is now successfully competing in 'ho Sydney and English markets."

CHRISTCHURCH. August 19. The Canterbury Farmers' Grain and Produce Store Company to-day purchased from the Government the lease of two acres or ground at Addington, off the line of railway, for the purpose of erecting hu-L'o stoves, which will hold when complete : 1-1-00 tons, or 14,000 sacks, of grain. The lease is for 41 years, at LG7O per year ; at the end of that time the Government pay for all impvovementa. August '2O,

At meeting of the Ashley County Council yi slerday. a motion was adopted iiifiiv-ii- of rlie West Const railway route bi'ing via Ambei'ley, and a letter was drafted nil 11 n_- suWji'ct, to be dispatched to the Minister for Public Works. At a meeting of the City Council last night, the of ill-, .'j'ohn Evans Brown, M. H. !<., to let a portion of the public park was negatived by a large majority, only Councillor Pratt voting for it.

The proposed Working Men's Club, where members were to have liquor in moderation, has fallen through. -= AUCKLAND. August 19. Hone Wliiknt-ahi, the Maori County Councillor, at Hokianga, has been lined 40s. with the alternative of a month's imprisonment, for maliciously breaking the windows of Councillor Bryers' house. Ernest Bruce, ex-Lieut. R.N., has been committed for lri.il on a charge of larceny as a bailee of a quantity of goods belonging to one Buvaii, a member of the Armed Constabulary. August 20. The Australia arrived at midnight. She left; Sydney on August 18. Most of the news is anticipated by the Arawata. TJMARU. August 20. A report is ctin-iiiit in town to the effect that the Rev. James Preston, Curate of St. Mary's Anglican Church, Geraldine, is missing. He left Geraldine to go to Burke's Pass a few days ago and has not been heard of since. FEATHERSTONE. August 20. sad accident happened on the Rimutakia last night. A wagon and five horses, driven by William Stephen, went over a bad corner, known as Drake's Elbow. The driver and two horse 3 were killed. It was dark at the time of the accident. Deceased was quite a young man. GRAHAMSTOWN. August 19. A young lady, daughter of Mr. Thomas Macky, wine merchant, Auckland, on a visit here to the Rev. Mr. Neill, left for a walk in the country, and, not returning next day, a search party was organised, consisting of Maoris and Europeans. After a lapse of some 40. hours, she was discovered in some tall ti tree and fern by a Maori, almost insensible from the cold' and wet of the night and day she had spent in the bush.

HOKITIKA. August 19. . A patient in the Asylum, named Heeley, escaped on Saturday morning through a skylight, and scrambled over the high precipice with only his shirt on, which he.threw off on leaving, alleging afterwards that he did not wish to be arrested for stealing the Asylum clothes.

He ran to the sea-beach in a state of nudity, followed the low-water mark for some miles, and afterwards proceeded into the bush at the upper crossing of the Arahura, where he was found at six o'clock the same night. He hp,d no food nor clothing, but expressed his intention of asking for both at the first house he came to. When found. ,he was . hiding from the police behind a bush. .

/ NELSON. August 19. Messrs. Sharp and Pickering report the sale of two acres, in which Watkins'j .house/ lately burnt, stood, together with the ruins of the house, for L 1265, to the Bishop of Nelson. INVEECARGILL. August 19. The Bluff Harbor Board having ascertained that the section of the Board's endowment at Tarutatura, applied for by Professor Black, is exceptionally valuable, the following resolutions were carried at a meeting this afternoon : " That the Chairman and Solicitor be requested to ..attend the Waste Lands Board, and represent that the sale of the land to Professor Black will seriously prejudice the remainder, and request that the land may be put up to public auction, as it is of special value ; and, further, that the Chairman be empowered to purchase the same at auction on behalf of the Board." " That the Chairman be instructed to apply for the whole of the endowment open to purchase."