TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 772, 2 October 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

GREYMOUTH. October 1. There is considerable excitement regarding an important discovery of ore at Lang'don's, about nine miles from Greymouth. ' Several leases have been applied for. The discovery was made some months ago, but the salne was not known till Dr. Hector's analysis of the ore was received, which is as follows :—" July 19th.— The ore received per Captain Palmer is antimony sulphate, with 84 Z*. gold and 36ozs. silver per ton. Send a ' •."•r-r sample for verification, as it is a . v valuable ore if it maintains this quantity, say L 350 per ton." "August 12. —Last sample antimony ore has 81ozs. "old per t'>n, which is chiefly in the quartz, ' Fart cf the second sample is quite equal to the first.—J. Hector." aoKiTiisx October I. I The Christchurch coach f?SS just arrived after an eight days' journey. The 1 driver reports all the rivers heavily flooded. The coach upset in one river : three horses were drowned, and the passengers had a narrow escape. The Chief ! Justice, the .Tudge : s Associate, and others i are stilt s£ -Cass, and will not reach here I before to-monoy/ i-ight- Some of the | passengers' luggage KP-s i'-'s- c- :t -ho mails ; -vrrived safe. BALCLUTHA. October 1. I The flood is subsiding, but very dowry. Everybody here is safe new. There are over 100 people in the Crown Hotel, almost the only p'ace on Balclutha flat which is inhabitable. The floors of the National and New South Wales Banks, i the offices of the New Z aland Loan and Mercantile Agency, and Chris'ie, commission agent, s?e dry, Many lives were aave-d by really gallant rescues. A man and hia wife in their house floated down the river and over part of the island for a distance of nearly seven milfts. Everybody is doing their utmost to rendec assistance to those in distress. The settlers or: the ridge are very hospitable, and | deserve apecb.l mention for their many j kindnesses. ; ' On ih.p island of Inchj Clutha, si) far as is known ; everybody has i been saved. A good quantity of"cattle ; got on to high 'and. ' The damage done is j incalculable. Kaitangata and Stirling ! suffered severely. Thp water was over a ! foot high '.in the Telegraph jGiuch here, | hiit the telegraphist stuck to his post | throughout, although at one time apparently unf.eoabj.6i. The y-eather is now ! tint', but the high Wiml iz k.£epm/r the j rivet' v.r>, The worst is Wiievsd to be over. The JToJynenx has been flooded | over six days. : ' « .. CHRISTCHURCH. October 1. The repairs to the Kangitoia Bridge are expected to be completed by to-rncrrow, when through traffic from Christchurch to Dunedin will be resumed, To-day, the passengers on arrival at the Bridge left the trains and crossed on foot, afterwards transferring themselves into the trains waiting at each end of the Bridge. The Synod, at its meeting to-day, passed &n overture to present to the Presbyterian Assembly, to request that body to arrange as to the cirefut of the! church agent, and not leave it to him to i decide upon hiß general course'of action as at present. October 2. At the jSynodl List night a' Committee was appointed to establish a temperance society similar to that connected with the Church of England, j The threat of cutting a channel through the railyvsy line at Irishman's Flat was not carried ojii;.' '2' he .iwa£er is now going dowß, A fire luzb i?ighs .on ih.e .prejrn-ises of Mr. | Merrin, Kaiap*oi .did damage'to the extent of Ll7O. 'fti« premises ~were | uninsured. \ DUHEDIN. October 1. Tha Mayor and Councillor Walter proceed .to Wellington to-morrow re the water supply 3ehexne. Recounts for %&6,53£ including the payment of 143,000 to' Proud/cot were passed by the Harbor Board to-day.' Of the amount paid to Froudfoot. L 26,000 ire for plant, LSOOO for bonus on the :ocky wall contract, and the remainder was for money due. The annual walking show of horses ;ook place to-d'iy. The entries were -umerous, and the show was more than ' tsuaily good, but it lost much of its ittractiveness in consequence of the I i ibsence of Christchurch horses, which 1 1 vere prevented from being present :.n onsequence of the railway interruptions, i The water has slightly subsided at i jovell's Flat, but the line from there to e Jalclutha is still under water. f

The question of whether the Education Board is liable to pay rates for, schoolmasters' residences was considered in the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, and judgment reserved. A letter from the Mayor of Dunedm, offering to supply suburban boroughs with water at the rate of 6.1. per 1000 gallons, was brought under the notice of the Water Supply Conference last evening, and a resolution was carried that the Conference agrees to accept the proposal of the Dunedin Corporation in regard to water supply, provided that an agreement I is entered into that when the high suburbs require a water supply, they shall be I permitted to get if. from Ross Creek or be supplied by the Dunedin Corporation at a fair rate. The Mayor of Dunedin expressed himself dissatisfied with this decision, and It ft the room. The vital statistics for Dunedin last quarter were :—Birtrs, 464 : deaths, 159; marriages, 94. The Presbyterian Church Trustees are said to be indignant at the action of the Attorney-General, in introducing a Bill re the appointment of Professors of the Otago University. They held a meeting this afternoon to consider the matter, but the result is not known.

HOKITIKA. ! October 2. j The steamer "Waipara has not yet shown up. She has been absent for days j and uneasiness is beginning to be felt, j The Lioness goes in search of her southward to-morrow. The schooner Dunedin spoke the Waipara some days ago, when she was short of coa'Ks. * NAPIER. October 1. A fire broke out at the Spit at one o'clock this morning, and destroyed the premises of Mr. Beukers, sail maker, and Mr. Red ward's store and engine shed. The progress of the fire was stayed by the Spit and Napier Fire Brigades. The fire broke out first at Beukers, but its origin is unknown. The insurances are : —Beukers, L 650 in the Union Company, of which L4OO is on the stock, and the remainder on the buildings ; Re.dward, L 250 in the gawkeabury Company, and L2OO in the imperial: ££oo was effected by the owner of the hopsej bii'J; iri what office is not known.