TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 860, 17 January 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FEK P6:K»!i AwCW'IATIOS). WKLLIXGTOX. January 10. E«tv.;>v>E Hastings, son of Horace Hinting. M.H.K., lately station-master at Wathnln, tiisi* jtt*t heeti arrested here tm a telegram fiom Chri.stehtireh on a ft f»fi%'in.i; a clie>'|tie of L 7 :">.«.. purporting t" he atoned hy the t.fetierai Railways, andyiven t>> Henry Alien. puUkiutt. Cfui-tfehuich. J?:i.~;int.'s vr.n arrested on landing from the Wak.ietpn. The- f»>I!o-winL' are the insurances on the Schtetwttint. :—Xev Zealand. L 7700 : Xatb-trnd, Lo-f-O: South British. LISOO : VLfforw. LoW : and Colonial, 2* ft. The city valuation thra y'e.tri* L 2-11.503. ;w rtiraitut" L2t>7,t;o.'> last year.

January 17. Mr. «"*. 31. O'Rorfce was eh-cted' Chairman tn. the Commission to pii'jtiire into a ?>vsfem; of higher cducattrttt.

had .1 hotise on hl> J ti.il; appearance, which took t.lr.ce last j nirht. The teadmo meinherx were all e;tfled het'otv the curtain, ami Khniold j rn;»d»; a speech. proMii.-diijj to re-visit ! Wellington. Mw.-R Dane!!. Ilignohl. j and (%>'. now leave for Chmtchnivh. The < *ea3»n ha.* Wen the in«v-*t attractive and ever known here. Tho- City O'Mneil last night, after a j warm detwte, negatived a motion to j appoint Mr. Clttnie as dntiii.-t.ge engineer. j The majority then, to .secure an adjourn-I m-'tit. t>eg;iiH to talk against time, ami kept it Hp till near daylight without any res*r.«tt. The general entries received for the I regatta last night were .satisfactory. I DUNKUIX. January 1<». R.jhert Maegeorge, a carter, was killed near Osttrant la.it eveninghy the upsettiny of hi.* drrnv.

At the" Police Court this morning a resptietabledooking man named Byrne, who was found after midnight on the broad of his back opposite the old Knox Chuteh. and was locked up for drunkenness, protested so emphatically that he was- fjtttte sober that two first-class sergeants and a lock-up keeper had to be sent for to convince him to the contrary. They failed to do so ; but the indignant necrised was convicted and lined notwithstanding. Yesterday a well-known .street loafer. who earns" his living by the aid of a crutch, contrived to palm off a brass nugget on a working jeweller for gold and received L 3 for it." The nugget, which was a beautiful imitation, had been stolen from a dwelling on Siuinlay last. Januarv 17.

A hot scrimmage occurred at tlie Presbyterian .Synod over the disposal of the surplus of "Education Fund, amounting to LflOO per year. It terminated in a resolution being carried that the money be devoted to the endowment of a Chair of Mora! Philosophy. This makes the second theological Chair established by the Synod. A protest against the decision was signed by thirteen of the most influential members. One of the ministers said that nine-tenths of the people of «»tago were perfectly indifferent as to how the monev was dealt with.

Ai the"iMiee Court to-day, an elderly Scotch woman named Lockie was ordered to pay a tine of L 5 and costs, or suffer one month's imprisonmenf, and also bound over to keep the peace for committing an aggravated assault on an Irish woman twice her size. The victim of the assault presented a frightful picture, her eyes ."..id their surroundings being of a dark chocolate » i rr, and she exhibited a parcel of hair s uheient lor a chignon which had been . .rri from her head.

CHP.ISTCK CECIL < January 17. The case of Henderson v. the Napier Harbor Board began to-day. The is3iie will atiect the contract for harbor works at Port Ahuriri, Napier. Mr. Henderson, the contractor, seeks to recover the sum of LIS.OCO on account of work and material performed and supplied in addition to what he contracted for, and which lie alleges t as necessitated by the Harbor Board having departed from the plans and specifications on which the- tender was based. The first annual meeting cf the Kaiapoi Woollen Jfnnufp.ctory Company was held on Wednesday. The report shows a satisfactory state of affairs, and a cx-edit balance of L 778. New machinery is being erected, also a new concrete warehouse, the latter to cost LBb's. Harvesting is becoming general. The crops are a fair average, notwithstanding the drought. 3lr. Jardine, Sub-Librarian of the Public Library, has resigned. The Stewart Family left yesterday for Wellington, after a most successful

season. They pi.-::' <- ;.j return at:n the middle of March. Mr. M'Callum, jeweller, has given a gold medal to be fired for in connection with the representative firing of the New Zealand Rifle Association. Two lots of superior ewes and.rams were imported yesterday by the Ringarooma from Tasmania", and arrived in excellent condition. The same Tessel brought eleven handsome ipecimens of short-horned cattle- niich ttss a very valuable lot. The reaper and binder contest took place yesterday. The weather was delightful. The prizes offered were L2s.by the Association, and Lo for the best hand binding. The Commission appointed to judge of the machines were : Engineers—j Messrs. W. Conyers, Allison, and Smith; practical farmers—Messrs. Rennie,J. Goff, T. Black, W. M. Ross, and W. E. Ivy. Of model farm machines, three started exactly at ten o'clock, each to cut four acres, "which had been marked out. The points for competition were—Strength, simplicity of construction, lightness of draught, quantity of ground gone over, time occupied, and quality of work. At tin.- close the result announced the M'Cormiek as first, and the Osborne as highly commended. The judges considered tliac the hand binders had not completed their work, and no prizes were awarded to them. The announcement of the result was received with general satisfaction. During the day Mr. John Anderson exhibited one of Aerling Porter's traction engines. It went about the field with astonishing rapidity, making sharp turns, and being steered easily. In utilising it in the harvest field a specially constructed reaper is required, making the width of cut twelve feet. It would then accomplish about thirty acres per day of ten hours. About 500 persons were present.

AUCKLAND. January 16. The p.s. Annie Milbank ran into the yacht Zodiac last night. One of the Zodiac's hands, while trying to bear off, was left hanging on the steamer's topsail, and was hoisted on board the yacht. The collision started the planking of the Zodiac, and as she leaked she was towed up to the harbor. The mail steamer will probably be detained 10 days for the repair of her machinery, by* Messrs. Fraser and Tinne. The mail will probably be sent to Sydney bv one of the Union Company's boats. January 17.

The Hon. Mr. Shcehan proceeded to \V:nk worth last night in the s.s. Lily, which was specially chartered for the occasion. He will probably address his Rodney constituents. Tn the news received by the mail it is stated that Mr. Russell lias been offered LiiOO on his bargain if he will i-eturn the horse Musket to England, but he refused the otl'er. Musket is in Melbourne, and will reach Auckland by the Hero. At the opening of the first lodge of the Order of the Loyal United Friends, under the New Zealand Constitution, the mysteries of tlie Order were explained, showin" how much good has been done in England since its foundation in 1829. i:>: the Thames pumps difficulty, the Chamber of Commerce Committee see no other possible solution but for the Thames County Council to contribute, for gold duty received, one-half of the cost of continuing the working of the pump at •{Of feet level, and that the companies interested contribute the other half.

iThe Wesleyan Conference opened this morning. At the Police Court, Deborah Hood, I of the hotel, Xgaruawahia, was charged with travelling on the railway without a j ticket, and was fined L 3 and costs. A i similar charge against Alice Fell and Cook was withdrawn. The evidence showed great laxity of certain railway officials.

I PORT CHALMERS. I Jiinuaiy 17. j Arrived Waitaki, from Oamaru. | Sailed—Taupo, for Lyttlcton. I IXVERCARGILL. } January 10. | There was considerable excitement yes- | terday over the Mataura election. Last j niiiht the result was known from all places t:.\ce{>t the distant polling booth of Fortrose, )>ut as the number of electors there ! is small the result could not be affected. | All returns now in make the polling | totals—Shanks, 300 ; Kinross, 250. Both | candidates arc thorough supporters of the I Ministry. The railway opening will take place on Wednesday next, j There lias been an increase of L9OOO in the valuation of the town this year. This war it is L 47.518. while for 1878 it was \'l:isa-20. A case of some importance to dairymen and others was heard in the Resident ?»lag>straie's Court this morning. Daniel j Philips was charged by the Inspector of Nuisances with having, on the 10th inst., with a horse and cart, hawked, sold, or exposed milk for sale without having paid a license fee. Mr. Macdonald, solicitor to the Corporation, said the action was I brought under clause 3 of the 44th by-law of the town. Mr. Finn, for defendant,

admitted having no license, but pleaded, first, that defendant did not " sell " in the streets in the ordinary sense, that he merely supplied customers. Mr. Finn held that the by-law clearly contemplated there being a public market, where defendant and others could dispose of their produce, and the oflence of selling would be outside the market. The Council had no right to prohibit a sale or impose penaltics unless it provided a market. Mr. Macdonald admitted there was no market, but under the provisions of a section in the by-law, quoted, even although no market existed, defendant was not entitled to vend his commodity in town without paying the license fee. The Court thought the question a rather important one, and would consider the point raised, though it was of the opinion that defendant was liable ; the point in his favor was that there was no Market Inspector to receive any fees. As the case was of some importance, Mr. M'Culloch intimated that he would take it into consideration, and give his decision another dav.

A very sudden death is reported from I Oreti. A man named Atkinson, employed on the railway, fojl down suddenly, as if in a fit. "When lifted up, slight signs of life were visible, but he very shortly afterwards expired. GISBORNE. January 17. At the sale of the late Captain Head's property, a suburban allotment facing Gladstone road fetched LSO per acre. This is lower than the price ruling some months ago. Lot Xo. 1, near Rudd's Quarry, fetched L 140 0; Makauri, GSO acres, LOSOO ; "Willows, L 3500 ; lot 11 brought ISSO. Mr. Rees gave notice that the natives intended to dispute the titles. (pj:r tkess age.vcv. ) AUCKLAND. January 16. Mr. John Plennan, proprietor of the Te Aro sawmills, was killed whilst at work by a blow received from a plank. He died in half an hour after the accident.