TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 864, 22 January 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(rEK PKBS-i ASSOCIATION). WELLINGTON. January 21. The boy Paeon, charged with the robbery at the Anchor Line office, was to-tlay committed for trial.. Bail was One free raijway pass has been issued to each newspaper here, with the condition

that it ia only to ba usad for repotting purposes, and may b» canoelltd if ussd otherwise. January 22. A man named W. H. Parnell was arrested last night for sticking a common table fork in his wife's nose. The woman is seriously injured. To-day being the 39th anniversary day of the province, it is observed as a close holiday. Th» weather is glorious, with a light southerly wind, admirably suited for the regatta. The fifth session of the United Free Methodist Church district meeting was opened yesterday. All the circuits sent one or more representatives. The Rev. E. Macfarlane was re-elected Chairman, and the Rev. G. White Secretary. The Government's annual consignment of American tree seeds arrived by the mail in excellent order, and will shortly be ready for distribution. Mr. H. S. Cox, assistant geologist, has gone to Maketu to report on the best means to test the auriferous cement deposits. At the regatta, in the race for fouroared outrigger boats of three miles, first prize silver salver and L 25, second prize LlO, three started. The Dolly Varden got run .into by a sailing boat almost nnmediately after starting. After a fair race Torpedo won, with Wanganui second. The winner's time was 25min 30sec. The Wanganui was 45sec behind. For the ships' gig race, first prize cup and LlO, second L 5, three started. The Hermione won, with Neptune second.

DUNEDIN. January 21. It is reported that Neil and Boyd are about to take action against the Dunedin Age for misreporting. The Age gave a summary of the opening speech by plaintiff's counsel as the facts of the case, and it is alleged has highly colored them. There is a great domand for labor here. The Education Board and other public bodies have advertised contracts for works to be done in country districts, and for many of them have been unable to get a tender. In other cases tlio tenders sent in are much in excess of the estimated cost of the works.

The police have commenced a vigorous raid on the unfortunates of the city yesterday ; two of them were arrested almost immediately after leaving gaol, and the Bench this morning sent them back to their old quarters. About a week ago a man named Frank South, was sent to gaol supposed to be suffering from delirium tremens. He had stripped himself naked in the public streets, and when brought before the Bench he declared that his mind was affected. Shortly after regaining his liberty yesterday he was re-arrested for drunkenness. He conducted himself in a violent manner, tearing his clothes to shreds, and he had to be brought before the Bench to-day enveloped in a blanket. He addressed the Bench in a violent and excited manner, saying he had spent thousands and that his father had placed him twice in a lunatic asylum. He was sent to gaol for a week with the view of afterwards undergoing medical examination.

A seaman named Hugh Donaldson went out for a night's fishing last evening, and he returned to his vessel this morning with two codfish and a large bundle of lead piping. The steward gave him into cutody, and the detectives are now looking for the owners of the lead. January 22.

The first through train for Invercargill left Dunedin at half-past ten this morning. It consisted of sixteen carriages, and conveved about 300 passengers, including the Mayors and Councillors of the chief Municipalities along the line, several members of the Ministry and representatives in the Assembly, and a large colleclection of Press men. The attendance of citizens to witness the departing celebrants was very limited, and there was no demonsirationof any kind. While the passengers were assembling, a man, whose name is unknown, was run over by a buggy driven by a clerk in the Colonial Bank named Gray. The wheel passed over the man's neck, and he was at once conveyed to the Hospital. In the case of Black's trustees against Sheriff Watt and Neill and Boyd, in which substantial damages were claimed for the sacrifice of a storekeeper's effects and chattels through a hurried sale under a writ, the jury about midnight last night returned a verdict for LlOlO damages. The jury found that Mr. Watt had wrongfully, unnecessarily, and imperiously took possession of goods of far greater value than wore needed to satisfy tho writ, and that the property, at the instance of Neill and Boyd, was unnecessarily sacrificed. The railway goods shed has been systematically robbed for some time past, Last evening the goods manager caught one of the employe's named David Kicholl in the act of stealing a cmantity of oats, and gave him into custody.

AUCKLAND. January 21. The valuation of the City of Auckland for 1879 is L 155,000, as against L 148,000 for 1878. But for the exemptions created by tho Act last session the increase would have been larger. Mr. Sheehan proceeds to Wanganui tomorrow to settle the native land disputes. The grocers' Saturday half-holiday scheme has burst up. The soiree in aid of the Wesleyan Home Mission fund was largely attended last night. Addresses were given by the Revs. Lee (Taranaki and Wanganui), M'Nicoll (Otago), Reid (Wellington), and Crump (Canterbury)- The collection at the afternoon conference and meeting amounted to LIBO. There is a standing debt of L 660, and deficiency on the year of L 252.

CHRISTCHURCH. January 21. A carpenter named Ashworth, who was at work on a building at Amberley, was blown off his ladder "by a sudden gust of wind, and had his leg broken, Mr. T. S. Pratt, for many years proprietor of the Waikouaiti Herald, and more recently of the Sun, with which he had only recently severed his connection, died to-day.

GREYMOUTH. January 21. A miner named John Cormick was killed at Maori Creek, by a tree falling on him. A verdict of accidental death was returned. INVERCARGILL, January 22. Great preparations are proceeding for the reception of the visitors by the opening train this afternoon. Flags are everywhere displayed, and illuminations and fireworks are displayed on an extensive and expensive scale. A banquet will be given in the new theatre, at which it is expected that 300 guests will sit down. Messrs. Macandrew and Ballance represent the Ministry. Mr. Stout is en"a"ed on legal business, and cannot leave Dunedin. ♦- (PER TP.ESS AGENCY.) AUCKLAND. January 21. Four tradesmen were fined at the Police Court this morning for having unstamped weights and measures in their possession. The Herald to-day says .—" We are authorised by the Native Minister to state that the telegrams purporting to give the terms agreed on between Rewi and the Government is absolutely without foundation, and false in every possible respect. Rewi has never asked for, nor woul4 the Government accede, such terms." The following items are from Hokianga:—The Star of the Mersey has

arrived from' Dunedin. The steamer Geelong, with a raft of 100,000 ft. kauri for shipment south, has also arrived. The captain reports losing several logs off TVangape. The dispute between the Lower Waiho and Ngohehu natives has been settled by arbitration. The Land Court is sitting here—6oo natives are present. .The schooner Ada Cowen sailed from the Thames yesterday for .Lyttelton with 180,000 ft. timber. The schooner Josephine is loading with timber at the Hauraki Mills for Lyttelton. The Stella, %vith Mr. Sheehan on board, arrived this morning. The Wesleyan Conference met this morning, when, in addition to ministers, there were 18 laymen present, who were welcomed by the President. He thought every circuit should avail itself of the privilege to elect a representative, and he trusted that resolutions would be passed making it compulsory on circuits to elect representatives.