TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 891, 22 February 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

t ♦ (PKII PRESS ASSOCIATION). ll t WELLINGTON. ~ February 21. The printers liiivc postponed tliuir strike so as to give a week's notice to-morrow. The l'iile match to-day between the l ' Wellington Artillery and the Nelson Naval • Brigade was won by the former. t Hori Keroi Taiaroa is called to the a Legislative Council. A Gaxette extraordinary issued to-night announces that the Chief Justice is sworn ' in as Acting-Governor. DUNEDLN. February 22. The man arrested for stealing Signor Morley'-* umbrella pleaded that he was ' driven to crime to avoid starvation. He - was remanded till Monday. ; A man named John "Clarke, charged with obstructing the police, was unable to k appear before the Bench to-day, being 1 confined by injuries to the Hospital. The Mayor, at the request of the Jockey Club, has proclaimed the 27th instant, the first day of the race meeting, a half holiday. AUCKLAND. t February 21. | The two seamen of H.M.S. Sapphire were sentenced t«> four months' for assault . on the Rev. Mr. Button and others. The Hawea took down D. Gouk, ship- ' wright. and five men, with pumps borrowed from the dock authorities and elsewhere to pump out the Taupo and float Iter to the beach. Gouk is familiar with sucli operations, and is sanguine of success. A telegram was received by the Mayor of the Thames lately that, as there is no t vote for the purpose, the Government . cannot contribute in aid of the expenditure of companies. It is extremely probable that the pumps will be started again. \ February 22. ] A Parliament of "the native tribes of rhe Auckland district and of Kaipara. .Mahitrangi, and the neighboring settlements, will be opened at Orakei, near Auckland, on Tuesday next. Mr. Kemp will represent the Government, and a message will be read from the Native Minister, which will stand in the place of '. the vice-regal speech in our Parliament. .Air. Bryee, M.H.R., leaves for the North by the first steamer, to enquire into matters connected with the Bay of Islands electoral roll. Notices in Maori have been circulated to the natives, and the enquiry is expected to last several weeks. NELSON. February 20. The Stella, with the Jackson's Bay Commissioners on board, is still weatherbound here. The glass is falling, and there is no sign of a change. CARTERTON. February 21. A store occupied by Mr. Domes has been burned. There is no clue to the cause. The loss is Llllß. It is insured for L4OO in the National office. BLENHEIM. February 21. The takings at the race-course for two 11.13-3 were—Gates, LHSB ; grand stand, I>T>:; ; booths, L»>B ; sundries, LlO ; total, L2'M). The settling is fixed for Monday. AVESTPOET. February 22. Sibrie, for the murder of Costello, has been remanded for eight days, Mrs. ' Sibrie will go with the police to point out where the remains aro concealed. Her .statement of how the murder occurred has ' not been made, public. A landslip at Giles buried the house of Ololi"Peter Wilson, injuring his wife and ; one child, and killing another little girl ' aged five. At the inquest a verdict of Accidental Death was returned. Typhoid and scarlet fever are raging at \ Boatman's Creek. Two or three fatal \ cases are reported, and great alarm is felt \ in families. " The Star says that the Government ] have ordered 24,000 railway sleepers here. ♦ i (PER TRESS AGESCY.) f \ AUCKLAND. a February 22. t Captain AVorsp, insurance surve} r or, is e sanguine of saving the Taupo. ( Eleven bo}-s escaped from the Kohi- f marania training ship, and went a distance 2 of thirtj- miles, sleeping in an open pad- g dock, and being two days without food or d covering. When run down by a con- p stable, they took refuge in the scrub, and were only induced to como out and sur- t render under threats. 0 A special reporter of the Star at f; Mahaino reports that messengers arriving g from all parts of the country report n extensive fires, which involve the de- ti struction of cottages, tramway, bridges, 1< and immense quantities of standing and f< prepared timber at Maurangturoto. The p lire ran ten miles in a fortnight, and ai

destroyed three miles of tramway at Makaura, and an immense quantity of standing timber, and burnt bullocks which were galloping about with their hair singed off their bodies..' Horses were seen with their' manes and tails on fire. The destruction of property and forest are immense.