TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 894, 26 February 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PEK I'i:KSS A.-.-oi.IATJO.V.) Wellington. February 2-~i. Complaints having Hindu about p. contract Fur furniture being y let by the Colonial Architect's Department " Merit's. Elliott,. Under-Secretary tit Crown Lauds, and Barron, chief reporter, wer» appointed a Board i" investigate tin: matter. The complainant is a German cabinetmaker, ami he employed Mr. Ollivier to conduct tlie case. The Board, however, declined to hear a solicitor, ;uid insisted on the complainant going Pit with the case himself. He refused to do so, and withdrew it, saying lie would appeal to the 3linisters. February 20. The Attorney-General has given his opinion to the Corporation that the construction of new streets is a work within the meaning of the term " public works" I in the Municipal Coq>orations Act, and for which a special loan may be raised, I with the approval of the ratepayers. The ' City Solicitor ha 3 advised differently. DUNE DIN". February 20. The driver of a spring cart named Roberts was prosecuted to-day for unmercifully flogging Jiis horse and assaulting a s itt of Mr. Houghton, shipowner, when hU name was demanded. Fines amounting to oPs were inflicted. A paiwngor by rail from Palmerston to | Di:nvtli;i vas tilled LI for travelling vn;h a ticket that only booked him to Watkottaiti. He pleaded that the train did not atop there; but it appeared he was made aware of this by the stationmaster. C res wick, the tragedian, has arrived here fron; Hobart Town under engagement to Mr. Darrell. Ho opens on ironday in " Virginius." Tin* Commissioner of Police lias issued a circular to his men requesting contribu-

tions to the miners' widows' and. orphans' fund, heading the list himself withXo. An Hospital patient nanjed Macgregor, whose mind had;been ing, walked into the Bay, bat was and sent to the Lunatic Asylum. ; T

• christchurch: S i - The Acclimatisation are going ( to send to Mr. Creighton inmore prairie c hens. They have dAermined, in conse- t quejioc of remonstranc, to omit jackdaws from the list of birds to be brought out ( by Mr. Bills. They are going to import c English crabs and s AUCKLAND. \ ] February ( At the opening of the Maori jJaraatfrent at Orakei there was a large g Europeans. Over 350 Ma<ffls sent, including representatives of all the chief trifres. The chief, Paul, delivered a long address, dealing with the native question. The meeting resumes to-morrow morning, and is likely to be for a week. February 20. At the Government land sales ye.step day. fur 44 lots <>f from 00 to 200 acres at "liokianga, not a single bid was made:. "Hie cause was alleged to be dread of the new land tax. Messrs. Jones and \V;ire were the lowest- j tenderers for the section of railway from ; Wangarei to Kaino. The Auckland Institute has received from Mi'. A. Goldie, New (ill ine;i .explorer, a large collection of bird-skins, ; native implements, and curios. The whole collection represents species not possessed ] bv the Insti-utc. *A fine collection of ornamental woods ( from the Province will be forwarded to the Sydney Exhibition, including five varieties of mottled kauri. \V. V. Cadman, son of Jerome Cadman. announces himself for City West. JIOKITJKA. February 25. The Waipara brings a report from Jackson's Bay that a great number of residents there intend leaving on the a it! val of the Stella. ; i February The Claud Hamilton left Melbouiiie on the 20th inst., and encoutitered strong \V. and S.W. gales and heavy seas during iter vovagc. Passengers —For kelson : Mr. Brown, Miss Waines, and 2 in the stecraire. For Wellington : Miss Smith, .Mis. Kirby and family : Rev. Mr. Kitmic_'s. ill*, Griffith and 17 in the For Lyttelton : )ir. Lindsay, a-je. For Dunedin : Drvdeii. and 2 - For Nelson. .'>o tons: T-.vo of the Rifles leave by the Claud IMfnilton to-night to attend the Nelson lines' meeting, as representative-, IXVHiICAIICILL. 'S Fubruary 25 A trial of reapers and binders will take : place at Wallacetown to-morrow. Four | machines are expected to compete. } A quarter-acre section in Tay-street was •sold to-day for The purchasers | were Messrs. Price and Bullied, drapers. [ i >nly thix-e representatives from thin i district will be able to attend the C<.lonial ii.rize tiring at Nelson. Th-y are —A <>l. fCiii'f, Sei.'C. Alcheson, and Vol. Hau- ! cock. j February 2(5. 1 A trial between four kinds of self I reapers and binders is u"-'iug on to-day ! ;■ t U'allacetoun. seven miles from Inver- : cargill. _ , | i A meetiuix to consider steps to relieve j ■ the Kaitali'-lala sufferers has been caileu j ; by the Mayor. \ *.\ la rye number of fat cattle and slieep j •iv,. fi*iijii .here by train to the Dun- | • .-.tpt Market in consequence of the rail-1 i • TiMAicU. I February 25. I ; The bodies of a number of apparently j ■ still-born children have been found buried j ; in the footpaths and graves in the Timaru j cemetery, having been placed there by j realtli during the night time. Inquiries j ■ v.iil be instituted into the matter. j j During the four weeks ended to-day, i . the principal e::po;ts l>v sea from f l imaru J S were 45,01)0 bushels wheat, J iO.S bushela | barley, 554 sacks tlour. 7200 bushels oats, land 1401 bales wool, besides lesser quanti- | lies of bran, pollard, potatoes, Ovc. j Another excellent seam of coal has been i found in the Waimate district. i WANGANFL ! February 25. j ]\Fr. Hardcaslle, 11.31., ruled to-day j that the valuation rolls of the Wanganuij Waitotara Highway District were in- | fiirmal, because a separate list and separate? declarations had not been mane for eac!* Ward. KUMAIIA. •February 25. At the tiring forthe choice of representatives at the' Nelson, meeting, Lieut. .Miinvard, with 72, with 05, were selected. The late rain has caused ajarge fall of earth on the Government water-race tunnel. The water was turifC'd off for repairs. and ;l laiye number of miners are idle in conscience. With every exertion it wiTVtuke at a week before the water