TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 901, 6 March 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

• WELLINGTON. March 5. I A meeting to form » Naval Brigade was ; held last night. Fifty-seven name* were ; enrolled. . , _„ . \ The Benevetent Society has undertaken ' th# dcrtributwro of charitable aid. i WBliam Miller, engaged on the collier I Elko, fell down the hold of the vessel, f breaking two. of hj« ribs. \ Parfkment» further prorogued to tne 14thMay. .. t .. im ( „ I Th« concert hit night adds LSO to upward* of L2OO previously collected for the Kaitaagato Relief Fund. DCNEDIN. I March o. The member* of the Fernhfll Club were I deprived of » good dinner yesterday. A I newly-caught sahnoa trout weighing

seventeen pounds had just been placed in t the hands of the cook, when Detective h Nefll called for it, and the manager of the Club was served with a summons for a i breach of the statute. The prosecution t occupied the Bench for upwards of an c hour to-day. Objection was raised that, i although the fish waa found in the Cluby,';* no proof of the manager's knowledge of f its presence was established, and the 1 Bench has taken till to-morrow to con-j ajder their decision. The salmon in the, meantime is left with the police, who are much concerned about its preservation. \ \ A cricketer named Thomson, who was 1 1 recently convicted of stealing the shoes of 1 a fellow-cricketer, was sent to gaol for six. i months to-day for stealing an overcoat. from Watson's Hotel. i 1 The Daily Times to-day comments on: < the ridiculous lightness of the punishment inflicted on the master of the Taupo. . The Rev. Mr. Gordon, from the Irish Presbyterian Church, was introduced and took his seat with the Dunedin Presbytery to-day. The business transacted was unimportant. A man named Kane, who had both his legs amputated some days ago at the Hospital, died last evening. The annual session of the Senate of the New Zealand University commenced at the Museum to-day, when the annual report of the Chancellor was read, and its consideration deferred until next sitting. The Rev. D. Bruce-proposed the following resolution :—" That it is desirable to . amend the regulations specifying the terms to be kept and examinations to be 1 passed for the B.A. degree, so as to allow 1 students who support themselves during ' their undergraduate course to come up for examination, after studying for B.A. i degrees, under less stringent conditions titan those now existing." The mover said the object of the motion was to re--1 move the impression that the students ' could not present themselves for exami- • nation as candidates for the B.A. degree r daring the fourth year after matncula- . tion. It having been explained that the course suggested was frequently followed, the motion was withdrawn. The sitting will be resumed to-morrow. ; The Bruce County Council have given > LIOO to the Kaitangata Relief Fund f Messrs. Willis and Seymour's panorama b of New Zealand is nearly completed, only j ten views remain to be executed. The t first exhibition will take place in April. An expert burglar, in the shape of a a youth of eighteen, named George Anself ney, was committed for trial to-day on n two charges of breaking into dwellings t and stealing money and jewellery. a After reper:ed delays, extending over , some years, the Atheureum Committee have issued atvo shilling catalogue to h their subscribers. r March C. ( 1 Mr. Bird, manager of the Fern Hill >l Club, was fined L 25 to-day for having a c- salmon trout illegally in his possession. ; t Mr. 11. Hart's tender of L 554 for erectf ing a Post and Telegraph Office at Dun- \ tr>.»n ha 3 been accepted. d| AUCKLAND. I March 5.

The Herald says :—" "We arc informed that it is not improbable that means will be taken authoritatively to call upon all who have attempted to alter the present Education Act to resign." The inquest on the body of Miss Turner ended in an open verdict. The medical evidence was to the effect that death was caused by opium poisoning. Deceased was frequently in the habit of using narcotics. Mr. T. B. Hall has discovered a seam of coal near the new Raglan road on the dividing range between AVhatawhata and

° ' March G. Over four inches of rain has fallen in 4H hours, and its pecuniary value to the timber trade may be measured by thousands of pounds. Mr. Larkins, contractor for thcKaipara railwav, owing to the sudden stoppage of a train through a cow being on the line, was jerked off a truck, and received a severe scalp wound. The Working Men's Club is to be reorganised, to make it more useful. Its membership is increasing. j A company has been formed known as the Bay of Islands Navigation Co. i A newspaper is to be started at the I Kawakawa coal mine.*.

CHTUSTCHURCH. March 5.

Owing to the frequency of fires at present, the insurance companies have decided to offer a reward of L'-'OO on conviction of persons wilfully setting /ire to t>retimes in ?>'cw jfcaland. By the ship City of Quebec, horn London, two 5-ton and two 7-ton trims have arrived for harbor defence. The amount collected by Messrs. Paul an«t Bird for the Kaitangata Belief Fund : up to this evening amounted to L 243 15s. ! A concert in aid" takes place to-morrow. ! Other subscription lists arc also going | round. i TIMARU.

March 5. Marifana has been scratched by Bay for all her Timaru engagements. The Committee appointed is actively canvassing for the Kaitangata Belief Fund.

NEW PLYMOUTH. March 5.

Letters received hero state that after the native meeting at Waikato, Rcwi and Mr Shechan will come through Taranaki to attend a meeting at Waitara. Te Whiti aajfs the meeting will lie held at Waitara this month. Some of his people will be there, although not himself. Several Societies arc getting up entertainments in aid of the Kaitangata Belief Fund. Only seven attended a meeting catted to arrange for raising subscriptions, and the proceedings were adjourned till Monday. HOKITTKA. • March 5. The Jackson's Bay Commissioners sat yesterday and took the evidence of John Murdoch, one of the settlers, re the alleged system of payment of wages in the Settlement. Mr. Macfarlane, the ! Resident Agent, against whom many complaints and charges are made, is expected here this afternoon in the Stella. Mr. Patton has been instructed to prepare a b<tfance-Bbjoet of the Settlements accounts. The 5.3. Murray tried the bar twice yesterday, but found the current too strong to enter, and went back to Greymouth.

GREYMOUTH.

March 5.

Tho following quantities of gold will be shipped by the Banks from Greymouth, per Claud Hamilton, for Melbourne, tomorrow morning -.—Union Bank of Australia, IGOOoz. ; National Bank, 22420z. ; Bank of New Zealand, 43750z. ; total, 8218 ox. A miner named Dennis Hurley was killed by a fall of earth in his tail race at Maori Gully, yesterday.

INVERCARGILL. March 5. The town is being actively canvassed for subscriptions to the Kaitangata Relief Fund. To-day two canvassers collected between L2O and L3O from one small block of the town. 3lr. Varley extends his stay one day, having the new theatre engaged, where he is attracting a certain class. Mr. Hoakins and Mdlle. Charbonnet, at the old theatre, suffer somewhat, but are still doing fairly. The young man who fell from s ladder the other day at Appleby, a height of

thirty feet, has succumbed to the injuries he received. He died at the Hospital.^ The Scottish-ana New (Zealandxlnyfistment Company, which i the tightness of the money .market, de- > clined to make; any f further [advances, is announced by advertisement this morning a» prepared to/wnme/lendujg; money on : freehold»land* -leaseholcfe. Some /other loan societies are doing the same thing. i WANGANUI. March G. j Steps are being taken for a regatta.in i thfr Wanganui River at about-; the end of the month. The prizes will amount to about LIOO, - - '-"- ... . The acceptances and general entries tor ] the Wanganui Races -vrill close at 9 p.m. ! on Friday.