TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 920, 28 March 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. March 27. It is understood that Mr Reid, of the A'est Coast Times, has bought the New lander. Orders are understood to have been 'ivc-n for tlie concentration of a large Wee of constabulary at Opunake and IVaihi, and anv demonstration of force on :he part of the natives will be met in the ,ame wav. Hiroki's surrender will also it-obablv be insisted 0:1 and enforced e?ain»t Tc Whili. March 28. Sixtv members of the Armed Ooi;;t:tbnlarlv force leave here to-day for W.iihai and Opunake. The redoubts are f., hi.- immediately .strengthened, and a considerable force will be massed in the. neighborhood verv shortly. 'l'iie Governor has issued a proclamation assuming the Government. St. Peter's Vestry have sent Home for :i peal of eight bells, to cost LSOO. DUNEDIN. I March 27. 1 The Dunedin Ago has been purchased ' by Mr George Caps tick, of Tokomairiro. on •' behalf of a company. :1 It i.; stated that the local insurance 3 companies do not intend to pay oil taken by them until after the expiry of .sixtv days from the lodgment of the claims. . Wi»li reference to the grounding of the the Harbor I>ilai'd decided to- * day lhaf Coxwain Milne be reinstated after being reprimanded, and that Pilot •' Moore be susoended for one month. ' March 28. Some of the citizens, whilst inspecting 1 tlie reservoir on Monday last, found a bag of kittens, three dead cats, and a dead dog floating about oil the surface. A severe Hood was experienced last night. For several hour.; before daylight , i;tu rain fell in torrents. The night was terribly dark, and the street lamps were extinguished just as the laborers .-farted to clear the channel.; and open tlie traps. Luckily no one is reported to have been swept down the sewers. A lar_;e number of cellars are flooded, aii't some hundreds of pounds worth of properry destroyed. The tar pavement, street kerbing, and roadway are much torn up, and some of the principal streets an; badly damaged. The footpaths were covered this morning with tons of rubbish, and Corporation carts and laborers I are still busily emploved in carting oft' : the -/• CIIRIfiTCHURCH. March 27. At the meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association to-day. a genera! opinion was expressed that for this year, !«-a»t. there is no chance of starting the ll.'Val Agricultural A.--soeiation. L inter the circumstances it was thought that the Chi'Htciiinvh Society should not move further In the matter, beyond securing members lor ihe National Association, whenever occasion served. GREYMOUTIL March 27. Walter L. Miller, accountant of the Hank of New South Wales, committed suieMe this afternoon in an outhouse of the Lank, by blowing out his brains with a revolver. Ueceaved has been in Gre\i.f .tsth about seven or eight years, and was well liked, but hits been under medical attendances during- he Last month, his wife's illness having ail'eeted him. He railed into the Hank yesterday, and quietly tvttivl to the baekj taking the revolver v.i:ll him, without being observed. He leaves a wife and two children, tne roundest about month old. His death is much regretted, as ho was a kind-h'-arted fe'l.'.w, about 20 years of age, and • xeept anxiety about his wiles health, no other cause is known for his suicide.

AUCKLAND. March 27. Sir G. Grey still remains at Kawau. To-day a large number of telegrams relating to the Waikato embroglio were transmitted bv wire to M arkworth, and tiience conveyed to his residence by boar. The news would have been sent to him yesterday, but he was expected in town vesterday rv" : -". No reply has yet "lieeli lecei". •: :: i.; iiii-* i i'ciii'er since the telegrams were sent him. March 2S. Five race hors<s arrived by the Hawca from Napier for the Autumn races. Tliey are Lalla Ilookh, Joe Leonard, Tamate;'., L'juh Lomond, and Day and Martin. Arrived—Hero, with 40 saloon and 20 steerage passengers. Signor Pompei's (>;.cra Company has arrived by her (19 in number). Miss A\ageuheim, the prima donna, is highly spoken of. FOXTON. March 27. Messrs Halcombe and Sherwell's sale of land on behalf of the Immigrant and Colonist Aid Corporation yeterday, at Fielding was an immense success. About 200 persons were present, and amongst them were buyers from all parts of the Colon}". The bidding was very brisk, and the land was all bought by small farmers. The" amount realised reached a total of L 3500, the average price of rural land being L 4 Ss per acre, and the highest price of rural land L 9 os per acre, which was given by Mr Tully of the Wairarapa. All the rural and suburban land sold, but there was not much demand for town sections.

INVERC ARG ILL. March 28. The Corp6ration are having the debenturesprepared for the issue of the LIOO.OOO loan for water supply. Invercargill declined to join with Christchurch in the memorial for the removal of ihc seat of government to Christchurch.