TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 940, 22 April 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(per press association.) WELLINGTON. ... , April 21. The poll uMer theV atiicipal Corporations Act, to Tsancti6n''the v boTr6wing of LIOO,OOO for street improvements, will be: taken to-morrow; ; Thfe itesident Magistrate has anttoiihced that, tecept invery exceptional cases, he will not allow professional costs Itfcisses whj&fe the amoilnt in dispute is uiider L 5. It is stated that the Government contemplate inaklng important changes in regard to the R.M.S of the Colony, these changes 'will include removals from one district to another, and alterations in salary. The civil case Garkeb v. Williams, in ■which the plaintiff seek? to recover sum of L3OO damages for a libel published reerard'j,g him by .defend£,i>fs, was called on"at the Supreme Court this morning. ! Mr. Trayapi applied for an on the ground that a material witness was absent. Mr. Bell objected to the adjournment, on the ground that the other side had not taken sufficient steps to secure the attendance of the witness in question. His Honor expressed the opinion that the case must be proceeded with, whereupon Mr. Travers said he could not go. ojn with the case, but he AYQVdd wit&draw the record and t-ftl' th?, of the dsw. The record w;ts 'then withdrawn, Iftnt the case will "prabahly be heard at nest session of the Court.. CHRISTCHURCII. April 2.1. By the Albion IGS pure merino sheep, consisling of ewes and rams, were shipped by My. Thomas Dowling, of Rakaia, to the order of a Victorian sheep owner. These sheep having been bred from Tasmanian and other imported blood, and reared upon good country, are of great size and symmetry, wit}.\ a heavy deep staple of wool. A man named Samuel Cyoft, a fish merchant of Oamaru, died very suddenly at 4. o'clock this morning at the Criterion Hotel. Deceased was about 50 years ■of age, and said to be a temperate man. He had had nothing to drink beyond some brandy and water, which he had taken on < Saturday morning on account of a slight ; sickness". An inquest will be held to- j: morrow. DO'NEDIN, April 21. The Hon. R.. Stout is now well enough to leave the house. Mr. L. R. Jaggar, one of the smartest telegraph operators in the service, lias j been transferred to and; left i, ; for there to-r^yy, At it meeting held to-day, to make • arrangements for the Governor's reception, . there was a large attendance. There will £>e a citizen's banquet and ball, and the Governor will attend the Choral Society's [ concert, It was resolved—" That the • Governor alight from the train at Pelichet i Bay, and that he be there met by the ' Mayor and Corporation, and driven to the , : Garrison Hall to receive the addresses ; I the Volunteers and public bodies to be invited to, p.att the prooession." • A large and influential Executive Committee was appointed. AUCKLAND. April 21. A strange and virulent throat epidemic is prevalent round Ki Tukuki. To-day-, 1 another child was buried which died from the malady, making six deaths of infants in seven days. The American barques Bonita and Aberdeen have been chartered for the purpose of aiding to raise the Taupo, and . sail at once. April 22. The insurance, companies' l standing reward ojf LIQO for. conviction in the case of incendiarism has been divided in the case of Fidgett, recently sentenced, between Detective Jeffrey and T. Rogers, the largest sufferer by the fire, and who first gave the information on which the police acted. A railway employee on the up-country train jumped off near the entrance of the Auokland Domain tunnel. He stumbled as he alighted, falling forward out of the track of the train, but had he fallen sidewards or backwards, nothing could have saved his life. The two children in charge of no person in particular, but simply consigned to Wellington on the last trip of the faiaroa, and afterwards taken o,n to. Lyttalton for lack of claimants, we're brought back here yesterday, and an owner has been found for them. The schooner Merriles has arrived from the Islands, after a four months' cruise. She reports the shooting of the captain of the German schooner Orega, at the Marshall Grpupe, early in February, by a native, The captain had a native wife at the station, and, during his absence, a native had an intrigue with her. The natives informed the offender that the captain would severely punish him on his return. The native, as a precautionary measure, looked out for the oaptain, and shot him in the breast on arrival. The captain was taken to the missionary doctor at Ebon, but the bullet had not been extracted. Hopes were entertained of his recovery. The Europeans endeavored to capture the offender, but failed, and sent an ultimatum to the King, that, if he was not surrendered, they would land. The King and a number of natives, in consequence, went after the offender, who would- not be taken alive, and they shot him, carrying in his body for identification. Severe fighting is going oji in lime Island, in the Marshall Group. Arms are in demand. The natives have got numbers of Spencer rifles and cannons, which were supplied by Colonial traders. "GREYMOTTTH. April 21, A'serious dispute has arisen, between the officer in charge of the public works (Mr. Johnston), and the unemployed. While Mr. Blair, the Chief Engineer, was here, he was waited on by the unemployed, asking for work. He then told them he would apply to the Minister for Public Works for authority to commence a part of the Greymouth-Hokitika Railway on piece-work, to give the men employment. A telegram was subsequently received from Mr. Macandrew, stating that between L2OOO and L3OOO would be devoted for this purpose. On Friday, Mr. Johnston, accompanied by about 70 men went to see the ground, and laid out one mile. The following schedule of prices was then offered to .. the men : Earthwork, 7d per cubic yard; filling, 7s per square chain ; clearing, 8s per square chain; grubbing, 7s per square : chain; formation, 7s per lineal chain. The whole amount for the one mile will amount to Ll5O 17s 4d. The men contend that they will not be able to earn, more than 2s 6d per day, and that the whole work will only occupy three weeks, arid that they have been entrapped to stay here on false pretences. The men have asked the Mayor to convene a public meeting to consider their treatment,.which will be held to-morrow evening. TIMARU. April 21. I Owing to the recent disastrous railway accidents here and at Oama,ru, there is great scarcity of trucks, and stocks, are again accumulating at" out-stations. A heavy rain has been falling off and on for the last twenty-four hours. It is badly wanted by thg pastures and for. drinking put?pogas, thig majority of the privatg cistfrQS beuig empty. Tit will tty? effect of al&ying ] iiow , to prcYftont » t^e dwtoct,'