TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 967, 26 May 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

. WELLINGTON.; rfi ! May . , earthquake was felt h'ere at fedo p'.m. to-day. j J,m 5 'Tfife'GiWerhrtVent Have received intimatiort ithftt ithe'. Hon. Edward .Stafford and,the, Han. William Fox hate been made Knight Commanders of St.' MichneJland-St- fjeprge.) . .... May2o, ' "In/ jHjTdiuon 'fo 'flie'"kn/gntl loods ferred on the Hons. E. AV. Stafinrd anflj yS/.-pQX/lku and Mr. J. iL Larnach have .beet) made COlll- - .0?, tfie tDrcTer'of 1 ' fyt. Michael and St/Georgel %hese birthday honors were tq.the Governor. "/ ;} :i .. Jn the Divorce Coiirt .to.-day, a decree ajaqplj^' 9,,Kas grantecT.in ] tli£ case of Bayley ,v.„l?a.ylej*, ."'l'l'ii) t itjSut'F.nsmier jsiurneq.ljsfc night in the Hincinoau.:. j

•, ~.<f * ,r.:u ' /<>v\'>;'i>• /J Mfty2s- - ;it jß,JWi)qro4.tl)nt the Governmentiavej qffere4.Sir.. .Henj-y HoWQrth.| bafrtstcf, of flie nositio^;pi- liesjdent trate during the'absence of Mr. Batliga'ie, sR,AI. i, iFp^^ofli?, Howorth .ihe Q rown P r ° se " cuvor, ,j. . Tliree wooden buildings in f J)ufisapstrgptj. u by fire fire ystartqd in Bfoyse's store ac 3.2o"aL'm., dnd cottage , i(sd r DAlh's f, BW#o and dwellin j-liouse weretflssltojedi! ;/The;fiore had b( en qn,,Jrp 7.50, ihrough vhe bursting o: a lamp on the counter. Mcyse and a bor then succeeded in, as ifiey thought, esiinguisliing i'io fire, but it must have ( anflj ou.t | Vhd : store, aiid, building were iiisured in tljfl' Soifti/ I Bn*?si», t -!Wt the antouot is linkuowu ; fhe sjock furli'iturp for EWOI in tHerjajne flfer *»» T in . sure< i ■ •fpr MQ, jn- iflO t It is notr was in- °' y ' H Z-.J r.O}vs:i\ : May 23- . : L A tft? iyqemployed was held yestordav affernpoa iiv Square. Resolutions •'wfere *«ah^! urging the Government to subsicfrae., the Borough CoiiMcils, £ for £ for their relief ; to prer""*- j"flnx nf Chinese ; and to reduce present rate .of ' fire in an e%ht:9tallo<i fltab)Q J>plo'nging/tp James Whit.ponfcraotor. /; TJ)P damage is iciwiHialeftavMjOO.uwiiJMrPflf Carelessness was probably th/o'jJftuse«lJ Lewis, lessee of a fruit shop which was found on fire this morning, has been arrested on a charge of setting fire to it. He left at one o'clock with another man , and the two girls employed, and on the

plea of having forgotten his rfcied Jo the«*Ke«d a ligßfc oMLidQle dooiM oyster t.MipCVnnder ®lßdtSfese l( opposite the siWßoogthe place j^^llv^S?nrnedt^The. v insurance on the stock was'L3oo iri'the New Zealand. The place belonged to B. M. but whether it is insured is at Matson and Co., iffi sold a thousand acre farm at Amberley, at L 4 10s per acre. A bona fide bid of L 5 5s was refuse'd a few weeks ago. Two quarter«erea at AddinetflU brought LIOO, and a skuaSXt realised L/b.

• - ' yfoot 'rac/'for ffte ( rrh& J^-Broini,. ofiMeijcurKjßatY, ?q^L-?PPri or ' was runaf O < >onnor went away with a lead, and headed Brown by about thirty yards at the end of the first lap. Brown camo up a little n next lap, but O'Connor again spurted, a id stiU maintained his lead. In the 1: st/ 100 yards, Brown tried to come u > with O'Connor in the grandest manner, 3ut the Southern man proved too good fsr and won by about 20 yards. O Connor goes to Punediu to compete Burke for the championship of Dunedin. Mrjy 20r Two boys found the body of a nulii lying dead on Shelly Beach. It 1: as been identified as that of William Hfi6l{la^r, ; two d iys ago: A small revolver was found ly ng near him, but'it is not known whethei he sHioi. jiijas drowped, and this cannot be ascertatiiea tiii'a 'post mortem t xamination has' c M6n held. His wife attriWlffi j' y iUs 3e(i!dftgementj to -th©. great interest he in . the antiChinese petition. He" oama hire from Toronto. Canada, and was ifi.;Simple i 6rr^pfoymfeht l: fbt* the /AtfAJandj Company. -*</». I *-' it' WoRfiMY-' "ntuHocl'' Ellen Whitaker desperately assaultejl TliHmas I Frumah with an axe, striking him on the Jjody and inflicting a dangerous cut on the iorehead: The 'mail "tors Cakei to tho Hos )ital/ afid' yje,]j-oman,jarre£te(J. 0 f , The performance of rt The Sqvperpr*'', by. an,. < was vejy flUfCMsful. over SOOdozs.' 1 '" ''''' " i.jJ f tiun .'>■}. .LSVERCARGILL. U■v-.L-;.; , ] lay 26. Yesterday," near Wallacetoivn, Mr. Powell found the body of a mauJeaugfrt) bun of Willianf La who was drowned, during last year's loods. '"Tfie ' .•iriViifaY rffly l beiwfen theV; Invercargill'''Rifles and the Riverton .C ) rtny3ai>y Jll (Sm^ ctoi! y or ie ' ttf-dAy/'tttid Nearly all the shops are closed!':