TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1134, 6 December 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

AI"CKLANf> December 5, Tlie inhabitants of tiie North of land, s:itr<.-riu_r under a strong sense of past neglect, have, according to the Northern Advocate, formed a league to tin; pnym-nt of the propjafty tax. tmiv'o ju.itici:'be •toii>- them in the matter i>f public works. December (>. A party of purveyors have started to ! survey the new north railway line from Heieusvjlie. . . - Rteliard Applepy Goate« who recently ' arrived fr"in the South, died suddenly at tii«» Victoria Hotel. He was about fiftyyears of age. He possessed in his effects ,iipl„ui;t as a chemist and druggist, which' ".va* ia-iued by the Queensland •Medical Board. pUNEDIN. December 5. It is reported that if the attempt to oust Mr. H. S. Fish from the Mayoralty is successful, and Mr. Walter tabes the seat, a majority of the City Council will reduce the Mayoral salary for the ensuing year to one shilling. CHRISTCHURCH. December (>. At Swannanoa the crops arc very far advanced. Should the weather hold fine the reaper will be at work there in eight or ten days. On one farm a crop of barley promises to average seventy bushels to the acre. The crop all round the district is estimated to yield sixty bushels to the acre, and the grain promises to be of fine quality. At an adjourned meeting of the licensed victuallers List evening, among other resolutions agreed to vns one proposing that hotels chould be divided into classes A, 1», and C, and that a license fee should be paid i>rn rain, in accordance with the accommodation provided, say from L4O to LlO per annum. Tiie Jiricklayers held a meeting last night, and formed a Trade Protection Society. NEW PLYMOUTH. December 5. A private meeting of Mr. W. Courtney's creditors was held yesterday- afternoon. An estimate of the liabilities was laid before the meeting, showing secured creditors to about L'2:?,000, unsecured creditors to about L 17,000, with assets id about an equal amount. It was decided to accept an arrangement of tlie estate, and Messrs. Davidson, Humphries, and Simpson (Manager of the' National Dank) were appointed trustees. BLENHEIM. December 5. | The bodies of the two men killed at the Wakamarina Mine on Wednesday have been recovered. Their names were Pike and Edwards. WAXGANUI. December G. Dr. Earle was savagely attacked in liis surgery this morning by a madman named Antonio. The man, after conversation with the doctor, during which he applied lor admission to the Hospital, took the opportunity of the doctor's back being turned to strike him on the back of the head with a large stone. Dr. Earle was stunned for a time, and is now suffering from tiie blow. Antonio made his escape.