TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1135, 8 December 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

GREYMOUTH. December 8. The rush to the Seventeen Mile Beach continues in spite of the unfavorqKLp weather, and miners- speak well of prospects. A very rich reef was strtf. t" on Saturday in the New River Lyell. The sluicing claims at jNelsoii Creek, opened by the Hockstetter race, are yielding splendidly. One claim for the last eight months has averaged 100 ounces of retorted gold per month, among four men.

WELLINGTON. December G. The Post states to-night that the Bank of England has undertaken to float the whole of the loan at L'J7 10s, with interest .■at 5 per cent. Amongst the amendments in the Assessment Bill, made last night, was one increasing the exemption from L3OO to LSOO. The mail steamer with the London mails of November left San Francisco for Auckland on the 24th ult., contract date. The Australia, with the November Colonial mails, arrived at San Francisco on the 2nd inst., two days in advance of due date. Leary and Campbell, at their market sale to-day, sold new potatoes at Id, and Auckland onions at 2|d to 4d. December 7. It reported on good authority that Rewi has declined to hold any further communication with the Government, and has rejoined Tawhiao at Te Kuiti; also that Hiroki has left Parihaka, and has been offered refuge in the King Country, He is now at Ngatimaru. The Government have received a oable from the Agent-General, stating that the Bank of England having undertaken the issue of the loan there is no doubt of its being successfully floated. A new marble altar for St. Mary's Cathedral was consecrated this morning by Bishop Redwood. A large assembly witnessed the ceremony. December S. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, Dennis M'Cormick, for stabbing Mr. and Mrs. Flanigan, was remanded for a week, owing to the latter being unable to attend. A* young man named Riot, for issuing valueless cheques, was remanded for a similar period. It is believed that fifteen other charges will be preferred against him. The steamer Penguin, which left at 1 o'clock for Auckland, via East Coast, has just returned, one of her boiler tubes having bur^t. DUNEDIN. December 7. The Dominican Convent bazaar realised L 478. Mr. Fish has been served with a copy of the writ in connection with the attempt to oust him from the Mayoralty. The action is generally condemned, and the case will probably be defended by public subscription. The Italian and English Opera Company opened on Saturday night with " Maritana" to a crowded house. PORT CHALMERS. December 8. Sailed—Waitaki, for LytteltonThe whole of the passengers ex Dunedin and Wanganui were landed to-day, Frank Walfc, apprentice, and William Felton, seaman, of the ship Hermione, were charged with embezzling cargo' and carrying a naked light in the hold 'during the voyage from London. They were tried before the Court to-day. Walfe was sentenced to eight weeks' imprisonment, and Felton to sixteen weeks', with hard labor. CHRISTCHURCH. December fl. A good many persons are enrolling themselves in the company being formed to establish settlement on the Waimate Plains. - - About 10 o'clock last night a man named David Hineman, working at the dock works, Lyttelton, was found by his brother lying near- the works in a state of insensibility, with a large wound right across his forehead. The man was at once taken to the casual ward, where Drs. Macdonald and Rouse were soon in attendance, and it was found that he had sustained serious injury, the skull being fractured. The man's brother says that the injured man went out with one of the horses about 8 p.m., and he is of opinion that the unfortunate man must have been thrown, and so met with the injuries. The man is now lying in a very precarious condition. December 8. A report was current here on Friday night and Saturday morning that the missing ship Knowsley Hall had put into Wellington, dismantled. The many inquiries immediately made proved the report to be baseless, j Several members of the rifle team chosen to fire in the interprovincial match [ with Otago decline to go south, as the date fixed will interfere with our anniversary holiday on the 10th inst. The Canterbury Association meets to-night to consider the matter. At a meeting of the Papanui Sparrow Club held on Saturday, returns were read showing that 4086 eggs and G24 birds' heads had been received to date. The criminal list for trial at Timaru on Wednesday next numbers 14 cases, among the rest are 4 for forgery, 2 for aiding and abetting in forgery, and 1 of attempt to commit murder. AUCKLAND. v December G. The schooner Belle Brandon ha 3 cleared for Marshall's Group. The liabilities of Messrs. Godefroy in Auckland will not exceed L 20,000. At a meeting of the Committee of the Auckland Working Men's Political Association, it was decided to support the proposal of the Wellington Local Industries Association to have a New Zealand Exhibition. December 8. A little girl belonging to the Industrial School was carried into deep water while bathing at Motuihi, and was gallantly rescued by a lad named Michael Bren. A trotting matcli .'a Ellerslie, in which there were ten competitors, was won by G Wynne's Polly. WANGANUI. December 8. The Italian who aßsulted Dr. Earle on Saturday proceeded to the racecourse and burned down the fences, setting light to them in 20 places* He'threatened the custodian with a knife. The police'lwent after him and foundTnifi Aear the heads. On Saturday afternoon; a shoemaker named Henderson, from the West Coast, stabbed Mr. Pole,.the lrmdiord of the Maxwell Town Hotel. ■ The wound ig not very serious. - On Saturday morning a man named John Deverill was drowned in the Wan«anui river. He took into the river and fell over tfte banlf into deep water. U: