TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1182, 30 January 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

. WELLINGTON. ' ■ " January 29.' " A proclamation in : a Gazette Extraordinary. issued :this afternoon further prprogues Parliament until 22nd April. * : DUNEBIN. January 29. The result of Col. Scratchley's inspection of our harbor and coast is said to be that of the six big guns now in store here .fctvb will ba placed at Richardson's Point, near the,. Heads, two at Lawyer's Head, and two. at Eook : put Point, ; pounds have already been collected in the city for the t'eilief of the suffering-Irish. This sum will be remitted Home at once. ; . .... ~ , ; . January 30. By a fire,at Dalye Station, Tapavui, the Victoria ofne/e' "loses L4soj " 'Mi - . Sheath, the owner, estimates his total- loss at LSOO. ...,7 :r . , .. ■■■ ■*) One small insolvent 'filed during the week, CHRISTGHURCH. ' ;- , January 30. The racehorses Numa, Te Whetu, Foul Play'i.and'-Vampirej - ; wetit to~'Wellington byi the : Rotom'ahana- yesterday. ' Somfe valuable Lincoln rams and e|wes wpre.also.' shipped by li'er for Nap ; iei\ Messrs. .Grant and Lincolnshire delegate's, visited a farms yest'erxjajy' tn|i, Lincoln districts.*" " It ig the Yeomanry Cavalry,,has_withdrawn his resignation,-. ■ rec_ently J ;{orwarde(i to the GrolvgMftpjenfera i «r v.u.o t - ■>» Thfiiswagmen in the are complaining that the reaping and

binding machines are doing them out of work. Large numbers are going about unable to obtain enployment. AUCKLAND. January 29. The fortieth anniversary of the Province was celebrated by the usual regatta. The weather was everything that could be desired, with a splendid sailing breeze, and' the flag ship (the Tararuaj Capt. Muir,) was crowded with visitors, the wharves and cliffs being lined with thousands of spectators. Owing to the breeze increasing, the outrigger, four-oared gig, sculling, and dingy races, were postponed till to-morrow. NAPIER. January 29. Tlie.'telegraph ■ operators who went out on strike have been fined L 3 each. The public schools here are so crowded that additional accommodation will have to be provided. The town will not be lighted by kerosene after all-, the Corporation having agreed to pay L 9 10s per lamp for one year. The licensed victuallers held a meeting to discuss the advisability of resorting to kerosene, but in view of the announcement by the Gas Company that a substantial reduction in the price of gas will shortly be made, they adjourned the meeting without any decided action. The report of the Company, just issued,-shows that the profits for the last half-year have been at the rate of nearly 20 per cent: A dividend of LI per share, equal to 18 per cent, per .annum,. li;ts been declared, but the money will be devoted to making the shares fully paid up. NEW PLYMOUTH. January 29. Farmers are taking advantage of the weather, and are burning off the bush which was felled a few months ago. A gentleman who rode in from Hawera yesterday states that the bush was burning;at some places on both sides of the road, rendering it very warm for travellers. ' ■ There is a slight tendency to a rise in grass seed, which is still low in price, viz., 3d to ofd per lb. The seed of ordinary crops costs 3d to cut it. Thirtyfour bales were shipped this morning by steamer. TIMARU. January 30. F. A. Sims, a well-nown merchant here, was charged at the Magistrate's Court, on the information of the Manager of the National Bank, with feloniously stealing 20 half-chests of tea, COOO cigars, and a qr. -cask of whisky and brandy, the property of the Bank. The evidence for the prosecution, which is now going on, shows that the goods were seized by the bank. Sims afterwards offered to purchase them. The manager assenting, Sims removed the articles, and sold them by auction. . He then filed his schedule, and, when the manager wanted his maney, referred him to the creditors' trustee. NELSON. January 30. At a public meeting held last night re the Irish distress, a large and influential Committee! was appointed with a view of getting in subscriptions. _ • All old settler named Thomas Gladhill, of Appleby, died suddenly yesterday. The weather is splendid for the harvest.