TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1198, 18 February 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

{ - : '(PBR PRESS ASSOCIAJIOH:,) vwellington: The . Native Minister is,jpfl.•; Wellington from Hawera, and is expected) to arrive late-thrs'evening: 'lt is^tobablej that the Native '"Commissioner will be! appointed during,his stay hepe.; ,-. ~ ; : Abetter ing from native,-phigfs. assembled at 6taki, • condemning the Government for removing? the Maori prisoners' without'first giving notice/pf,.their intention to.;do so. _ , j .' ; r ■ '?. e bruary 18.,J i ■At the.Resident Magistrate's morning, five publicans were'fined L2'and costs each for allowing.barmaids to remain in their bars after 11 p.m. Several drapers "w.ere ,'treatecLin a similar manner for allowing females to; remain at, work later than 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoons.' The Magistrate intimated that' for the future in glaring cases of 'breach of - the Act he would inflict ! the full penalty'of LSO. ' ' ~ '" ' " !i • ; DUNEDIN. , . February .17. I A cable re.^j^ed^in. i dated .London,. .February;:.lQtfi, 't'l_ib following; iron Fencing: wire,. v No. >;8, Jfciij...orb galvanised corrugated iron, 26 gauge, L 23; Walker's ditto, L 24. - _ j The Hon. Mr. Rolleston arrived in Dunedinthis afteriioonlK' i ■■■ \

By the Milton fire yesterday afternoon the United Insurance Company lost Ll5O. February 18. j

Peter Dymant, a Dane, was drowned ih the Shotover through'failing down a bank sixty feet' high. ' ; | Tenders' wiH. shorfly be'called for the Newt-Borne "section''tit the- Otago. central line. ' ' ! -

Volunteer Eislop", "of the North Duhcdiu itiiies, ana Gunner Mitchell, of the D Battery of .Artillery, have entered, .for the Nelson meeting," .'making''lß '"representatives from Otago, "besides .'Captain Muir, of the B Battery, and a" storekeeper named Paxton," who are attached to the staff. - . .. r :

The Licensed . Victuallers' ;'Association.. has decided, to .take legal ladvice 1, o.n the question as to whether or not..a license fee can be demanded for a billiard tabled At the City Police Court to-day, Henry Epps was charged, with fishing : with,a net for trout. Mr. Watt,''" E.M., held' .tliat section two of tlie apply to the creek where the fishing had taken place, as'it was not mentioned |ift; the section. After the case had. been dismissed, inspectbr 'sfal&r& 3 "]i6lnfect' ! -ofrfc that under section seven fishing with; a net was prohibited in all: the creeks. Mr. Watt, admitted that he had taken a wrong I ,'viißW : of the ihatter, but said : it 'was unnecessary to re-open the case'.'' ; | "'George Stevens was chalrged at the City Police Court with forging oil thi3 GHen Island Coal Company for 15s. as the sqm : due to him for wages. Mr. Watt decided not to send-the case for trial, dismissed the information. ' . '..., j The famine subscriptions' have closbd. About LIOOO have been collected in Dunedin and suburbs ; L2OO more are to come in. ... . . ;i i -The police at the Clyde; recpveji'ed the whole of the money 'stolen from the man at Bald Hill Flat. ' ! PORT CHALMERS. { .... . . ; ' "iFebriiarV 18. The Royal Commission on the; Middle Island native lands purchase commenced its sittings here to-day. ; chPvlstchurch; > i ' ' : _V : \..''': :> Fe^rUary'l7. It was stated at a'meeting df the'Lyttelton Borough Council that 15,000' gallons of water per day were being wasted, jand steps will be taken to find out the offenders arid prosecute them. r . ': ' : - ? A telegram has been received ! 'stating that a lad of fifteen named Roderick M'Beth was; killed .to-day by a reaping machine at Kimberley. '

.A contract; has been Met 'for L 9588 for ..the completion of the nave of the Cathedral and''.a'temporary' sanctuary of -wood and fronr" "This" is eicliisive of the |j3oo for tiles and L 220 for window glass, j The available money is only L7OOO, but the ■ChurchiPr9P. er ty think .that when the public see the building approaching a stat'e'-which • will; 'allow service' to tbe; held within' 'the walls th'eyj ! t?ill come> : fcftfward iiiore liberally with sußscriptibhs and retheni frpm any embarrassment. 1 j The work' is expected to take. 15 or 18 inoiiths to complete, .... !*' : I • February 18.

A site on the racecourse for the forth-coming-review has been selected fcy, representatives from the Jockey Club and the volunteer anthoritjesJ 'j : ...,

It is expacted that the Christchurch subscription towards the Irish relief will

• Deputations from the .Christchurch City Council re endowments, from the. Chamber of Commerce, from residents in Akaroa re Akaroa and--Little River Railway;, and from the Sydenham Borough Council respecting"" ther rerhoval of gatekeepers at crossings.-on the railway-lines, , wait on the Hon.. Mr. Oliver at the.Goveriimen^build-ings't^-dfer^-"*"'' ' j At a 'recent l ''mefetitig'iof the Committee of the Canterbury Female Refuge, Mr. Harper, a balcSiTat Addingion, offered tp gratqitausly. supply, .the institution with bread for three'months? promised to, rusfc.-Jiis i other jbakers a view to obtaining a gratuitous supifly 'lov'ltM wKdle ifi&LU'X j Mr. Mosley delivers anothev antiChiniquy lecture at the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday night. The subject jwill be Fresh facts in the Pastor's life."'

At the annual meeting of the Independent Ord of Rechabites (New Zealand Central District) the returns shewed a falling off in membership during the past year. There had been four deaths out of 717, and the district credit balapcQ was

L 1137 ; total funds held by tents, L 311 5; total amount of sick pay during year, L 166. In the evening a public meeting was held, at which the District Secretary (Mr. F. H. Fraser, cf thought it a disgrace that a with are are offenders against the criminal code. They have been amnestied by the French Government and their passage paid to AucktS g|Mll anSThe daughters - if ~amrtlTerr ~5" areJqS v^ioti^trfedes —compositor, lithographer, printer, butcher, baker, painter, auxiou%,.ta .get to work at'o'nceT' 'The : polftecal t 'bat-6h > 'slem a Jquiet, intelligent, and respectable Tot"~of jmen. j February 18. There is great indignation here at the Handing of 25 Communists (nine of whom 'are convicts under the criminal code) from the schooner Griffin, chartered by the iFrench Government to convey them to ?New Zealand. The vessel was only provisioned for a ten days' voyage, and, 'through encountering bad weather, ran short. Fortunately she fell in with the barque Lochnagar, bound to Tasmania, which supplied her. These stores, however, were all finished the day before the vessel arrived at the Manukau Heads. A local paper, in a very ■ stronglyworded article, calls on the people to rise to a man and resist, if need be forcibly, the " scandalous attempt of the authorities of New Caledonia to saturate this Colony with the off-scourings of their bagnios, demands that Sir Hercules Robinson shall support any action hisj Ministers may take, and says that the; j omission imposes a special duty on the| I Mayor, in the discharge of which it trusts: ; he will not fail. • Mr. Lewis, Under Secretary of the? | Native Office, continues making reduc- ; tions and changes. Mr. Williamß, Bay of. Islands, it is expected, will receive com-j pensation for loss of office, his district being placed under Yon Sturmer, of Hokianga. Mr. Aubrey, Magistrate of Whangarei, retires. j NAPIER. February 17. ; The eldest son of Mr. Yautier was drowned while bathing off the Bluff today. He was with four companions when a heavy wave carried him out. The wliole four went after him, and held him up for twenty minutes, when a rope was brought and tied round his body. The rope was too short to reach the beach, and the sea ; was so heavy that the strength of all was insufficient to save the drowning boy.' They left him only after all signs of lifewere extinct. The body has not yet been recovered. Their names are —Alf. Rich, John Begs;, John Hindmarsh, and R. Carter. The Lincoln rams brought in the Eastern Monarch are both dead. ; NELSON. p February 17. j Hop picking has now commenced, arid from all sides the hops are reported 4s ; abundant and of good quality. j The Irish Relief Fund has reached about L 250. -- j KUMARA. • j February 17. : Lioutenant Munyard, with a score of 71 i (7 shots at 200, 500, and 600 yards) w&s the highest scorer in the competition just concluded for the representation of the local rifles at Nelson next month. waimate: j • ~ February 17-; ■' The sum of-300 gtßneas has'lbfeenjsent' by telegraph to the Lord Mayor of-Dublin. by'iHe itelief' ; Committee" herfe, !; a¥ a'"'first : instalment towards the Irish Relief Fund.' •i JA } a <T - 0 j February 17. i WHil'e > a p f&p^r !I Wa£r ; at«iwork on Mr u ~ farm, .Waiwera, yesterday a¥tefno*ony" t thV'' ! Kbrae J Yfl"ihe reader Allied, and the*" ti^J>et;- ii: a^man'"namedr-puncan ■ M'Kenzie., fell on knife. His left 'foot' , waS'' cu6 , 'bTean the r ankles t Dr: Clinton, sent for, and did what was necessary for ■the* '-suffefer,' •w ] lb'isi doingnas "Swell : ; as"' q'an be ! iU.r™ fc^/LNVERCARGILL.; ■ =-?T .sirwil- i . 17;'' " Soon ,after the train 'left'"town'''for Ciiri- ; ' 'toh^aSt c evemng^lre i dfrv'er''missed hisfijreman waS ; . stopped, and Leonard was.found along-" side ,insensible... It is supposed that he Ka'd'gone'out'off fne stage, misked Jiis held, and fallen- backwards. He was. remd^dGfoAth'^lhospitlll,lnhere it was found that..hejwas,suffering from concus-: sion of the brain. - '"He is still uncon-/ scious, and has a wife and family! at" Clinton. ; • ■ His Excellency the Governor and suite ; passed through Invercargill this afternoon/ On arriving at the Bluff they embai'ked in the Hinemoa, and left for the West Cbast' Sounds. i