TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1207, 28 February 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. February 27. A petition is in course of signature calling on the Mayor to convene a meeting for the purpose of urging the necessity of pushing on the Wellington-Foxton railway. : Seventy-five persons engaged by the Government left for Waimate Plains this afternoon, where they will commence work in forming roads. February 28. i A man named Brown, a laborer employed on Corporation works at Newtown, ■was killed this morning by a fall of earth. DUNEDIN. February 28. The Governor intimates in the papers that he is net in any way interested in any of the Hon. Mr. Robinson's horses. Probably he will form a stud. He has bought one horse in the North, but not yet taken delivery of it. If he goes in for racing he will not be in partnership with any one. Nominations for the Dunedin Champagne Stakes for 1881 will close on Tuesday next. Edward Thorne, for stealing money, was sentenced to six hours' imprisonment, and ordered to receive twelve lashes. A telegram in the Times says that an important discovery has been made at Cardrona. A quartz reef carrying silver in considerable quantities has been dis-. covered on the main Cardrona range, near! the head of the branch boundary creeks. A prospecting area has been applied for. The stone is supposed to contain gold. CHRISTCHURCH. February 27. The Otago crew won the boat race easily ; they outpaced the local men from the start, and came in five lengths ahead. The betting, was all against them, and the result was a'complete : surprise. It is attributed to difference in style of rowing, and the long sliding seats used by the Otago men, The Dunedin whaler ' Splendid had taken four whales, and lost four others through not having gear to hold them alongside. ■Nominations for the Canterbury .Jockey Club Handicap, 500"sovs, close on Monday. In nominating, age of animal at time of' entry i£ required. : ' February 28. Mr. E. J. Lee has been unanimously elected Chairman "of the Selwyn County Council-, vice the J3on. John; Hall. Classes for the religious instruction of : school - children on Saturdays have been established at St. Andrew's Church. The immigrants in quarantine are getting; on .r ■ - AUCKLAND. February 27. ; Messrs. T. and S. Morrin had the carcase of an animal supposed to be infected with pleuro sent to their yards in Highstreet to-day from the neighborhood of Ellerslie. It was examined by Drs. Goldsbo'ro ahd-HaineS] ind Veterinary Surgeons Nade, Halsted, and Kinlock, in the presence of a number of gentlemen interested.. .Their reports will be sent to the Attorney-General."' • "At a meeting of-the Pastoral Association a resolution. was passed requesting the Government to trace out,and.purchase the cattle recently imported from Australia, in order, to.destroy them, and thus stamp out the disease, if it cost LSOO. Mx\ Buckland offers to furnish a list'of purchasers, and prices given, when sold at his yards. 'he Government are urged to quarantine all cattle expected by the Hero from.Sydney, also those expected shortly from Queensland. The -Timaru :Herald having, refused to apologise for the statement made respecting the condition of : the barque Glimpse, Captain Morris ..has determined to bring an action for libel. . HAWERA:. February 27. '" 'The Commission on Native Affairs is still sitting here, but will conclude tomorrow. A large number of natives have been examined, and their, claims and grievances fully gone iftta by' the Commission, GRAHAMSTOWN. : ; February 27. Efforts have been made to induce the Government of timber rights over waste lands to relinquish their cl&inis to' land denuded of timber, that some may be thrown open under the Homestead Act. Mr. J. C. Firth, miller, of Auckland, who owns one million acres in the Upper Thames, intends giving a banquet after harvesting, and now prefers a claim against the Government for L 7452, the cost of improving the navigation of the Upper Thames Rivei - . It is said that some of the Ngatehaka natives are concerned in the late attack on surveyors, and have joined Te Whiti's followers. BALCLUTHA. ' February 27. i At a meeting of the Clutha Council today, Mr. John Watson's tender to.erect the Balclutha bridge for L 10,953 was accepted. The Council is giving back the security for the indent of iron in England. GREYMOUTH. February' 27. In the last match between the Grey-, mouth Rangers and the Westland Rifles, the former made 673, which is belieyed to be the highest score yet made in. the Colony. ; TIMARU. ! February 27. Duncan Cruickshank was yesterday committed for trial at Waimate for fraudulent bankruptcy, making the third case of the kind for hearing at the District Court at Timaru on Monday. There are thirte&r other criminal cases on the list, including nine riot cases.