TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1252, 22 April 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER press association.) WELLINGTON. April 21. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary returned from the South to-day. Major Atkinson', Colonial Treasurer, leaves for Taranaki this evening, for a short holiday. The Government have recently imported from Messrs. Chance Bros, and Co., Lighthouse Engineers, Birmingham, a number of lamps intended for use as coast lights, in positions which do not warrant the cost of erecting lighthouses. The action i» the Supreme Court, to set aside' the sale of the tramway, will not be concluded till to-morrow. At Ofcaki yesterday William Jenkins, ship City of Auckland, in 1878, was presented with the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society. April 22. A woman named M'Laggan attempted to commit suicide at noon to-day by throwing herself off the breastwork. She was rescued by a constable, and taken to the police station, DUNEDIN. April 21. The minor charges against Butler will be taken to-morrow. It is reported that in the murder case he will apply to have the venue changed to Christchurch. The third ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of Guthrie and Larnach's New Zealand Timber and Wood ware Factories Company was held to-day. The directors regretted that the balancesheet and the profit and loss account were less' satisfactory than usual. While LlO,lOl lis lOd stood to profit and loss account, they did not recommend a dividend, but that the ajpouijt should be carried forward. The report further noted that the directors therefore seek the support of the shareholders in a policy of concentration by withdrawing from such points as have not fulfilled the company's aim. It is proposed to limit the branch establishments to London, Invercargill, and possibly Timaru. In Christchurch an agency may be retained for the sale of the company's manufactures. The operations at head-quartprs show profits equal to providing a reasonable dividend on capital. Notwithstanding all adverse conditions, the efforts to place the balance of urialloted shares at LI premium have resulted in the taking up of 792 shares in the London market, making a total of 42,923 shares. The report was adopted. Mr. .7. Robin was re-elected a director, and Messrs. W. Brown and W. Mudie, auditors. At a meeting of Volunteer officers this ifternoon it was resolved to hold the strictest enquiry into the charges against ;he Volunteers who took part in the late review, and to .deal with the known )ffendpr3 gpgedily. eHRISTOHURCB. | . , . Aprjl gj. | Scab has broken out amongst the sheep on , Mr. Edgar Jones' run on the | south side of the rivers Hope and Waiau, i caused by the sheep crossing the river from the northern side. Mr. R. Foster, Sheep Jnppector, recommended last year in his report on the sheep in the Amuri district, that the rujj on the north side should be fenced to effectually prevent the sheep from crossing, and that the sheep Bhould be killed as soon as possible. These instructions were not acted on, the result being that the sheep have crossed, and the disease is fast spreading. The squatters ifi the district are actively engaged mustering, and doing that cau be done to meet the difficulty. The Secretary to the Lyttelton Harbor Board denies that any lejjterhas been sent to the Auckland Harbor Rpard, offering to dispose of their plant; on the contrary, a large quantity of work still remains to be done at Lyttelton, and the Board sent a letter to Auckland distinctly refuging to sell any of their plant. It was only the other day a schooner was purchased and fitted up as an auxiliary dredge. | The Oddfellows' Hall was crowded tonight at a meeting called by the Mayor to consider the question of raising a loan for the proposed water supply scheme and other purposes. After a somewhat stormy discussion, the following resolution was carried nearly unanimously j-r*-" That a scheme of water supply for Christchurch is required at present only forthe purpose of flushing the surface or subsoil drains of the city, and that the City Council be recommenced to confine their attention

lonly a sufficient goifeaftbnr the'the;city.". The determined that not more than L5OO0) should'lje 9P©pt oil 1 the. new ' municipal;/building3j Sand affirmed thedeairablenes3i)|]raiamgLlsjO(W for the completion of ingj and 155,000 for of the existing loan. It is expected that the poll will be taken on May 4th. - . Ap ril 22. At'a-me'etiffghfeld-last^ight:'iia r Sydenham-: it -.vas resolved / thatjai. iVoluiateer Corps; to be called the Sydenham ißifleSj Bhould be raised. " ::: - - On Monday and 'JCnesday; ;19j199 bags of grain were carried on the Ohristchurch railway section. - j At Oxford a woman named Mary Paual died suddenly on Tuesday. AUCKLAND. April 21. The barque Wellington, which put in in distress, is an American built vessel of SXB tons, owned by Messrs, M'Kenzie and Ross, Auckland, who purchased hep some years ago from an island trader who brought her from Samoa, where she put in leaky while on a voyage from Newcastle to San Francisco, and was then condemned. Considerable repairs were made, and the vessel has made several trips, both to the South and Australia, and Captain M f Kpn?ie, who forpiprly commanded her, says she did not then leak more in heavy than in ordinary weather, and the probable cause of the leak is due to the recent alterations. A survey will be held on her. In all probability she will be docked The Minister for Public Works has recognised thp irnpprtance of opening a road leading from Pokeno Railway Station to Miranda, by authorising the expenditure of LSOO. 'i his is an important district, having large deposits of coal and ironstone. There is still a considerable quantity of Government land on the line. Mr. Franck offered to work the totalisator at the ensuing sports on the racecourse on condition of dividing the profits with the club. The offer was rejected, and the club said they would permit his admission with the instrument by payment of L6O for the privilege. This offer Franck declined.

Judging from the betting market, there does npt appeal" to he the usual amount of monetary interest centred in the autumn races. For the Handicap there is very little straight-out betting, and odds may be quoted at 4to 1 on the field. The betting, such as it is, however, is entirely confined to doubles on the Handicap and Steeplechase, and the principle doubles are 100 to 4 Xantippe and Sportsman; 100 to 8 Libeller and Baron; 100 to 8 Resolution and Baron ; 100 to 8 Resolution and Grey Momus ; 5 tol Ariel and GreyMomus. Coal deposits have been discovered at | Mahurangi. Messrs. A. E. Whitaker and Palmer are endeavoring to induce settlers owning lands to join in deposits. being worked in a strong joint stock company, paying a royalty to the owners of the lands on which the seams maybe worked. Summonses have bppn issued against two well-known citizens for alleged tampering with grand and petty jurors in the case of S. E. Hughes, charged with indecent assault. The case comes : oil for hearing on Saturday. - - } A fire at Coromandel destroyed Leon s Hotel. Nothing was saved. The insurance ampufited to L 250. The fire is supposed to have been accidentally caused. Young's case has been adjourned, owing to the non-arrival of important documents from Tauranga, until to-morrow. April 22. Mr. Speight has postponed addressing his constituents tp next week. It is reported that the costs of the Grown prosecution of J. C. Young will amount to L 2500 owing to the expense of summoning distant witnesses. Two more Veterinary Surgeon Inspectors have been appointed- in the Waikato, where' pleuro pheumonia isj spreading. 4t the last meeting of the- South Auckdisease in the Cambridge 'district. One speaker alleged that the cattle on the Piako Swamp Company's estate were infected in great numbers''in- the bush. A rigid scrutiny of the company's cattle will be made.

PALMARSTON NORTH. ! April 22. Alexander Cameron, a,settler at Ngawararau. and welWniown in the district, was this morning committed for trial for selling bullocks given him to graze, Another charge of embezzling money belonging to the same prosecutor (Mr. M'Conevy, of Turakiria) will be heard this afternoon.