TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1283, 18 May 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON". May 17. In consequence of the dispute between the miners at Newcastle still being unsettled, the prices of coal here will be the same as before the recent- reduction.

Legal proceedings arising out of the facts elicited at the inquiry recently held in reference to the late accident to the p,s. Manawatu, are about to be taken against the captain for going to sea without the proper complement of men, against the purser for the falsification of the ship's articles, an 4 against Mr. Martin, the agent, for fraudulently engaging the men to go to sea. Summonses will be issued forthwith, and their hearing will probably take place this week. The second ordinary meeting of the Colonial Insurance Company was held this afternoon. A dividend of ten per cent, was declared, and it was decided that the bonus to the directors be L7OO instead of LIOOO. The Chairman, in moving tjje adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the position the company had. attained, and stated that although they had had heavy losses to pay, the company compared very favorably with other companies in the Colony. May 18.

Arrived Wakatipu, from Sydney. Passengers for Lyttelton—Mr. and Mrs. Vicars, Misses Vicars (3) Mr. Vicars ; For Dunedin Mr, Austin, and six steerage.

CHRISTCHURCH. May 17. On Sunday evening the walls of a grain store belonging to Dalgety and Co., at Kaiapoi, gave way and let the upper floor slip. .The grain poured, into the lower, and a large amount of damage was done, though how much is not known. May 18.

The entries and nominations received last night for the Canterbury Coursing Club's meeting, which will open to-day, j show the following numbers for each event; —Derby, 15 ; Oaks, 13; Birthday Stakes (fpr all aged dogs), 15. The meeting will be held at Shpffield, where hares are said to be very plentiful. Kine and three-quarter acres of land at Leeston were sold yesterday for LI4OO. j George Schijiiflfc, arrested .at Waimate, was charged at the Resident Magistrate's Court tliis morning with obtaining goods under false pretences. After hearing the. evidence the ease jygs remanded till Tuesday. .

AUCKLAND. May 17. A petition for the. release of Mrs, Bastock, who was imprisoned for evasion of Customs duties, has' been signed by 600 citizens, including the Mayor. Mr. Barstow, R.M., has forwarded it to the Minister of Justice.

NAPIER. •V . May 18. Superstition is on the increase amongst the natives, owing to the teachings of a new prophet, named Paroza iha, frojja.

Waiararapa. He prophesies. great floods within two months, when all Europeans will be drowned; and the.Tiatives their own again. Christen Blake,: Te Aute, Jordan, and other men and women, perfectly naked, are in the water every morning, believing, that they will;be cured of all diseases. He "teaches and prophe-. sies great rubbish, but the local chiefs fear the spread of superstision, and say that all the trouble with the pakehas has originated from the teachings of. such lunatics. Toreha 'has called a meeting of Maoris for next Friday, to fix boundaries within which the prophet and his disciples shall not enter. " - -

GREYMOUTH. Mr. Warden Mackay and Mr. Guinness, Chairman of the Grey County Council, visited the Seventeen-mile Bush rush on Saturday, and washed three dishes of washdirt from three different claims, with the following results : 2-3t dwts, 4 dwts, and 27 dwts of gold. The Prospecting Association's tail-race was also visited, and fine gold obtained, but not in sufltU cient quantity to justify a rush at. present. The terrace claims are, however, very rich, the gold being coarse and heavy.