TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1303, 10 June 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

♦ (per press association.) WELLINGTON. June 9. A resolution was unanimously passed at a meeting of all the brewers here to-day, that the duty be added to the price of beer, and collected on delivery. At a meeting of the Licensed Victuallers held last night, a deputation was appointed to wait on the several members of the House of Representatives, this afternoon to place before them suggestions and alterations in the new Act which would be prejudicial to publicans. June 10. At the Compensation Court, in the case of Kirkcaldie and Stains v. the General Government, judgment was given for the plaintiffs for L 4853 and 50 guineas costs. The claim was for L§7so, the value of land taken by the defendants for the new railway -station.' At a meeting last night a political association was formed for the purpose of endeavoring to have the property tax repealed. A deputation was appointed to wait on the city members this afternoon, representing the views of the association. PUNEDIN, June 9. i Considerable consternation has been ex- i pressed by the brewers at the imposition f of the beer tax. Early this morning the Custom House officers inspected the t breweries and took stock. In the country [ districts the police have been instructed 1 to-act similarly. t June 10. Private advices report the arrival at i London of the ship Otaki, after a smart a passage of 70 days from Port Chalmers. s Twenty-two entries have been received j for the 24 hours' walking match to be held t here early next month. t

The beer tax her# amounts to close on 13000, In anticipation of the new tax

considerable stocks were cleared last month. As contrased with the corresponding period of last y'ear the Customs receipts show the following increases : Tea, 1j3163 ; sugar, L§965 case spirits, L 404 9; kerosene, L6OO ; ale in • bulk (imported), L 20 0; in bottle,' L2OO. CHRISTCHTJRCH. June 9. In pursuance of the Harbor Board's resolution re the practice of throwing ballast into the harbor, Cameron Bros, were prosecuted to-day for allowing a stone to slip overboard in harbor and fined LlO. It was stated that three or four such stones together would-be sufficient to injure any iron vessel trading to the port, and the offence was committed right on the wharf's edge. ; A trio of sportsmen last week shot 60 pheasants in three days at Kaituna. At a meeting of the Co-operative Land Company, it was resolved to send an agent to bid for the Government land to be sold at Taranaki.

A married woman named Eliza Morris was found drowned in the river Opihi. An Industrial Exhibition under the auspices of the Local Industries Association will be held in the Drill Shed on July 15, 16, and 17. Numerous applications for space have already been received, and it is expected the exhibition will be a great success. A pigeon-flying race from Oamaru to Christchurch took place yesterday, and wa3 won by Mr. Taylor's Land Agent, accomplishing the distance in 4h. 20mins. June ;0.

A few days ago at the hospital Dr. Prins successfully performed the operation of removing the whole of the tongue, the floor of the mouth, and the,front portion of the lower jaw of a patient, Last night a comet was visible a considerable distance above the western horizon. AUCKLAND. June 10. The topsail schooner Annie Wilson, which arrived fpom I)unedin and Qamaru this morning, made a splendid passage up the coast of 6days and 2 hours, notwithstanding being becalmed two days in the Bay of Plenty. ICUMARA. June 10. A most important discovery of gold has been made by the long tunnel tail race. They have been two ajid a half years bringing in a tunnel through a reef which exists between Dunedin Flat and the Teremakau River, and have just broken through into the washdirt, which for thirty feet averages one grain to the dish. This is 130 feet below the surface. The lowest ground worked up to the present has been 40 feet. This discovery is very important, all the ground below this depth is workable by ground sluicing, which means nearly the whole of the goldfield. TIMARU. June 9. The Mercia, barque, for London, sailed to-day with 1100 tons of grain. • Owing to the illness of Judge TYard, the District Court had to be adjourned to-day. June 10.

At the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court to-day, Judge Johnstone, addressing the Grand Jury, expressed a hope that the Legislature would so amend the laws yelatipg to the sale of drinks so as to prevent licensed persons having a pecuniary interest in drunkenness. The criminal calendar contains fifteen cases against twenty-two persons, including shooting with intent,forcible entry, arson, forgery, and robbery.