TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 22 September 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PBESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. September 21.. The Native Minister returns to Wellington to-morrow. A meeting of the creditors of Mr. Sidey, auctioneer, was held to-dav. The liabilities were set down at H 0,858, and the assets at L 12,800. ; The Hinemoa returns from New Plymouth on Thursday with Major Atkinson. September 22. At an inquest on the body found in' the harbor yesterday an open verdict was returned. No evidence was adduced as to the identification of the' body, but the general opinion is that he was a shepherd.

DUNJSDIU". September 21. The Industrial -School «t Lookout Point was visited yesterday by the Hon. Thomas Dick, Colonial Secretary ; Mr. James Fulton, M.H.R. ; and Mr. H. Houghton, Inspector of the Institution. Nearly two hours were spent in going over the buildings and with the children in the school. They were apparently well pleased, as the following is the entry we find in the visitors' book :—"September 20. —We have visited and inspected the school and buildings, and are much pleased with the cleanliness, order, and general management of the institution ; also with the reading, music, writing, and [ education generally. Everything seemed well arranged and entirely satisfactory." The present number of inmates is 141. There are 177 boys and girls licensed to tliieir fripnda apd' ip' ujidQf thp pojjtjl-pJ of tjip sghooj ties. ?Thp election hand gjv'e—Bastings, 251 votes ; Morris, 143. 3|ie ptKer returns cannot the result;

• September 22.' For the W.aikai;r election the following additional .return sf.-have been received Purirdbinj: Bastings/ 19; Morris, 13. Glenkenich :. Bastings, 13 ; Morris, 0. Waikaia Flat: Bastings, 5; Morris, 4. Knapdale -: Bastings, 16 ; Morris, 6. Waikaka : Bastings, 18 ; Morris, 13. At the City Council meeting it was stated that at the gasworks during the last six months 2886 tons of Greymouth coal were consumed, against 199 tons of Newcastle.- During-'the- current year nearly 7000 tons of the former will be required. In his address to the Grand Jury at Lawrence yesterday; Mr. Justice Williams expressed his regret that, such a large number of grand and petty "jurors had been summoned to try a case which could have been disposed of in the District Court if it were not for a technicality involved and a defect in the law. The case rt-as that of Arthur O'Neill for fraudulent bankruptcy. The prisoner was found guilty on all the counts. The judge deferred sentence, as he was doubtful whether the evidence taken before the trustee in bankruptcy was admissible. The prisoner was liberated on bail. Robert Mullins, a horse-shoer, who appeared at the Police Court to-day, charged with neglecting to support his children, committed suicide on the reclaimed wall near Rattray-street Wharf, between 12 and 1, by taking strychnine.

CHRISTCHURCH. September 21. An accident of a very singular nature happened at Leeston on Monday to one of Mr. David Todd's children. Mr. Todd was engaged with a team of hprses in a paddock near his house, and sent the - boy for some water to drink. As the boy did not return for soine time, he went in search of him, and found hiin lying under a plough with the handle in his mouth, quite dead: It is supposed that he had been playing with the plough and had fallen over the handle, causing suffocation, An inquest was held, and a verdict returned of "Accidental death."

A man named Thomas Bassey was found dead on the South Belt footpath this morning. He had burst a blood vessel. He was 50 years of age, and married. No inquest will be held, as he was known to be in very bad health.

September 22. The Catholic High School* was formally opened by Bishop Moran yesterday. Two matches were fired yesterday with the crew of the H.M.S. Danae, ten men aside, 200, 400, and 500 yards, with the following result. No. 1, five shots at each range—City Guards, 363; Danae, 358. No. 2, 10 shots at each range—Danae, 555; Christchurch Artillery, 515.

A man named James Newton died suddenly this morning. The supposed cause is heart disease.

The Public Works Department sent 35 more unemployed to up-country railway works to-day, and have .announced positively that no more unemployed will be provided for. Sailed—Abernyte, barque, for London. AUCKLAND. September 21. At the time the mail steamer collided with the wharf yesterday, the vessel was under the charge of the captain, who had assumed the responsibility. He has paid the amount of damage into tj;e Harbor Board., September 22. The report of the Harbor Board proposes a graving dock at Calliope Point. The estimated cost is L80;000. A tender of L 2599 was accepted for the construction of the new main wharf. The Harbor Board demands from the agents of the San FranQisoo steamers compensation for collision and damage done by the mail steamer. Only seven men out of an alleged 140 seeking employment applied to the City Council for stone breaking. Private advices report that Sir E. W. Stafford has joined the London Directory of the Loan and Mercantile Agency. Drainage operations are in full swing at Waikato.