TELEGRAMS.
WELLINGTON. October 18. An official telegram from the Government interpreter states that the monthly meeting at Parihaka on Sunday was largely attended. Hiroki was among those present. The speeches were practically the same as last month, October J. 9. Mrs. Fitzwilliams, of the troupe, died at 2.30 this morning. A largo sperm whale was seen near the entrance to the harbor last night. DUNE DIN. October XB. Id the libol case Mackay v. Connor, the jury returned a verdict for one farthing damage# on each of tlio two counts.
Inspector Mallard has determined to leave the police force, sooner than accept the reduction ill rank. October i 9. George Minifie, machinist of the Evening Star, died suddenly this morning, of heart disease. Mr. Caldwell, Governor of the Dunedin Gaol, has'by the last two mail deliveries received quite a flood of applications for the post of hangman of Ah Lee. William Adams, alias Lee, has been committed for trial for the attempted uttering of a forged cheque. CHEISTCHURCH. October 18. In reply to a request to detain the outgoing Suez mail in order to enable letters bv the incoming boat to be answered, the Premier replies that the San /Francisco mail will not reach here till Thursday morning, and the expense of a special is out of the question. He promises to ask the Union Company if they would detain the Arawata free of charge. James Robinson, alias Pearce, and Matthew M'Cullum, were committed for trial to-day in connection with the recent burglaries already reported. Robert Jameson, an old man brought up at the same time, was discharged for want of evidence. The two juvenile burglars, who stole sorne books from a shop window with a broken pane, got a rnpnth each. The number of persons int.eresjtpd in the opening of communication by railway between the East and West Coasts of this Island, was hgld thj§ afternoon, when it was resolved to open a subscription list for LIOO to pay the expense of the reconnaisance survey, Messrs. Thornton and Brown having agreed to do the work for that amoupt, AUCJCLANI). October 18.
Messrs. Barnes, Bradbury, Talbot, Wilson, and Miller, of the Customs Department, have received intimation that their services will not be required after the present month. Mr. Wilson retires on compepgaf jon. October 19. The annual session of the Diocesap Synod opens this afternoon. A whale, 60 feet long, was found on the New Brighton beach this morning. Thp Rev. David M'Kee, formerly minister of tintjand Square Presbyterian Church, Dublin, and who repently carne here for the benefit of his health, died yesterday. Pearse, who was recently shot by a boy, had the bullet extracted yesterday, He is still in a precarious condition. The establishment of mercantile relations between Auckland and the Taranaki West Coast is being vigorously advocated. H.M.S. Danae leaves to-day for Fiji. The Lord Mayor of Dublin acknowledges the receipt of Ll6Bl from Auckland for the Irish Relief Fund. . At the Board of Grammar School Governors io-day, a resolution was passed forbidding either the master or secretary to take part in scholastic meetings outside the Board's business without permission. JfAPIER, October 18.
Colonel Whitmore's Clive Grange estate has been disposed of to Mr. John Roberts for L 50,000. This includes 4600 acres, 13.000 aheeD, 250 cattle, and working plant. Mr. M. R. Miller negotiated the sale. Colonel Whitmore leaves for England at the beginning of the new year, and does not intend to return. News has been received that the Poverty Bay Petroleum Company have at 70 fe&t septh struck a vein of oil. These veins are like leaders in a quartz mine. The manager expects tp strike the main reservoir in a fortnight, and dams have been erected to catch the oil should the well overflow. There is considerale excitement about the shares, whi.ch are changing hands at Bs, Gd onjy being paid up. If the Gisborne well turns up trujnps, a company will probably be formed to sink wells in the southern portions of the Province, as indications of petroleum beds ex»st within a few miles of Napier, Gisborne will probably be prospected for gold as well as oil, a rich piece of quartz having been picked up among the metal carted from the river to make roads. It was much water-worn. Other similar pieces of quartz were found, but-, none showed gold. Lambing is now all but over, and large increases are reported on all sides. Shearing is now in full swing. The first clips Are being shipped, TIMARU. October 19.
Lilla Greaves, a young girl, on remand, for stealing money from a lady ■who had lodged her out of charity, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, with hard labor. On each occasion when before the Court, she refused to plead, maintaining an obstinate silence, but the medical evidence favored her sanity. After her sentence, she expressed a determination to drown herself as soon as she regained her liberty. The harbor works have been entirely stopped for the past month, awaiting the arrival of a small dredge ordered from England, and which could have been readily manufactured in Dunedin or Christchurch. Considerable disgust is expressed at the manner in which the Board is delaying the work by resolutely declining to patronise the Colonial foundries.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 19 October 1880, Page 2
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