TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 11 December 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

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WELLINGTON.' December 10. It is understood that his Excellency will make a tour through New Zealand early next year. The Customs authorities have issued instructions to the Crown Prosecutor to apply to the Supreme Court for a mandamus to compel the Mayor and Dr. Harding to give judgment in oage Customs authorities v. Charles Martinj of the Albion eharged* with ; ha,ving seven unstamped of cigars in his possession. The justices named entered a conviction, but declined to infiict a penalty as required : by la,w, December 11. A German named L. Drexler, watchmaker, was drowned early thfe morning. He was standing near the edge of the breastwork, and shortly after, calls for help wer© heard, but he sank before he could be rescued. An inquest will be held into the cause. An attempt to destroy himself is supposed* through inability to obtain work. DUNEDIN. December 10. The firing - for the Ladies' Challenge Shield took place to-day at the Otago Rifle Association matches. Ranges : 200, 400, and 600 yards ; seven shots at each range. The North Dunedin and Clutha Rifles each made 383, but the former having made the best score at the longest range, too}c the Shield. A cable message Was received by the Union Steamship"Company yesterday intimating that their shares had been admitted on the London Stock Exchange. Arrived— ship, from London, 89 days out, all well; and the Ned White, from New York. AUCKLAND. December IQ. Coal has been found at Jfgunuru, about half a mile from Maru river. A disoovery of quartz has been made near Pokeno, three miles from the raiU way station—a well-defined reef, The range in which the discovery- was made is similar in character to that at the Thames, Mr. G. M. Reed has arranged with the New Zealand Land Agency to take over 120,000 acres at Poverty Bay ceded for special settlement. Mr. Bailley, for the Company, left for Gisborne yesterday to complete negotiations, A youth nailed Ted, an assistant to the steward on board the Rangaririaat Ngaruawahia, has been drowned. He fell off the steamer alongside wharf. At a meeting of the Pastoral and Agricultural Association to consider the bird nuisance, a resolution was carried that the Association should, at the end of the season endeavor to get farmers universally to buy poisoned grain to reduce the pest, and that a sum of monej in aid be set apart at the annual meeting of the Association. Mr. G. M. Reed writes contradicting emphatically the statement n>.ade in the daily papers that he has arranged with the. ißew pealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company to take over a block at Poverty Bay for the special settlers. He says he has not had any transactions with any loan oompany in New Zealand, his arrangement with his special settlers pre* eluding the necessity for any such arrangement. Steps are being taken to convene a publics meeting in Auckland to discuss the question of the Patetere lands. The Mayor elect will give a banquet next Wednesday. CHRISTCHURCH. December 11. A meeting of the farmers of Wakanui unanimously condemed the present railway tariff as excessive, and decided to use every means to get it altered, and a " Minister appointed wish some ledge of public wo.rlfs and some sense of justice, as hetween one part of tho country and another," GRAHAMSTOWN. December 11. One cwt. of picked specimens and 35 cwt. of quartz from the leaderfrom the prospectors' claim at Te Aroha yielded 19| ozs; gold. There are many rumops that other claims are getting gold, none show any quantity of golden stone. The prospectors are putting in a drive to cut the leaders at the lower depth, and intend sinking a winge on the special leader, Many business places have been erected, but there is comparatively little mining work being done on the field yet. It is the Warden';, opinion that the goldfteM will extend over a large area, even in blocks included in Patetere. Several claims have been formed into limited companies, and scrip has been issued. REEFTON. | December 10. Messrs. Thornton and Browne, the engineers, acting for the Christchurch capitalists and others interested in the. , railway from Christchurch to the West Coast, arrived at Reefton last night. The results of their exploration are satisfactory beyond the most sanguine expectations. At the water shed in the middle of the island where heavy grades were expected an open valley runs almost level. The three grades selected have never been reported by any Government survey party as practicable. Thornton and Browne are now engaged inquiring into the resources of the district.