TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 29 December 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PUB KRESS ASSOCIATION.)

WELLINGTON. „ December 28. . A man named Charles Bath, who went fishing yesterday, is missing. . •On the return trip of . the steamer Grafton from an excursion to Nelson, she had thp foremast and main-topmast carried away in a breeze. Fortunately no passengers were in jured. On examination it was found that the masts were rotten, and new ones are being shipped. The Featherston Wesleyan chapel was completely destroyed by f| re j which commenced at &20. Not a, stick wag left standing. Deoember 29.

Tuhi, the murderer of Miss Dobie, was executed in Wellington Gaol at 8 o'clock this morning. He walked firmly on to the scaffold, and was accompanied by Archdeacon Stock. The drop was eight feet, and death instantaneous. It is understood that Mr. William Lewis, solicitor, of Wellington, has been offered by the Government) and has accepted, the appointment of Assistant Law Officer under the Crown.

The missing , man Bath turned up all right last night. The ship Northumberland and cabin passengers havp been admitted tq pra-: tique.

DUNEDEK".

December 28.

The Taieri Agricultural Show wa3 held to-day, and was very successful. The attendance was large, and the exhibits of good quality. December 29. .

A man, name unknown, was arrested by the police last night for drunkenness, and was taken to the watch-house in a comatose state. He was im?i}ediatply sent to the Hospital, where ho died this morn" ing. The Caledonian Society's privileges realised L 450, and were sold to one purchaser.

CHRISTCHURCH. December 28. Three juvenile offenders were sentenced at the Lytteltoii Resident Magistrate's Qourt to-day to be flogged in the Gaol for stealing sheet oqpper and naijs. punishment was soundly administered. At the Christchurch Court, four lads were charged with petty larcenies, and two were ordered to be locked up for a short time and receive 12 lashes, another to be locked up for the same time, and see the flogging of the others, and the fourth to one month and a flogging. This §ort of punishment is expected to act as a salutary lesson, , Diecejijber 29. The annual six days' training of the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry commenped at Rangiora yesterday. There was a good muster. All the works on the interior railway lines werp stopped fin JFf"i.4ay last apd the men paid off. At the annual meeting of members of the Corn Exchange yesterday, the accounts showed a deficiency of Ll's for the year. A special meeting is to be held to consider the position and the prospects of the Exchange,

AUCKLAND. December 28.

The Catholic bazaar in aid of the new cathedral fund closed to-night, and realised LBOO.

The racehorse Foul Play, winner of the Auckland Cup, was sold bv the owner, Mr. H. P. Lance, with all engagements, for L 650. Mr. Fred. Matthews is the purchaser, but it is understood he is only agenS for Mr. Percival. The Secretary of the Auckland Racing Club has started a subscription for the widow of Nolan, the deceased jockey, and in a few hours raised LIOO. December 29.

At the Police Court, John Ashenden was committed for trial for stealing money from the person of Michael Sherdon, bushman. JJenry Patrick Haydon, for threatening his wife with q, pistol, wg,3 sentenced to six months'. Some suspicion exists re the sale of Foul Play, "the owner's name not being disclosed the public fight shy of betting until it is guaranteed that the horse will start for all engagements. A man named James Swityer, a farmer,-, has been arrested for wife desertion afc Monganui, and ordered to be forwarded hoine. Ife ran away with a daughter of a farmer, and to take her to Melbourne.

At a Harbor Board meeting a motion to make the body elective was postponed. The following are further particulars of the suicide of the Hon. H. B. Boer : He is said to be a member of the Queensland Parliament. It is stated that he booked at Sydney, and it is believed that he intended to make a tour of New Zealand. After leaving port the weather was rough, and deceased jwas observed to be seasick. .On Christmas night he went below, and ha 4 been there only a short time when the:report of q, gun was heard, and the passengers found him; lying with his face T)lee*ding.' Ah examination

in tlie necfcj 4nd the was torn by.theahot.. Death must 'jj&ve been instantaneous. ' The gun J|pis doublebarrelled and loaded witWheavy slugs. As the weather , was hot it was deemed advisable to inter the body,and it was consigned to the deep. The burial service was read by the'Re vs. Burrows and Ross. TIMARU. - December 29. A private detective has been employed for. some time past on the ChristchurchTimaru section of the" railway's, and this action of the department has created a general feeling, of. uneasiness and disgust among the railway—operatives. The matter has culminated in a fracas between Mr. "Back, the Traffic Manager, and Mr. Galbraith, stationmaster at Washdyke, who, from information received, had been suspended on the ground of alleged irregularities in his-books. Mr. Galbraith, who lias been many years in the railway employ,' threatened to be the death'of. Mr. Back, and Mr. Back prosecuted him. before the Bench to-day. Mr. Galbraith pleaded that he had been subjected to the surveillance .of Mr. Back's detective. The information was dismissed through an informality, but Mr. Back intimates that he will take fresh proceedings. A fresh information having been laid by Mr. Back against Mr. Galbraith, the latter was bound over in sureties of LlOQ.to keep the peace for six months. NELSON. December 29. Mrs. Wymond and Alphonso Wymond, remanded from Christchurch on a charge of larceny of goods belonging to the estate .of T. S. Wymond, draper, appeared this morning, but the case was adjourned until to-morrow.