TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1322, 20 March 1884, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

I (per press association.) WELLINGTON. March 10. The n.-.tive3 who a-semblcd at Parihaka • f->r the monthly meeting on Monday last are making arrangements for dispersing again. Several gentlemen, who are desirous of witnessing Hanlon give exhibitions of his «kiil as an oarsman, have decided to write to Sydney and ask upon what terms he will come to Wellington and row against Hcarn, the New Zealand champion. Should the celebrated sculler consent to compote against the local man for a reasonable snm, no time will be lost in arranging for a match. March 20. The steamer Florida arrived from Lyttclton at noon, to comploto l'ading for London. She takes 5000 carcases of mntton and 3000 cases of preserved meats. DUNEDIN. March 19. The Q'icen's Theatre lease, withadjoin- ( ing sho[j3, wa3 sold for L4OOO to the (Sir Francis and James Smith.) A fata! accident occurred last night, five or six miles from tho city, on the north road. A wood carter, named Wm. Duffy, was found lying on the road, the wheel having evidently passed over him As ho was returning home he had a drink at a road-3ide hotel, but the landlord says he was then quite capable of attending to his horses. The conference of farmers' delegates on the grain bag question, which has caused so mnch stir in the country districts, will be held on Saturday, and is likely to be largely attended. The rate to be levied by the Waimea Plain Railway Company is 3s 4d in the £, not Jd. A robbery was committed at the gaol on Tuesday night, a quantity of clothing being taken out of ono of the storerooms, the entrance to which was from the exterior. The possession of some of the property was traced to a man named Carrol!, who has been arrested. He struggled violently. He had only been discharged from gaol on Tuesday morning. March 20. A mr.n snpposed to bo Mr Wakefield, belonging to Timarn, wa3 knocked down by the steam tram in Princes-street, and was taken to the Hospital in an unconscious state. CERISTCHURCK. March 19. Tho tramway engine's steam pipe burst this afternoon, causing a panic among the passengers. The driver was scalded, and jumped from the engine, and was insensible when picked np, but quickly recovered, and is not seriously hurt. A young lady also jumped from the carriage, falling on her back. When picked np it was found her head was cut, and was bleeding profusely from the ears. It is feared she has sustained an injury to the ba3e of the skull. She has remained insensible till the latest report. AUCKLAND. March 19. Sailed—H.M.S. Lark, for Sydney; Rotcmahana, for Sydney, this evening. Passengers—The Hon. Messrs Gillies and Kerford, of Victoria, who were entertained by Judge Gillies and Sir F. Whitaker. There wa3 a considerable number at the station to bid them goodbye. Over a thousand kegs of butter have been shipped to Sydney by the Rotomahana. There are a great many complaints as to the accommodation and food of the immigrants on board the ship Northumberland, but tho captain and officers are favorably spoken of. There will probably bo an official inquiry. NAPIER, March 19. When the Secretary to the Board of Education was in Wellington last week he was officially informed that the reason why only L 50.000 of the L 70.000 Tote for school buildings had been divided was that L 20,000 was being kept back for native schools. Thousands of pounds have already been spent on fine buildings in native settlements in this district, and at the present time there is not a single native school open, the buildings being used by natives as residences or storehouses. At the Harbor Board to-day, the subcommittee reported the freight on wool from Napier to be the eighth of a penny more from Napier than from goods' ports; insurances were heavier, and the lighterage tax more than equal to the wharfage rates. The chairman said the difference in the cost of sending Home foreign wheat was nearly a penny more compared with Wellington. These differences mean about L 50.000 a year on the trade of the port. A Bill to provide for raising L 200.000, secured on the rates, to build the breakwater, was approved of.