TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 4097, 29 December 1887, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

{na. ra«ss assoclmioh). WELLINGTONDecember 28. Tjnai, James Williams, a f«m toonr. •t tX, was this .Itetwon commuted for Trial lor criminal samult on a ch.ld of *&'Jrtarf specifications for the per .re now complete, and copies will be Ior■SETS *• outgoing Frfsc? mail to New York, Loudon, and Piria whore tendere for the work will be invited. TT,-!V«ietary of the Government Poat o£rSSSTtot»to Alameda with the SSL*mail of the 30th November left SfS*"&!?2»1 mail of the ojh at San Francisco tram Auck»th in*, one day in advance cf contract time. DeC ember2o. Th» oroaoectf ns: party who went cut in .Jrca oW«** tetheVaiohine Range, WaSr.p»,«r°m which *&■**«£***£ mVnafaad been taken some time back, rewrnedVitboot being able to discover the turned *" MO *- a j aTa „„»,,, f or a SSJ&cbS* Th« -tone picked S £ nearly during tbe search, al.Tough shewing no gold seem, to indicate thVnwwence cf gold-bearing qo.rtz. Sir James Hector is at present analysing I. understood that the- Palpal Batter to be dealt with will be the retrenchment scheme. DUNEDIN. December 28. Charles Wilkins, who is d"»*J | n,,d " •weafc for trial for embezzlement, was ff, hex charged to-day with that offence and larceny. He was sentenced to ■« montfaFtapriaonment on two charges o/ embezzlement, to be cumulative, and the other charge was dismissed. A man named Readson fell over a cliff a. Shag Point, on Sunday,,»?dl hospital to-day from the injuries rece yed. Ofce Addington (Christchurcb) team met a Phcenix team to-day. The visitors plttogeJber 108 runsin their &*»"»£ of which Caygiil made 4T before he was £ugh£and Suckmanton 23. When the Fhmuix had lost 9 wickets for 81 the Ttaor. wemed to have vie ory m their ™, bnt before the last wicket fell the ££?£* reached 135. Addington only .lore* 53 in their second attempt, Turner Dockmanton, and Ashby 2d 13 respectively. The ftaokhad lost one wicket for 25 run..-h-B.l me "£ called, and the match was decked w their SSk'Jb the first innings. The Grange met an eleven from Oamaru. The Grange kept poaaesslon of the wickets aHthe scoring 330, of which Gneve made 100 and Cat sou 68. December 2v. At the inquest on John Rsadson a verdict was returned that the deceased died from peritonitis, accidentally caused by falling down a cliff. AUCKLAND. December 28. A fire at Makan on Saturday last destroyed the house and outbuildings of Frank Kavanagh. Insurances—L2oo in the New Zealand office, and L7o m the South British. . The ».». Richmond, from the islands, brings advices that the French have snnexed Raiatea. Six chiefs with 800 men, refused to submit, and the warship Scorpion bombarded the rebel town and landed a party of men to destroy the Tillages and properly. They also issced a proclamation that the natives will be fired upon if they do not submit by a certain date. - About 600 men, from the Nelson, Diamond, and Rapid, landed with arms to-day, and went through macceuvrea on the Takapona racecourse. Two French war ships are expected to arrive here in a few days. A small sailing boat with three lads on board is unaccounted for since Monday morning. December 29. The Rev. D. Bruce will retire on Saturday from the "Editorial department of the New Zealand Herald, and Mr Mr 6. M. Raid, who has resigned the Editorship of the Evening Bell, has taken his place. The house of Mrs Mary O'Connell, in Franklin-road, was discovered to be on fire last night. The flames were suppressed by the neighbors, who found the doors and windows all securely fastened. Two separate fires were started with rubMsh saturated with kerosene, and the furniture was all removed. Mrs O'Connell was near the house when tbe fire was first observed, bat went away, refusing to give up the key. She was arrested later on, when she declined to give Information as to Insuraaces, and said somebody must hate stolen her furniture and set fire to the house. Tbe missing boat and cutter have retained. They got on the reef at Motutapu, and those on board had no provisions except a potato each. NAPIER. December 28. A man named Murdoch Young, employed on a lighter at the port, was missed fist night. He was last seen at 10 o'clock, leaving the Railway Hotel the worse for liquor. His hat was found on board the lighter, and his body was discovered this morning In the inner harbor. The Insurances on the three cottages burned down yesterday was L 425, all in the South British office. There was also an insurance of Ll5O on the furniture in tbe tame office. BLENHEIM. December 29. St. Leonards farm, the property of Mr Thomas Redwood, was offered for sale yesterday by Messrs Green aud Noawortby in ten small farm sections, containing 231 alr 31p. Five were disposed of for L 4495 5i sd, or a fraction over Ll9 por acre. The land, which is within three miles of Blenheim, is of exceedingly good quality, and tbe purchasers are local men, who know its full value. Oa four of the sections there were growing crops of wheat and ten acres of potatoes on another. The trlt, attracted a large number, as it was the first held for some time, and the price is therefore regarded as a fair reflex of the value of property in Marlborough. A telegram has been received by the police, stating that the body of a man, unknown, was found on Wednesday, on the bank of the Wairau river, near Tophotue. The man was evidently going in search of work from one station to another. This is the third accident that has occurred in the Wairau river within • few months. One or two bridges are badly needed at different plscss, as the Wairau goes through a large tract of country. mVERCARGILL, D.. camber 28. The Bluff Harbor Board, in reorganising the staff, again employed all tbe former members with the exception of the harbormaster (Mr Tyson), who did not apply, and another iMr Gilroy), who was pilot of the port in the early days, and has lately been signalman, retires, and Pilot M'Donald takes his pl*». Tho new men, provisionally selected, bnt not yet confirmed, are Norman M'Donald, first officer, Government s.». Stella, as harbormaster, and W. H. Psterson, second

officer of the Union Stoamship Company's

Pokaki, as chief pilot. Tho Board abandoned tho proviso that certain officers shonld not bo over 40 years, and also the stipulation that applicants should be holders of certain certificates. Had the Board kept to their original resolutions as advertised, nearly all the former servants would have been ineligible.