TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 3311, 30 January 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

: ''i" X- ■•"'•... . '»'_ -"-' .: !> .; : ,; ■■ (PER PRB33 ASSOCIATION'S SPECIAL WIRE.) NAPIER, Tuesday. Sergt. Kelsall, drill instructor, who was accidentally shot in the leg. at the rifle range on Saturday afternoon, died last night. An, inquest' was; held to-day, arid a verdict of; accidental death returned without attributing ' blame to anyone. .The -accommodation, house at Woodville ' that .was owned lay the inurdiered man OUand and his partner Thomson,, was burnt, down last night.. The' fire is supposed to have been occasioned by sparks from the/ bush,, which was burning all; round.. '. ; ' ;' - Baker and Farfon's benefit at the Theiitre Royal last night drew a crowded house. The cotnpauy left for Auckland to-day. They have had great success here, 'Wednesday. The funeral . of. Drill Instructor Sergt. Kelsall took 7 place this afternoon with, military honors. There was a large attendance of volunteers and .others. ';■/■; 7 ;:WELLINGTON r Wednesday^ ] . The Greytown fire last night was very destructive.;, It broke out in Steel's bbar;dinghouse at .9 o'clock, destroyed it, and /Spread ; : to the.pffice of Miv.Beefcham, solicitor ,|Casseli : • berg's ..large store, the r.Polico 70Mce;' and the Court-house, all bf which. -were totally destroyed, the telegraph office, .Standard office; and Hughes, the butcher's shop, were saved with difficulty. The.estima.ted loss is over £10,000. The fbUowing are the insur-7 ances on Casselberg's, stock and premises: — ? New '■''' Zealand, ' £1500 ; ■ Victoria^ ' ;, £SOO ; United, £1500 ;.- South British-, £500- National, £500'; Imperial, £500. Of the New Zealand risk £500 is re-insured with the,, Liverpool arid London,, and £375 but of the colony. The other buildings were not insured so far as known. The following are the - correct insurances : — Mr Casselberg's premises to the New Zealand office, viz., the store, £500, and stock/ £1250, bf £500 is reinsured in the Liverpool arid Globe, £500 in the South British, and £370 in a foreign office. The Victoria has £500 •oh the stock, the United £1500 on istock,' of which £750 is j reinsured to the: New Zealand office. The 7 -South British has £500 on stock, the Imperiai"£2so oh the store and £250 on the stock. The Natal has £500 on the store. Touching the fatal accident at the Wai- % makarina tunnel; Dorset, who "was extricatedj is much injured; but is improving. Dimorifc was choked by the pressure of a.slab against his neck. Sweeney was only extricated at 4' .o'clock this morning, . notwithstanding that the miners worked desperately to get at him. He was frightfully mangled. Robert Nesbit,j who was in the tunnel when it fell to, had a miraculous escape. -""-.-'•■ The Commissioners appointed to inquire into secondary education have decided that it is no part of their duty to enter upon the question of religious education in schools. The wreck of the ship City of Auckland was sold to-day, at auction, by Mr Wallace, for £150, Mr Cooper being the purchaser. Her sails were sold to Captain Williams for £60; and her cargo of pig iron to Mr Boomstra for £12 10s.- -.- - "'.' The total exports of the colony for 1878 were £6,015,525 ; the total imports £8,755;663. The total export of wool was 59,269,2561b5., valued at £3,292,807. The four principal ports stood thus: — Auckland (exports),' £544,112; Wellington (exports), £783,047; Lyttelton (exports), £1,712;874; Dunedin; (exports), £1,619,954 ; Auckland (imports), £1,408,823 ; Wellington (imports), £i:440j382; Lyttelton, £1,928,744 ; Dunedin, £2.679,728;Auckland, wool, 1 ,406,0101 bs., value £83,986 ; . Wellington, 11,561,5131b5., value £648,190: Lyttelltbn. 15,880,8471b5., value £900,068 ; • Dunedin, £16,409,00Hb5., value £912,280. The Wellington has left for the Hydrabad to assist in towing her, as she is now almost free and afloat; , CHRISTCHURCH,' Wednesday.. In addition to the five new; engines which hovojbeer) lately landed, and are being erected in the railway workshops, two more six wheel-coupled 10£ inch cylinder-tank engines have arrived by the barque Times, from London, and will be- landed as soon as possible,_gThese two locomotives are similar to the Saladin engine now.running on this section, and it is intended to use the whole of the above engines on the Christchurch section. With all -this additional running power, the traffic on the. Canterbury railways has been "increasing so rapidly that the Department are still short of the requisite engine power. During the last 10 ten days" 30 new waggons have been turned out of the railway workshops and placed on the line. This number will make , 100 waggons which have left the workshops within a few weeks. The wqodwork of several others is nearly finished, and is waiting for the ironwork daily expected to arrive. Every effort is being made by the Department consistent with the available resources to cope with the emergencies of the coniing grain season. At the police court to-day, a railway guard was charged with embezzling money which he had received from passengers who bought tickets to the train. ' When the evidence had been given, Mr Isard, who defended him, pointed out that the case had broken down completely. It had been shown on behalf of the prosecution that certain sums had not been entered by the guard to a book provided for the purpose, and that he was supposed to have a nightly settlement with the stationmaster at Kaiapoi. Strangely enough, although the stationmaster was in Court, he was not called, and the most material .link in ( the chain of evidence, having been omitted the case broke down. It was, however, acceded .that the best i course would be to dismiss the case and i allow a fresh information ; to be laid. ; The case was accordingly dismissed. It i was arranged that a new information should 1 at once be laid, and that the matter should ( be heard de novo the following morning under section 20 of the Justices of .the Peace Act. c A fresh, information was at once Jaid, the c

prisoner was allowed to leave the precincts of the ; Court, and was then re-arrested. ; ..Up to date four miles of the new 531 b steel rails have been laid down south of the Selwyn, About four miles more of these rails are placed along the line, and are being worked in as quickly as possible. It is believed that Ashburton will be reached in about four months; it is then intended to work the heavy engine as far as that station. Messrs Main waring and Jacobscn have .been, {appointed by. the. Chess . Club . to "make a/preliminary canvass for subscriptions in aid of the nroposed chess congress. It has been determined 7that the tpurriay shall be open only to bona fide . residents in New Zealand, and players within a radius of .15 ihiles/bf Christchurch will be required to pay a subscription^ five guineas before entering, No entranob fee will be.charged. }. 7 ; , Wednesday; : Johu "Henry James was charged, at the T R.Mv Court, Teiriuka, yesterday, with an.unmentionable offence, and was remanded till |. '■• The weather has been very wintry, and I showers of rain have been falling for the last i 24 hours.., ...-■-....-.. j" ; ■ It is probable steps will be taken shortly to form a company,; in Timaru, ior. the purchase of one or more steamers to cany on the rapid increase in trade of ; this port. The steward of the Timaru Hospital has demanded an inquiry into the death of the man- Cassidy, which occurred on Saturday, in order; that his character may be cleared from all-treatment. DUNEDIN, Wednesday. ' The ; Minister of Public Works to-day stated that the: portions of the'SttothTaie^i;Railway through Mullocky Gully would be' ripened for 7 tender-, during the 'first wieek of February next ; that a: section would be reserved, so as to find work; for the unemployed who might apply to the Government.- and that tinrcoristructibri of the PooiburnGforfiopoftion would l— into consideration at an early date. " " •".■".-.-■■'':.. 7- i The7Rev. J. W. Inglis left- tn^^i^f^ Christchurch en route fov Wellington, where he intends to deliver; a series' of lectures. He has been very- popular -here.. ■ ■ T> 7° charges' of- perjury have been lodged by Andrew Reid against ; Mrs Johnstone on .account of evidence she gave in the perjury case against Mrs Reid. ■ • Mr James- Rattray was elected a director of ithe Colonial Bank at the- meeting to-day. M ore vote.; were .recorded at this meeting than at any previous one. The case, of Richmond v. Hepburn^ a claim : for £4000 damages • for loss through -alleged fraiidulent representations regarding the sale pf land, came beforethe Supreme ••;, Court today. Mr Macassey and Mr Mouat for the plaintiff,; and. the Attprriey-General and Mr Haggitt -for the defendant. 7 The declaration set forth that in January last the defendant represented to the plaintiff 'that he was the agent, for some -land. >at Ravehsborne, a,nd received an offer for £3000 cash for it ; that : at the sathetime the defendant knew that he had some time previously, viz. in November, 1877, sold the same, on behalf of Mr Edmondston, to; George William Eliott for 7 £2300 .Sterling,; and that 7 believing 7 the,. land was for sale bona fide, plaintiff had. purchased the tenant's, interest for two years for £60. .It was further: alleged that,., in February last, ' the defendant falsely represented to the plaintiff, and advertised in the newspapers published 4n Dunedin^ that Oie- had been instructed by-the owner, Thomas Edmonstbn, to. seU; the land.by auction, whereas the sale -was a." bogus !' sale, and the property was knocked down. to. George William Eliott, the then owner, as wasknown to; the defendant,' for, the .sum ; of ;£4aoo.. Plaintiff therefore sought to r"ecbver£2ooo for lb'^s arid damage sustained by; -him "through -the fraudulent representatipns of the defendant. .Under a further count the plaintiff claimed ,£2500 .damages,' allegirig .that a bid ;of 7 £3500 was. made by him; at the sale to question was the last bona fide bffer,, ; arid ''that'he had been wrongfully deprived of the pure A. E. After witnesses had been v examined the .Attofney-Genei-at -moved for a nonsuit and submitted that there was no warranty; that defendant had -no authority to sell provided that - plaintiff's 1 riete: of ■ pay -23 was correct. As to the second count there was one bona fide bidder after Richmond ibad-'ceased to bid, for Winton was -unknown to the auctioneers at the time of the sale as the agent of Eliott and -Richmond. .His Honor nonsuited the plaintiff. ";■- .-; :■■ .... ... y- .-■ .. Captain Andrews' •" timber milt at Catlto's River- was destroyed by fire this morning. All that the hands could save was about 5000 feet of timber.; Fifty men are thrown out ofemployment by the fire. The insurances are not knpwm,: : Captain Andrews estimates his loss at £5000. The origin of the fire is unknown. *_' (PER PRESS AGENCY.) NELSON, Wednesday. In the. Theatre Royal last night, Mr Pitt .addressed the largest political meeting ever held in Nelson. The gallery was filled with ladies. On the question of education, he thought the Catholics had. a claim for consideration, but he was riot prepared with a distinct proposition on the point.;. With regard to tbe temperance question, he would support a Local Option Bill, but riot against existing rights for. compensation. Mr Pitt was loudly cheered throughout. The nomination takes place to-morrow. .-- 7