TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 3315, 4 February 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'S SPECIAL

WIRE.)

WELLINGTON, Monday.

The Hon. Mr Buckley has resigned the governorship of the college, being dissatisfied with the management of the majority of the governing body.

Miss Jones, of college fame, is announced as lecturer of Cary's Arctic Panorama.

There is very little doing on the Cup beyond a few small Calcutta sweeps. Laertes, Danebury, and Lara-, brought about equal prices, but all -very low. DUNEDIN, Monday. A tender has been accepted for the survey of the Waimea Plains Railway. Mr Higginson is the successful tenderer for the survey at the amount of £219. Marion Johnson, one of the principal wit-, nesses in the Hit or Miss, sly gi'og case, arid-, in the* charge of perjury arising therefrom against Mrs Reid, was charged at the Police Court this morning with perjury. The further hearing of the case is adjourned to Thursday next. A telegram received to-day states that the crew of the Clyde are all saved. They left, in boats when the vessel got in the breakers. Mr Neil Reid was kicked in the stomach by a horse at South Dunedin on Friday night and died on Sunday morning. The Rev. A. R.Fitchett preached to a large congregation in All Saints' Church yesterday.. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. Two deaths occurred at the Quarantine Station, one an infant on Snnday, the other . yesterday of a girl seven years of age. The annual cricket match between Otago and'Cantefbury commences on Monday. Only four or five of the Victorian team will be players in our eleven. Mrs Groves, a well-known resident of Kaiapoi, died suddenly yesterday; she was found about 10 a.m dead in her garden. At the inquest it was ascertained that death resulted from apoplexy. , TIMARU, Monday. The hoipital commission held an inquiry to-day, into circumstances attending the death of Peter Cassidy about a week since, and the ; result was that they decided the visiting surgeon was to blame for not informing the steward as to the nature of the deceased's complaint, and for not visiting him later in the evening; also, that the steward was very much to.blame for allowing deceased to be entirely neglected some 5 hours at night. .--. i OAMARU, Monday. At the meeting of -the Harbor Board on Friday, a letter was read from Mr John Anderson,. Christcburch, enclosing an extract from the Shipping Gazette in the form of a letter sent by one of the members of the Australian and New Zealand Underwriters' Association from Dunedin, and dated 25th September last. , The writer warned underwriters at home not to; take risks on :large square-rigged vessels that might be' tempted by high freights ... to ' load at Qamaru and Tjmaru, as both, ports, were very dangerous. . The writer predicted serious disaster if vessels of that class frequented either of the two ports. The , Harbor Board appointed a:' committee to draw.up a letter confuting the Calumnies, r ;;••;;: '.)>,,' -.i.-i/.j.;.' ■'

(PER PEBSS AGENCY.):

WELLINGTON, MONDAY:

The Government are about to fit upan^icehouseon board' the stHinemoa for the purpose" of distributing the- white fish expected from San Francisco by the next mail steamer. ;The principal portion of these fish will, be sent to Invercargill for the lakes and rivers in that district,, as t it. is considered , that the" 'more northern ports ofi the colony would be too warm for them. The" Hinemoa will probably leave here ' for - Auckland on ' Thursday next, when she. ;will: t^.ke the Commissioners on, Higher Education -to obtain evidence there/: .Mr, E. J k Duncan sells the, reclaimed land

to-morrow.

, T.enders will be called in .a few days for the first .five, miles of the Greymouth and HoMtika railway. . . ... '-. . - .- r ■•_ . . :.,..-,. LYTTELTON.Mqndayv - This morning Geo.. Atkinson, Jate of Auck'-' land, sued Mr Riley, proprietor of the Lyttelton. Herald, for balance of, wages ior services as canvasser and managing editor. The claim for editorial services was at rate of £6 per week. - Defendant refused'-Up. pay more than ; £3;jper week, and'JE urnished evidence showing that plaintiff was inexperienced . 'at newspaper, .work,- and;, totally unqualified -for, the. position, of -,- editor. Judgment was given for £14 .155,- equivalent - Jto;£3 per week. •-./■ ; ~ ,' • „,. ,. . ' • ,:<