TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 3580, 11 December 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'S SPECIAL " ■"■-■• -■' ■'-■■ '" j "wt_cß'.)'... v .'^.;;.7. ; / /_ a: AUCKLAND^ WEDNE^DAyt , v Rewi is! said to be seriouslyrindisposedi The natives are; looking forward with interest to the great.native meeting riext: month. -'-■■/ .GRAHAMSTOWN, WeMesday. '• A fii-e broke out " at ; 8.15 a.m ., ; destroying the' prehiiaes fin Pollen ; street, ; of ', V^gpds (book'biricier.), fWoocl (f ruitei-eip,- and 7 Breed (furniture dealer.)' Breen wasfirisured iritlie Rpyal.7 Oriiee for ' .'Ml7o, aud'^Qo'd fiii the Norwich TJoion for jSJGO.oh^thefteuifdihjj, "' A 7BLENHEIMv7WEDN T ES;lil¥i-7 The case of W, B. Earll- V.Dohei-tyrfor' libel, occupies: the attention of the, Supreme Court-' at the present time.' ,Mr Travel's, for the defendant, inaae !r a special plea alleging the allegation's in the libel to be true ; that Earll actually seduced his neice and had" intercourse with.: her during the past fc'\go years; and, f urthery: .that'the.aneged libel was made with a view of -having the allegations inquired into for the public benefit. .The evidence in the case is of. a most disgusting nature, and is not likely to be concluded tonight. 7 MrfConuolly, the well'-knoivn barrister,'appears for, the plaintiff. . 7 .. , . .. WELLINGTON^: Wednesday. ' ' ; The Wellington cjty waterworks io^ri, which wai abbrit tbbe^laced on' the Loridpnmphey market^bas beeri temporarily withdrawn by the London agents' pf 'the cptpcratipri: banker^ owing to the fact that the" issue, qf. '.the five railiionloari hsis affected the, inarket to a cohr sideiahle extent, CHRiSTCHURCH, Wednesday." A smalianij^at, called an* Indian snakekiller, which was exhibited here at race time, escaped tbe other Qveningfrotn ffhere its owner twss lodging, . and since made great havoc 7 ion" the poultry yards in tlie neighborhood. Large numbera of ducks have beeri fouud torn to shreds, and fpwls 7 with deep, incisiens in their bedies. The animal is still at large. . ; - , • : • The Christchurch roll of shareholders in the company fprine^ tp f pund a settlement on the Waimate Plains-numbers five hundred heads of families, representing three ' thou- . sand souls. It is proposed to amalgamate with the Wellington Small Farm Associa iou, and two. delegates will_.be sent to \^elington to interview- the Government/ The following was the result of the Grand Lodge, 1.0. G.T., election this afternoon : — ' CK.W.C.T., Broi;Key y ..l>r;Kosel>y (Oanediii); G.W.V.T., Bro. Johnson (Wellington): G.W.)$., Bro. Cameron (Duuedin); G.W.T., Bra. Care (Dunedin); G.W. Chaplain, Bro. Rev. Butler (Balclutha); G.N.M., Bro. Smith (Lyttelton); G.SJ.T., l^ro. J. Ti Smith (Christchurch); Representatives to ; Worthy Grant' Lodge at Melbourne, Bros. Hugh Bennett, Dr Rosebyi j"-W..JagQ.. 77 , :.'"';•;}.■• / 7'f7f7' At tho inquest he! 4 pn the body of L. H. McGregor,: who fell pver the gangway of the ship'^urunui pn Monday n^ght/the third oMeerpf the ship Otr Michael) was ccmmended for, tfye yery protqpt n^anner ia which he went to the assistance of deceased. DUNEDIN, Wednesday. We understand (says a lecal paper) that Mr Pearson, Com m i ss i° ner °f Crown Lands for Southlarid, who happens to be in Dunedin, ■ will be at the board-room of the Crowa Lands Qflice from eleven to four to-iriorrow (Thurs- \ da)') to give ihforriiatidn regarding this tentt quality. ai)d -advantages of Crown ' lands "open -."for 'sale iri 'that part of tQtago lying to the west of the :Matarira River to any new arrivals who may be desirous of, (fettling in the colony. ■■•• Much' 'mifcap'prehen- ' sion segnis ; -tp prevail regarding the climate f in that part of the couati'vythc' impression f being that it is, so fair south as to be Jiable to excessive cold. This is a mistake, at least so far'as that district is col c:fhedi Evenin'the ' neighborhoodof" Invercai-giU there iiliothiug i to be ajibrishended: bni- the score of cold, which is^ never so severe as to affect' Natives of Great "Bfitpufe '

1 ' ~^^f^^ g^ i iltc i m>tf -yearly crtJ^WV^^Hf' of the ' Sftprenie'C!our,£ opened to-dav^j-j^re Judge 3f&msrwhe£*oA^frW^^fa i n the CASQS rfAlfred'[m--hff-(fo^ijmef) and W. ' following myPp^re -&-_»&)s§-»«£ Grierson, l_n_^ths for stealin^pia~thes%rson; W. C. Kidney, one day forrorgery an|| uttering; Patrick Finn, 12 months for forgery and ut-*j^ritovlnr«--mn^"rrtor-forgery and utter^ r iug4 Hunt," wilful damage to property, rfnddaj! Fredrick Xeiber, 1 year on a charge Of obtaining money under false pretences." The weather is warm^butbeavyjloodaj^ - pMlarXvmQ'-'J. -flricjiinp.nl -i (PER PRESS AGENCY.) ■-(/ XX; ■ " There is no* trutj^jwh^tever inffie report ! that, Rewi expressed' his inlefltiQnjto jgf.umj? ; -. his 'former attitiul^'qE ipa^pri regarding- the i way up, were — '' I -©aW Itere for TKaifci to reparty.tp tak,e htfu H^WV^^.^^beeh ; tpld.theile7.ar.? two.'.par^es m^he ( .^v^mment. ; r believe, there i zZ'JrlLt. ■ iMJiU ■ *JJ _7, *fi _f-Ai* } J«*iVL IV **•''*'*_'- J__i»— U__ ■ Zearand:,, Maoris, and. pake7Bas5 M ,but I aii. per- . fectly inffi-tei^Jfcfiife-t' pakeKa' party is; In: pbwbr." -; Wr M,». MjW , -wishWd desire to 'Majttr MaW-, J wbich 'i-'febhsidered : conclusive that he is "not unfavorable to the ; ministry:' |fe. further 1 irifbrffibd' mb, L in ; tlle^r^enbe! bf if A- of : ,the^'tobßt : prbMnbnt . citiz , erisi i that'h'e.h6p?d'f'tb ih_et : " Major* ; Malr| i W lii- 1 n^t'visi^' 1 There ;iS"abbrit; ! iaSf itftieb [ I truth iri^h_ 3 'telegjam'" referred ! to ._&in "f a? \ \ whiao's telegram laid befp^ r tbe^HonseJast ; session. The G,overnbir ean ; ' _&bbeed-t#-fSyd-ney with all'cbriiideri'ce'. 1 -'■ '■ •*- y - •'- _