TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 4482, 21 November 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

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AUCKLAND, Monday. At Hunter and Nolan's first wool sale greasy wool brought 6^d to 7jcl ; washed, 9£d per ib. The body of the missing 1 man, George Sarage, has been found by a Maori, a mile from wiiere he was believed to have attempted to cross the river. NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday. Mr Wra. Bayley was to-day re-elected Mayor vithout opposition. WELLINGTON, Monday. A snail store and dwelling-house at Otaki were destroyed by fire last night. The buitling was insured for £300 ; the loss, hovever, is estimated at £600 above this amount. The origin is unknown, but it is protable that an enquiry will be held. The Appeal Court continued its sitting to-day. The case of Reynolds v. Napier (Dunedh) was commenced. The case is of an exceedingly complicated nature, involving i large variety of legal points. It is expected to occupy the Court until Wednesday rext. A nunber of summonses have been taken out by the Registrar-General against persons who have neglected to vaccinate their children. Owing to the continued decrease of the water supply, the mains will be charged only within certain hours after Wednesday uexf, should there be no heavy rain in the meantime. Considerable dissatisfaction has been expressed at the non payment of prizes won at tlu recent athletic sports held on the Princß of Wales birthday or of the band whe played on that occasion. An applicatipi on the subject has been made to the police, but the authorities did not see their way to interfere. The promoter of the sports is not in town at present. Mr Robnson has been elected captain of the Auckland cricket team. In addition to oilier matters, the Aucklanders have arranged for a match to be played at Ash burton. BLENHEIM, Monday. Mr H. Dcdson, M.H.R., has been elected Mayor of Blenheim for the ensuing year. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. The Lon<. ; beach sale was concluded on Friday and realised £35,000. The pigs were nearly all bought by Mr Grigg himself, and the implements passed in. Another of the ruffians who make a practice of maltreating inoffensive people at night has come to signal grief. Three fellows linked arm-in-arm last night swept tylong the footpath in Oxford terrace where there was 'a large crpwd caused by people coming out of church attracted by the fire bell. At last they bumped against a young fellow who was walking with his sister, knocking the girl off the footpath. Her brother promptly knocked the nearest man over, who, as it happened, was one of a gang v/ho had been up no£ long ago for rowdy conduct in the streets. A detective close by arrested them both, and Chamberlain the defendant was fined £5, to-day, or one month's imprisonment in default. The Magistrate remarked that next time be \fpu|d not have the option of a fine. A dpptttatiQn fpom the Railway League waited on the Commission fq-day ? and questioned them about their ability to take evidence on the subject of a line to the West Coast. In reply Dr Pollen said that nothing was clearer from the terms of the Commission than that they were confined to, fhe extension of the main trunk line nortliwaids from Amberley to Brunnerton. The proposal could hardly be called such an extension, but in the sense of a deflection of this, the trunk line, to the westward of the main range. The Commission might consider and report on what the League represented. The Mayor said he feared theTieague-'s misgion * Q that ca »c was useless ; and another member took It th»t any information the League could

furnish would be almost valulesa. The League had been ledjto consider by the Minister for Public Works that the commissioner^ had power to consider the West Coast route. The attitude of the Commission is what was generally expected, and little surprise is felt at their replies to the League. Woods, of Wellington, and Hulston ol Christcburch, have been matched to run three distances for £25 aside on December 23. ..The Middle Island Railway Extension Commissioners arrived in town on Friday night, after having^ inspected the route of the line via Tophouse. The Secretary of the Railway League has obtained permission for a deputation to wait upon the Commissioners this afternoon. TIMARU, Monday. 'Mr John Jackson was to-day elected Mayor of Timaru unopposed. A man named John Green was sentenced to twelve months' hard- labor for brutally assaulting a policeman with a bottle,, and biting one of fhis fingers off. The policeman's head was terribly cut and bruised. The Minister of Lands returned to town to-night after an extensive tour through the back country. He expresses himself well pleased with what he has seen. Eight candidates were nominated to-day for four seats to represent the Borough on the Timaru High School Board. DUNEDIN, Monday. Owing to electric disturbances since Saturday night the work of the Telegraph Office in Dunedinhas been greatly delayed. There was a constant current of electricity flowing on the lines equivalent to ten times the strength of the batteries generally used. Some of the batteries had to be disconnected altogether, and messages were sent without the use of the battery at all, a feat never before done ia ' the annals of New Zealand telegraphy. Yesterday afternoon the business was almost at a standstill. This promises to be a gala week. On Wednesday the Agricultural Show begins and also the Benevolent Institution Carnival. A public half-holiday is declared on Thursday in connection with the show, and on Friday the Auckland cricketers begin cheir match against a Dunedin eleven. The Dunedin team is considered very poor. Messrs A. H. Ross and J. B. Thomson, both members of the City Council, and the former an ex-Mayor, were nominated for the Mayoralty to-day. Messrs Daigety and Co. have received a cablegram from London, dated 17th inst., to the effect that the market for frozen mutton has advanced, and the meat is now at 7d per Ib. for best quality.