TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 4494, 5 December 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PHESS ASSOCIATION I. WELLINGTON, Monday. The Government liave received intimation that an additional 12.400 acres of the continuous and olher reserve* in Hawera district have been leased ; which makes a total of 20,000 acres leased. The survey of other reserves is bein*< pushed on rapid ly. A supplementary Gnxolto, issnoil tin's afternoon, further prorogues Parliament until the loth FJnuary next. In reference to the action entcvil by Mr W. J. Hunt against Sir Arthur Gordon, it is understood that application will be made ir Chambers to morrow for a commission to take evidence in Samoa on behalf of the defendant. Counsel for the defence include the Attorney-General : the Minister of Justice, and Messrs Harper and Bell. Nr Robert Stout was also retained by Sir Arthur, bat Has recently severed Ins connection with the case. The Customs returns for the colony for the month of November amounted to £12,7G8. For the corresponding* month of last year the figures were £1G,378. The beer duty for last month was £5292, being a decrease of £G3 on the corresponding month in 1881. OPUNAKE, Monday. About midnight on Saturday a (ire broke out in Captain Good's house at Oeo. The furniture, clothing and nearly everything belonging to the family were destroyed. The place was insured. The loss is htavy, a new addition to the house having jutrt been built, which was also partly destroyed. KUMAHA, Monday. At the R.M. Court on Saturday, (lie charge against James Wilde, late Town clerk, collector, and treasurer of the borough of Kumara, for embezzling sums of money frorn one to live pounds —in all £29 Gs Gd —was concluded, and accused was committed for trial, bail being allowed. CH lUSTU HURC H, Mox da v. Two iupu while bathing on tho New Brighton beach yesterday were chased hy a shark. They succeeded in makinsr their escape and the shark getting stranded on the beach was captured and brought to town. A child, named Ada Whitlow, wandered from home at Woodend on Tuesday last and roamed about the sandhills without food until midday on Saturday, when she w.is fouud by two boys. She was in avery weakdelir ous state, but is now leeovrin^. L-ir!*e saarch parties were out evcy 'day until she was found. ASHBURTON, Alu.vi.aw Mr Joseph Ives j, M.U li., addressed about 300 electors at Ashburton to-ni»ht, and i*rtceived a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence. A motion of no-confidence was proposed but failed to find a seconder. The Ashburton Licensing Bench lias refused applications from aU the local publicans for extended hours till 11 p.m. giving as a reason that they would like to give the Aut a fair trial. A warm rain which set in last ni^lit will have further beneficial effect on the crops which already promiso an enormous yield.