SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XI, Issue 3190, 11 December 1878, Page 3

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

(pee pbess agency,) Wellington, Tuesday, The Agent-General telegraphs under date of London, December 6th, that the ship' Wellington' sailed for Port Chalmers with 332 immigrants; and the ship 'Warwick' with 201 passengers, for Nelson and Wellington. Arrived: The ship *Otaki,' with a good number of passengers, Sailed: The 1 Zealandia.' The latter's cargo for London consists of about 5,000 bales of wool, 600 sacks of flour, 172 casks of tallow, 287 cases of preserved meat, and other articles of produce and sundries, The Government, in replying to the Benevolent Society as to their refusing to undertake the distribution of charitable aid, state that the distribution of relief by the polioe must cease on the Ist day of January next. The amount thus usually distributed is about £700 per annum. Nelson, Tuesday. The Good Templars Grand Lodge com' menced its session in the Temperance Hall this morning, Present: G.W.C, Templar Jago (in the chair), W. Carr, D. Cameron, Kev. Mr Roseby, and Sister Lamb (from Dunedin); Cuthbertson (from Taieri); Monson (from Port Chalmers): T. Smith (Otago North Central); Corrigan and Craig (North Otago); McEaehen (Cromwell); Cheyne (Southland); Webber and King (East Ohristchurch); Dimond (Lyttelton); Andrews (Mid. Canterbury); Evans and Ewin (North Canterbury); Price Proctor (Timaru); Turnbull and Barrowman (Hokitika); Boase and Donovan (Grey Yalley); Brown (Buller); Priohara (Nelson); Earl (Marlborough); Coles and Hudson (Wellington); Harding (Hawkes Bay); Innis (Queenstown).1 he lodge has been engaged in discussing reports of officers, which show, inter alia, that there are 156 lodges in good standing in the district, being an increase of ten during the year; also that there are now 1638 Juvenile Templars. In reply to a letter fom the Mayor the Public Works department state that the plans and specifications for the extension

of the main trunk railway from Foxbill will be ready for tenders in Fobruary. The Good Templar Lodge wag engaged all the afternoon in discussing tho report* of officers. Dunedin, Tuesday. The Public Worts Department is abou to commence the survey of the brancli line of railway to Tallin's River, and will also shortly call for tenders for the first section of the Otago Central Railway Pout Chalmers, Tuesday, The ship ' Canterbury,' from Glasgow, with 319 immigrants, is at the hoads; reported all well. Napieb, Tuesday, Charles Stewart was convic'ed to-day of misdemeanour by neglecting to deliver up a post office letter wlien the sains was demanded of bim. He said it had been delivered to him in mislako. Sentenced to two years'hard labour, GreymoUTH, Tuesday. The Bendigo Gas 00. of Victoria have accepted the tender of the Brunner Coal 00. to supply them with three thousand tons of coal per annum, at an advance of four shillings per ton on what Newcastle coal could be doliverod at Bendigo for. Chbistchuboh, Tuesday, The people of Altaroa havo invited the Hons. J, Hall, W. ilobinson, and 0. Gray, aud Mr William Montgomery, M.H.R., to a banquet on tho Bth of January, in recognition of their services in connection with tho Akaroa railwayAt the City Council meeting, tho Mayor characterised Hospital Sundays as a nran way of robbing churches, whioh he was ashamed to countenance. Tijiabu, Tuesday. At a meeting of the Geraldine Council held' at Temuka, to-day, Alex, Wilson, senior, was elected Chairman. The meet, ing adjourned till tho thirty-first inst. It is understood tho members aro in favour of adopting the whole Counties Act. Blenheim, Tuesday, At the Supreme Court sittings to-day, before the Chief J Caroline Brnund, for perjury, was acquitted. In the case of George Stenhouse. for libel, there was no true bill. There is only one case left, Robinson v. Buser, which will be heard to-morrow. .i 1 "'"'