TELEGRAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3897, 13 October 1880, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[Peb Pbess Association.]

AUCKLAND, Oct. 12. Sparks. Another fire occurred in Onehunga yesterday, but it was fortunately checked before much damage was done. It was also close to Roe's sawmill, and br )ke out in the shingled roof of the .Native Hostelry. The origin of this fire is also attributed to sparks from the sawmill. Dominicans. lord Abbot Alcock, the Rev Mr Fox, and some Lay Brothers belonging to a Dominican order, who have come to found an establishment in connection with the order in Auckland, arrived by the mail steamship Australia. AUCKLAND, Oct. 13. Big Polk. Judge Gillies and G. S. Graham, Esq , the Manager of the Colonial Insuranco Company, are passengers by the Surat. Restitution Refused. On Sept. 24 a pawnbroker applied to the Resident Magistrate under section 37 of the Pawnbroker's Act for compensation for stolen goods which he had been compelled to surrender. The Magistrate declined to grant the application. Trout Ova. A large quantify of trout ova is being distributed in the country districts. A Prosperous Business. The Auckland Meat Preserving Company are rapidly extending their operation? in shipments and supplies, principally to the country districts, sawmills, gumfields, and South Sea Islands. Their prices are 30 per cent below the ordinary. The imported plant is capable of throwing out 6000 tins weekly. Art Exhibition. The Auokjand Society of Arts hold their annual exhibition in March.

WELLINGTON, Oct. 12,

Approved Principles. It is stated that a strong party of men, organised under an experienced leader, have started for the Terawitij District to give it a fair trial under the most approved principles of working and saving fine gold.

Good Business Promised. The Lingards opened in "Stolen Kisses" last night, to a crowded house.

The Latest Scenery.

The amateurs who played "Pinafore" last week have tendered a complimentary benefit to MiES Leaf. The piece selected is "Pinafore," and the performance will take place on the quarterdeck of the ship St. Leonard, now loading for London. WELLINGTON, Oct. 13. Out for a Spree. Three boys, with ages ranging from 14 to 16, left their homes on Saturday morning taking with them a horse, arms, and ammunition, and nothing has been heard of them since. It is supposed that they ova in tho Wairarapa district. The police are making enquiries.

One at Large. A lunatic who escaped from tbe Asylum yesterday is still at large.

HOKITIEA, Oct. 12, Drowned.

Andrew Ro=s, ferryman at the Mikonui Eiver, was drowned this morning while crosßing it with two packhorses loaded. He was sitting behind one of the pack saddles, and when in the middle of the largest stream the load shifted, and it is supposed he was thrown suddenly into the river. There was a fresh at the time, the current was strong, and he <!ould not recover himself. His body was -found about 6 p.m. He was a pensioner of the Boj al Navy.

TIMARU, Oct. 12 Blasted.

A contractor named John Hall, while Hasting at the stone quarry a few miles from tTimaru last evening, hud one hand nearly "blown off.

A farmer named Thomas Jefcoate had several of his fingers cut off to-day by a circular saw.

OAMARU, Oct. 12.

Maeaaewhenua—Haka- % * teramea. The flrab "engino crossed the Maerewhenua iridge to-day and entered Duntroon with ceremony. It is only the other day since the Duntroon-Hakateramea line waß commenced, and it is being pushed fotwacd with expedition by the contractors.

DUSEDIN, Oct. 12. The Way to Do It ' At the Sussex Hotel last night, Mr E. Wilson, late of tho railway department, was presented with a gold medal and a purso of fifty 80T9., in acknowledgment of the part ho took in tho recent agitation re reduced pay. A Popular Lecturer. About 2O;O persons attended Mr Proctor's lecture to-night. " Doth Protest too Much." A deputation will wait on Mr Oliver on his : arrival here, to protest against the suiallncss ■of tho sum allocated for school buildings in Otago. Another Strike. The Education Board, at a special meeting, carried tho following resolution : — " This Board, having been informed that out of tho Tote for Brliool buildings of £50,000, the Minister for Education lias only allocated to Otago £6.100, it desires to protest in tho strongest possible terms against this allocation, as being na act of injustice to Otngo. The Board desires to draw tho attention of the Minister to the fact that it has under its charge one-fourth of all the school children in the Colony, and it is entitled to a very much larger proportion of the vote; also that for the lußt three years it has been placed in a much worao position than any other Board in » he Colony in regard to tho eu:h3 allocated to iL for school buildings ; further tho Board considers tho present system 4>S providing and distiibuting tho funds for

school buildings as extremely unsatisfactory, and is of opinion that the power for rawing the sums necessary for school buildings by local rates should be conferred by Parliament on local Boards ; such sums to be supplemented pro rata by the Central Government. This last resolution was carried with the distinct understanding that a sufficient sum would be voted by Parliament in the first place to put school districts on an equal footing. It was unanimously resolved— " That if justice is not done to the district, the wisest course for the Board would be to resign, and throw the responsibility on the Government." DUNEDIN, Oct. 13.

Spoken. The Te Anau spake tho barque Lntterworh, from London to Auckland, off the Solanders.

Drowned.

By the Cygnet, from Auckland, news comes of the drowning of the master of the cutter John Owens.

INVEROARGILL, Cct. 13. An Equine Gorge. # Two horses, valued at £60 each, belonging to a settler near Kiverton, have died from an over-feed of wheat (fowl feed), a bag of which was left by a neighbour on an unfenced section.

[FBOM OUE OWN COHBE9PONDENT.I

WAIiIATE, Oct. 12,

Poor Petrea ! Petrea, runner-up in the Waterloo Cup, broke h«r neck to day. She was owned by Mr Sherwin, of the Royal Hotel.