TELEGRAMS.

Westport Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1644, 11 March 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(Peb N,Z. Piiess Association.) GREYMOUTH March 10 A passenger named Powell, hotel, keeper at Ross, died suddenly on board the steamer Kennedy. Devery's house and store, twelve miles from bore, was burned down, ihe buildings were insured by the mortgagee for £2OO in the New Zea land Company. The stuck, value JM-00, was also insured. Cause of tire unknown. REEFTON March 10 The Welcome claim had a partial cleaning up, and from the blankets obtained 25050zs of amalgam from 110 tons of stone, avenging over five ounces of gold per ton. The final clearing up takes place on the 17th of March, when a big dividend will be declared. RIFLE CAMP, March S The top aggregate for Rifle Belt after last range are; Hutchison, 173; Paynter, Ballinger, and Coventry, 172 ; Smith, 171 ; Puraell and Waugh, 170; Skinner, Fenton, and Okej', 100 ; Marshall, lf'8; Kennedy, Jas. JJoidge, and Mouck, 168. And for Carbine: Mapp, 171; Gordon, 10S; Puliine, Armstrong, and Thomas, 160 ; Colemans. 165; Borden, 163; Coropp and 1\ orris, iO2. March 10. Gordon won the champion.-hip with 192 ; Mapp second, also 192. The liifie Championship won by W. Ballinger, of Wellington, 191 points, Hutchinson seeoud, 190, Paynrer fi-11 off at the 600 yards range in march for carbine. North lslaud versus South, Former won by 7 points, Gordon heading score with 71 ; consequently he takes cup in rifle match. North v. South—The latter won by 11 points. Souih headed score on winning side. Totals 70. Takes the cup. The Cavalry match, carbines, was won by Prouse, senior, 17 points ; Howell 13, second ; and Prouse, junior •41, third, CriEISTCHUriCH | March 10 Booth's saw mill, near the centre of the city, was foand on fire during the night. No fire had ever been used near where the flames were seen. Fortunately the fire was extinguished before any serious damage was done. A five-roomed house on Stanmore road was found to be on fire. Three boxes containing coal and rubbish were piled up against the gable end, which had been smeared with kerosene as high as a man could reach. The names were put out before they gained a good hold. An inquiry wiil be held into what appears to be an act of incendiar* ism,

The Canterbury Temperance League held a public meeting on Friday night. Amongst the speakers was the Hoe W. Fox, who urged the inculcation of temperance principles in the schools of the colony—apart from the educa* tional system. DUNEDIN March 10 The captain of the ship Easter Hill is to appear at the Police Court on Wednesday, on a charge of neglecting to take steps to save his apprentice when he fell overboard. Charles Bright, the Freethought lecturer, has engagements lor the month before leaving for Australia. He will deliver his first lecture in Nelson on Sunday week. The Bruce County Council have given £IOO to the Kailaugatn, Eelief Fund. Messrs Wills and Seymours panoraina of New Zealand is nearly completed, as only ten views n-maiu to be executed. The first exhibition will take place in April. An expert burgular, iu the shape of a youth of eighteen, named George Anse'ney, was committed for trial to day on two charges of breaking into dwellings, and stealing money and jewollory. TIMARU. March 10. The Harbor Board have resolved to remove all port dues at Tiiyaru and make it a free port. LNVERCARGILL March 10 Mrs Wal'acc and four of her sous, very old settlers here, left to day for Palestine. They understand from communication received from friends there that both land and labor are much cheaper iu the Holy Laud than they are iu the colony. WELLINGTON. March 10 Grace Nicholas, who lost portion of her skull and bruin by the capsizing of a !>ug;.-y at flowkiwi, is recovering ranidi y . i'tae butchers are agitating for hdfholiday every Wednesday afternoon. They say they work 82 L hoars a week. Ludlain's Hutt property of 35 acres with house ami trretner"*, was sold to-day for £6,600." GISHORNE. Marnh 10. The fastest piece of telegraphing ever done in this Colony was performed a few nights back by our local operator, Mr A. Ashman, who received a commercial message from Napier at the rate of sixty words a minute. The quickest time up to this was attained by Mr Jaeger, of Dunedin, at the me of ior'y-live words per minute. AUCKLAND. March 10 Detective Jeffrey has been ior several days ioyestigating the statement made by Tohi, who was committed yesterday for horse sffaling, that Winiata was working in the Kaipara hush. It turns out u pure invention ut his Jerti'e. brain.