TELEGRAMS

Westport Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1966, 13 January 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

[pbom: own our coeeespohdestts.] REEFTON. January 10. The Hon. William Eolleston, Minis ter of Mines, &c, accompanied by Warden Eevell, Messrs Browning and Barron (Private Secretary) left here for Lyell at 4> p.m. yesterday, and will reach Westport this evening. They will return to Beefton on Friday, en route for Grreymouth. The Minister will be entertained at a banquet here on Friday evening. January 11. A fire broke out at 5 o'clock this morning in an unoccupied building adjoining Kater's Exchange Hotel, Broadway. The fire got good hold of the building and extended to the Exchange Hotel, and with the latter was burnt to the ground, together with all contents, the occupants of the Exchange losing everything. Kater's Hotel was insured in the New Zealand office for £925, but £SOO of the amount is believed to be re-insured in the Victoria. LTELL. January 10. The Hon. Mr Eolleston, Minister of Mines, and party, accompanied by Warden Bevell, arrived from Beefton last night. The Minister visited several mines, and was also interviewed by large deputations ou numerous local requirements. The party leave for Westport at 2 o'clock, by boat. KUMAEA. January 11. A large public meeting has been held preparatory to the arrival of the Minister of Mines. The miners will turn out en masse to receive him. DUNEDIN. January 10. Mcintosh, late Manager of the Walton Coal Company, has been found guilty of embezzlement and forgery. He will be sentenced this morning. January 11. The Presbyterian Synod opened its annual session yesterday. The session of the Congregational Churches is also prcceeuiug. The Mayor's salary has been fixed at £IOO. January 12. The English cricketers arrived yeste' ay. Match begins this morning. he New Zealand Fruit Preserving Company has commenced operations, CHRISTCHURCH. January 10. Richmond Beetuam has been appointed R.M. The Manager of the Union Bank has presented fifty guineas to the Fire Brigade for energetic services at the jate fire.

WELLINGTON. January 11. It is now said that the departure is indefinitely postponed. The estate of Eobert Port pays a first dividend of one shilling in the £. The Reverend Bruce, new editor oi the New Zealand Titnes, commences duty on Monday next. January 12. The proposed establishment of a woollen factory company here has fallen through owing to the apathy of the qublic. George Saunders, second mate of the steamer Wakatu, has had his certificate suspended for six months, and has been mulcted in assesors' fees for permitting the vessel to run on the rocks outside of the Heads. Some workmen who were making repairs at the Premier's official residence, found under the gable of the main building an immense mass of honeycomb, quite twelve feet square, and estimated to yield at least full a cwt. of honey. Some two years since some chance bees escaped from a case of honey brought up from Mr Hall's estate at Leeston, and got through an aperture in the kitchen ceiling, and have since accumulated their golden store there. The Penguin brings all the letters for the south except three small bags, which will arrive with papers, ifce., on Sunday. AUCKLAND. January 10. Wickham, of the Pree Lance, has obtained judgment against W. H. Rees for £54, costs in the libel action recently dismissed. January 12. The 'Prisco steamer Zealandia, on arriving, flew the yellow flag. There is small-pox aboard, two passengers suffering. All have been ordered into quarantine. The mails were fumigated, and will leave for south by the Penguin, this day, but as the Health Officer has ordered that every separate letter and parcel be fumigated the papers may be delayed until Thursday, when the Te Anau leaves, via East Coast. The Penguin comes via Nelson, arriving at Wellington on Priday morning early. January 12. The half-yearly balance of the New Zealand Insurance Company, shows— Brought forward from last half-year, £9725 ; net premiums, £78,563 ; interest and rents, £22,477 ; losses, £52,855; balance, £24,102. A dividend of fifteen per cent, will be declared, absorbing £15,000. The small-pox patients, Crawford and Stamner, per Zealandia, had been vaccinated.