TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1073, 13 October 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[PBR PRESS ASaOOIATipS.I , t '.£ Mr Redmond. * , Wblmnqiow/To-day. Mr J. E. Redmond arrived' by the Taiaroa ; from Auckland this morning;. iH» lectures at the Theatre Royal to-night.

Breezy. ‘ t ‘ . A severe south-easterly gale'itf bowing, A Flooded Bitiße. ; al . Greymouth, To-day, A hew shaft which is being sunk in the Wallsend lease, has been flooded Out. The shaft was down 142 feet, when a seam of water was struck,; and there'll feet' of water id it., . It is~ idle now ini order to see if'me bid', shaft in which the pumps are, will drain ih - L , • The Weather. ’’ GHBisTOHtTEOH,Ta-day. - A furious sod’-west gala accompanied by occasional showers of sleet ancLraip set In last night,_ but is now' moderating. No serious damage is reported.? ■ ' ' « Snow in Dunedin. •,. DbNhDiH,. To-oay. A heavy fall of snow occurred here this' morning. _ ' ‘ ?

Arrival of the Takapiina. The passengers per Hon. Geo McLean, MrJ6|inHari&6!Me and Mrs Dobbie, Mesdames, Mathidson, Watson and two children, Mo Adam and twc children,. Ladder,. Ferguson, Miss Matheson, Messrs Anderson, McQarregy, McAhdrew, Lewis, Fergqson, MdLbdgKlin, Master Matheson. Lift’ GlasgoW-ob August 27th ; Cape, Sept. 14th; Hobart, ll p. m. on the 18th inst.'.; Hpd strong southerly wiiidf tq the Bluff, audsauthwhst . winds up the coast, making/' Heads at six last night. . Thenctnu/iinle - under steam was 50 day& . By calling dt St Vincent, Capetqwh,. ahd ahe lost 5 days. Her journey rYincenfe was unusually quick, beating the Gape mail boat, but from that port to. Hobart she ran half power only, to save,coaLjTne weather in the early part of tlm/vtiyage V was very good, but in the “ rolUng/orties.’’ she proved herself ;an'ezehUrafe'iiefc ;i lifains' very dry and free frotn the tremor qsnal in screw steamers of high speed. The engine’s steam steering gear worked veil during the voyage. The ; first Oisoet h . R. Monkman; second, F. Newibmbej third, P. Tomory; purser! Woihflrspoonij engineers—hw.t, J. B. Hutton : second. P. Muoie; third, Amenail; Hood. - ' The Walking Match. At ten o’clock this morning Scott had walked 144 miles, and Edwards 141. At 2 o'clock Scott had covered ,158. and Edwards 155 miles 7 laps! ; ' ; j ' A Good Dividend, ■, : -j .5 The Kaitangata Coal Company has dedared a twenty per cent dividend,; and carried forward L 3,212. .