INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 54, 23 January 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

[From the-Press Agency]

Auckland, January 19,

Returns furnished by the relieving officer shoAV that 268 adults are in the receipt of i relief in Auckland. This, includes old men and women in the refuge. A Avell af Secombe's breAA'ery, Avhich supplied the tOAvn when the Dunedin Avater supply fell off, collapsed last night. The debris has- completely filled it up, burying the pumping gear .-and machinery. The damage is estimated at £1000. 1 The Star states, on the authority of the Attorney-General, that where the Counties Act is not brought fully into operation, or | no rate levied, a subsidy on the basis of the | total amount of rates collected by the' \ Highway Districts in the County will stiil \be payable. Where the, permissive- clauses of the Counties Act suspended,. the. subsidies will be paid direct to the High- . j way Boards. *X January 20. The English cricketers play hero on Jan 29, 30, and 31. \ THE PIRONGIA There appears no ground for hoping that the Pirongia difficulty Avill be quietly arranged. Falconer has Avithdrawn the sur- \ veyors frotu the disputed land, which is partly Avithin and partly beyond the confiscated boundary.' It was granted some years ago by the Compensation Court to Mrs Morgan,in consideration of losses sustained during the Avar. Mrs. Morgan sold it to Mr. Smith, of Dunedin, a few Aveeks ago, for £600. '.A: Grahamstoaa'n, January 19. Whooping-cough is prevalent. Wellington, January 19. : Tie execution of Woodgate is ordered for 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning at Picton. • January 20. RE-ORGANISATION OF THE ARMED ■ CONSTABULARY. The armed .constabulary has been noAV reduced by nearly 240 men and 13 officers. .The police in the Middle Island and elseAvhere.are being enrolled under thr Armed Constabulary Act, to enable the above reduction to be made. The position of the police force will not thereby be affected as to pay, and it Avould only be called on to serve as armed constabulary in case of emergency. The Governor lias laid the foundation stone of the New Athenaeum to-day. The place Avas croAvded. " : _ ' Dunedin, January 19. Arrangements have been made A\ r ith Mr D. Proudfoot to extend the -Dunedin tramways through South Dunedin Municipalities to the Ocean Beach, and also to Caver- •■ sham. The Peninsula County Council met in. Dunedin to-day, and "resolved not to bring the Avhole of the Act into operation, but to leave matters to the Road Boards. January 20. The case of Wilsonv. Stamper, an action for malicious prosecution on a charge of perjury, occupied the Supreme Court the whole of yesterday. Both parties are solicitors. Plaintiff resides at Gisborne, in Auckland. The verdict was for defendant on all the issues.