SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Dunstan Times, Issue 1040, 24 March 1882, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

(From our own Correspondent.)

Dunedin, Thursday.

There is to be no volunteer encampment in Dunedin at Easter, but the review will be held and the visitors billete 1 in town The English cricketers have left for England Mr Murtigh, well known in racing circles, was arrested at Napier yeste day for larceny. It is decided that Parliament meets on the 18.h May A little boy. son of Mr Monck, of Sumner, near Christchurch, was accidentally drowned yesterday whilst fishing William Alnock. a plumber at Sy!n»y, lias been fined £D.'O for having in his possession an illicit still Rev A C Gillies has accepted the call from the North Dunedin Presbyterian church At the Land Board yesterday applications by Robert Finnic an 1 Russell anil Ewing were granted for areas in Wakitipu District An enquiry is being held into* co!l 'sun between tbc Koputi and Wairaka at Port Chalmers William Brenshdl was accidentally killed at Deep Stream Hill last night by upsetting of bis waggon A r*hiLl named Robertson was drowned at the B’ufl on Tues lay by falling into a tub of w iter A fatal accident happr-o 1 at Aucltlanl last night By the capsizing of a cab a bad named McLaughlin had his skull smashed m and tithe other passengers were severely bruised The boy died this morning A man named Ba-nn was arrested this morning on a charge of stabbing his wife in the abdomen London, March 22. Good demand still continues for all classes of wool An attempt was made this evening to de atroy ,he offices of the detective department in Dublin A quantity of explosive material which hal been place I near the o,fi res wu fired and much damage done to the buildings No loss of life was occasioned although there wore several persons in the building at the time of the explosion Telegrams to hand from the Transvaal announce that the natives in the South West are in open rebellion against the B rora and that severeengagements has been fought in which the B urns were defeated with con. siderable loss Tue whole of this district is now scenes of frequent encounters between the two parties