SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1111, 17 August 1883, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(from our own correspondent Dunedin, .AUGUST 16, 7.30 p.m. In the House of Representatives yesterday the discussion on the vote of L 6,000 for Public Libraries was carried by 36 to 16 No library io receive more than 1.50 The Wuimate has arrived from London Latest cablegram re Canterbury, diamonds, savs—"Four ffrs-slasß brokers declared the stones genuine, ■>md result now shows the stoi es only crystals. Specific,, gravity wanting. Hold Government certificate Appear ance of stones admitted. being very deceptive, Hobday agrees. FromMr Kelsey to Mr praig—"Alex ande'v, a!s > Klein, best standing declared genuine Submitted to Go- : ■ vernment and pronounced intensely deceptive, but not diamonds, , (inly ciystels." ~ • . < The Auckland foot ball team have 'efc. •'..'. At Education Board, to-day, the resignation of William Johnson, of Ben ligo, was accepted. There will be six junior, and ten senior Scho'arships this year. None of the bodies of late drowning accident at Nelson have been recovered. Very severe shock of earthquake at Gisbourne yesterday morning. A lad was run over by a truck in West-port Coal Company's mine, yesterday, and killed Three boys have deserted from the training ,-chool, Auckland, and it is (eared that tV-ey have been drowned. A sheep dealer, at Jrlawera, yesterday, was fined 1,20 for driving infected sheep along the highway. The parsonage of A 11 Saint's church, Gladstone, near In vercargill, was burned down yesterday morning. The Estimates continue f-o occupy the attention of members in the House of Representatives. Yesterday, the vote of 1.39,000 for Goldfield roads, and L 21,000 tor water works on Gold fields, were passed.