SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1192, 2 January 1885, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Dunedin, December 31. 7.55 p.m. The E location Board Scholaishios have been announced. G.C.Fache, of Clyde, gets Senior Scholarship : H.E. Wilson, of Clyde, Junior Scholarship There wete only six-luniors given, and Emma Attfield, of Clyde, was eight ou the list. The Railway Department are calling tenders tor making 10 locomotives in the colony.

A t adesman in Dunedin was to day fined fif y shillings lor employing a dressmaker contra'y to Employment of Females Act.

Dr Stenhouse mot with accident yester day, he being thrown out of h's buggy. His spine is injured, but not seriously The In'ernrovincial Cricket Match at Christ church was won by Canterbury by nine wicbe s.

New South Wales has decided to j in tlie other Colonies in protesting against (Jarman protectorate of New Guinea Four attempted suicides are reported— A hushninn, at Kaipara, named Taylor, cut Ira throat; Ihe wife of a ridwav porter named Emits. m. Auckland, await wed,, turpentine ; Mary Ann (ramble, servant at Welh tpon, took overdose chloral; (5 o. •In nston, hanged him-elf on a tree at Wint in, Heirnand Hirrinctod are training hard at Riverton for tl eir match. Hea nis the fav ri'e. The Waihnraatruck sooteheavy -übs'aoce whilst coming from Auck'and 10 Welling ton, and broke one of her propellers. Victoria won the cricket match against Few South Wales by an im.iugs aud five runs. 0 ago is playing a ma'ch against Auck land at Christchurch. Otago scored 141, and Aueklatd 81 fni nine wickets. The Rev. W. Jenner, of Lawrence, started to cnnio into town by rail yesterday, but , feeling unwell he turned back. Medical aid was called in, but he died a few hours afterwards. London. Decembers 1 . Further shocks of earthquake of great severity have been experienced in the souther" "isit ricts, and over several pro viuees during the past two days, and especially in Malaga aud Granada. SOI) persons lost their lives at Alhama, aud the towu is in ruins. At Periana 30 persons were killed ; and many injured at All nimelas. -Several towns and villages have suffered severe damage, and the cathedrals at Gia» nada. and Seville are it jured. It is believed altogether fully 1000 have perished. Uel able details to hand show that at Albumekas alone fully 9 0 lives have been lost by the recent earthquakes. The town of Periana has been entirely destroyed by land slips caused by the earthquake. Telegrams from Korti State that strong detachments of infantry under, General Earle, will shortly advance against the Arabs near Merawi to punish them for the murder of Colonel Stewart at Wady El Homar. The expedition will advance towards Khartoum as soon as supplies reach Gakdul, but a at long garrison will remain at Korti.

lii const (pence of the had state of the market the issuing of the New Zealand loan will probably be deferred and the amount reduced to a million.

The business of thn New Oriental Bank is in a prosperous condition the deposits already amounting to L2,0;.'0,0(10.. A British syndicate is projecting a company with a oapital 0 f L 5,000,000 for the construction of cruisers.

The Foreign Press admit the truth of the assertion made by the Daily News that Piince Bismark was intriguing for the downfall of Gladstone.

It is expected that Germany will annex Samoa and Tonga.

France is willing to exchange the Island of Kapa for the New Hebrides group.