TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 356, 3 August 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Press Telegraph Agency ,) ♦ Hokitika, August 2, The West Coast Times comments approvingly of Ihe general principles of the Abolition and Local Government Bills, though, as regards Westland, considers the measures have imposed a greater burden on the land fund than it will bear at present. The article disapproves of adhering to the present provincial boundaries for the new provincial districts, but says the system proposed will be a great improvement on present arrangements, and with a few modifications in committee, should commend itself favorably to the whole of the residents in Westland. The Evening Star welcomes the introduction of both Bills. Westport, August 2, The abolition proposals are most favorably received, and meetings have been convened to express hearty concurrence. ! Gbeymouth, August 2. Mr E, B. Fox, an old resident at Greymouth, was drowned while attempting to ford the Hew River, five miles south of Greymouth, on Saturday evening. Deceased, who was formerly member of County Council, and well known in various parts of the colony, was the gold buyer, in. 1866, for whom the Burgess and Kelly gang lay in ambush near Arnold, Grey Valley, when they mistook and murdered Mr Dobson, district engineer. Dunedin, August 2> Some of the male immigrants by the Aldergrove got drunk in town on Saturday, aud created a terrific disturbance at the barracks. They smashed windows, broke up forms and chairs to use as bludgeons, aud indulged in a regular faction fight. The police arrived just in time to prevent the affray being fatal. Six arrests were made. Two of the men are in the hospital. A man named Neilson was killed this morning at the railway tunnel, Deborah Bay, by the fall of a stone. The families per the Aldergrove have been landed. THIS HAY’S TELEGRAMS. Dunedin, August 3. Hutchinson, alias German Charlie, the notorious criminal, has been committed for trial. The Princes Theatre was burnt to the ground at half-past one this morning. Mr Steele is a heavy loser, all his wardrobe being destroyed. The blaze was terrific, and a strong S.W. breeze was blowing. The City Council office next to the theatre had a narrow escape, but a brick wall intervening saved it. The theatre was insured for £6OO in the Transatlantic. Mr Sibbakh the owner of the theatre, estimates his loss at £3OOO.

i • •'/ ’■ i i i . Oamaru, August 3. ; Afire in Thames street last night destroyed five small shops. They were insured in the New Zealand for £75, and South British for £2OO. Wellington, August 3. Arrived—The Jessie, from Lyttelton.