LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1407, 19 August 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [PBB PRESS AGENCY.] Auckland, August 17. A monster reception will be given to Dr. Somerville when passing through here per San Francisco mail steamer. Napieb, August 17. The following reply has been received from Earl Beaconsfield to a congratulatory telegram : —" My colleagues and I desire to express our thanks to the people of Napier for their message." Blenheim, August 17. The foot race came off to-day for £IOO a side, between Mclvor and Hart. The 100 yards were won by Hart, and the 150 yards, also by the latter easily. Westport, August 17. Captain Bascand, of the Luna, reports the loss of the schooner Merlin, from New Plymouth to G-reymouth, on the night of the 15th hist., on the south-side of Stevens> Island. The crew were saved. Dunedin, August 18. The Public Works Department, Dunedin, has received notification that the Christchurch and Dunedin line will be ready for opening on the 31st inst. St. Patrick's Church, South Dunedin, was opened to-day by Bishop Moran. The collections amounted to £l2O. Inyeecabgill, August 17. Taffen Bros., merchants, Dee street, sold their entire business to-day to Q-uthrie and Larnaeh's Company for £50,000. [FROM THE CORRESPONDENTS OF THE 3>REBB.] Auckland, August 17.

At the conference of the school committees of Auckland educational district a motion was carried that a petition be forwarded to the Q-overnment requesting that clause 45 of tho Act be altered so as to make the appointment of teachers rest with committees, subject to the Board's approval, and tho removal of teachers to take place only with tho consent of the committees ; also, that clause 65 be altered to abolish cumulative voting, and that training schools for teachers bo established as soon as possible. Tho Board oi Education have notified that in future no appointment will be made to any school without ccsidulting committees.

The Lady Jocelyn, with Vesey Stewart's Kati-kati special settlers, arrived yesterday, paving eoventy-one saloon, sixty second cabin,

and 244 steerage passengers. Amongst the settlers are the Rev. Johnson, Generals J. E. and T. Stodart, Major Clark, Captains M. and Hugh Stewart, Messrs Farrer, Norton, and Dr. Stordant. The majority are middle class farmers with capital, and the party bring to the country, it is stated, through the National Bank £IOO,OOO. A printer is on board, and published a penny daily paper entitled tho " Lady Jocelyn Herald." The Hinemoa tranships the passengers and baggage forKati-kati. Timabtj, August 17. A meeting was held at Temuka on Thursday to take steps for holding a race meeting on October 3rd. A committee was appointed and liberal subscriptions promised. The Timaru Steeplechase Club have £4O on hand after paying all expenses. It is intended to hold annual meetings in future. The football match between Oamaru and Timaru this afternoon resulted in a victory for Oamaru, who scored one goal against Timaru's six tries. The only chance Oamaru fot resulted in a goal, Timaru otherwise aving it much their own way. The latter, however, made a mull of all the six tries, several of the kicks boing very easy ones. Hamerton, Craig, Eraser, Elint, and G. Potts played well for Timaru, and Caverhill, Kerr, Snodorss and Eernes for Oamaru. Dtjnedin, August 16. Though nothing has been publicly announced as yet, the people of Christchurch must not assume that the Dunedinites intend to pass over as an ordinary occurrence the establishment of through railway communication between the two capitals. We are fully alive to the importance, colonially and locally, of the event, and quibe as anxious as you to mark it befittingly, but we have been so often deceived on the matter that there seems to be an indisposition to take any steps towards a public demonstration until the date of opening is absolutely fixed. When that is done, and we see that there will be no departure from it, you may depend on it that the Mayor will call to his assistance the principal members of representative bodies and ask them to join the City Council in doing honor to the occasion, and properly entertaining the visitors we may expect from your city and Wellington by the first through train. lamin a position to say that tho Rail way Department here is bestirring itself to have everything in readiness for opening on the Ist proximo. Our general manager's time table has been sent to Mr Oonyers for approval, and it will be seen by it that stoppages have been reduced to a minimum. With the heavy work there is between here and Oamaru, very great speed cannot bo attained, and what is lost the travelling public must look to be made up on the Canterbury section. I believe I am correct in saying that the time table here will show departures of two through trains daily; the first to leave at 7 a.m., the second at 3 p.m., and the time allowed for the entire journey, including stoppages at Palmerston, Oamaru, Timaru, and Ashburton and at requisite watering places is a little over twelve hours. A third train will leave Dunedin at 4.30 p.m., but it will not proceed further than Palmerston, leaving there at an early hour next morning, so as to connect with the early morning train from Oamaru to Christchurch. The journey to and from Oamaru will occupy close upon 4J- hours. When the Clinton section of the Southern lfne is completed—we all smile at the Minister of Works' simplicity in endeavouring to persuade us that it will be done in ten or eleven weeks hence —the Department is sanguine of making the jurney through from Invercargill to Christchurch under eighteen hours.