LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 417, 26 January 1878, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[press agency.' Ahauba, January 25. The largest meeting ever assembled at Ahaura took place last night, relative to the bridging of the Ahaura river. A large committee, composed of residents in all parts of the Grey Valley, was formed to invite the cooperation of the County Councils of Grey and Inangahua, and to press upon the Government the urgent necessity of carrying out the work. The )ibel case, Young v. La very, was dismissed, there being no evidence to connect the defendant directly with the-;letter containing the libel, and which letter it was admitted had not been written by him. Day, against whom a charge of indecent assault was dismissed yesterday, has laid an information of perjury against the graHdtnothe'r of the girj. Wellington, January. 25. The ship MaUura has sailed for London with a large cargo of wool, tallow, and sundries, valued at £84,3,69. The last Government GwEette contains a notification that the Hop John Ballance has been appointed Minister of the Naval Training School Act. At the Wesleyan Conference to-day, the balance-sheet showed that the total amount expended during the year in the erection of new Wesleyan churches was £6678 • parsouages, £2866;-aud schools, £I2BO. Fourteen new sites for church purposes have been procured, and it is proposed to erect eight new churches as soon as possible. The Registrar reports the value of connexional church piopeity as £113,984. The income for the supernumerary and .Minister*' Widows' Fund for the year is £730 ; Contingent Fund; £363,