LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 543, 24 June 1878, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[press agency.]

Christchurch, June 22

There was a snow storm last night, the heaviest known here since 1863. A telegram from Wellington states that the balance of the Land Fund .hie to the Canterbury Road Boards will be paid over at the end of the month, and that the delay was caused by the floating of the loan,

Wellington, June 22. It is stated that a circular has been forwarded from the Colonial Educ itiou Department to the various Educational Boards throughout the Colony, intimating that the payments already made to the Education Boards within the current financial year have very largely exceeded the amount voted by Parliament . for . education-1 for tho entire year, and that although the vote for unauthorised ex-' j penditure has also been largely drawn J upo i by the department, it has been j :ound impossible to 4 .get the'.Boards j JniiH acomiiits passed for payment out I of this yeir'ri appropriation. Any fur- j ther .payment* due to the''respective ' Boards in respect of grants for the cur- | rent financial year consequently will"': have to stmd over until alter the Ist j prpx., . ■ . •

There was a heavy full of snow, today, at Karori, just outside the city.

Napier, June 21. : It is stated that the Maori litigation is to be recommended in relation to the Heretaunga block. A memorial o£ li peudite has. been registered against all the land in the block, including the township of Hastings, by Karaitana Takamoana in a suit against Gordon and others. LATEST UNPUBLISHED. Wellington, June 24. The Australia, with London mails of 23rd May, left San Francisco for Auckland on the 10th inst Dunedin, June 24. Mr Robert Gillies is spoken of as candidate for the Taieri districts. Mr Reeves addressed a large meeting of the electors. He said if returned he would support the Government as far as lie could. A unanimous resolution in his favor was carried.