LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 695, 19 December 1878, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[press Agency.] Invercargill, December IF. At a meeting of the Bluff Harbor Board to da'y, it was decided to suspend for a month the junior pilot, who was in charge of the Brickgrove', when she ! grounded f while 1 entering the harbor 1 on the 27th November. Considerable blrinve Was attributed to that officer. The' proposed purchase of a tug was ebrisieferfed, and it was ultim'ately resolved to'accept HbUghton’s (Dunedin) offer, of the' Coottieraug for'hire'at £IOO per month, for six Months. Wellington, December IS. Ma'yor Dransfiteld sb'nt a telegram today addressed co _ the Queen's Private Secretary in l England, that the citizens of Wellington sympathises with the' Queen on the death of Princess' Alice; LATEST UNPUBLISHED. Christchurch, December IS) At a meeting of the City Council lastnight, it vvas resolved to send a cable' message of condolence to thb Queen on | the occasion'of the'death of the Prince-st} j Alice; At the sanVe meeting a committee was appointed to inquire into the working of various departments'of the'Cou'nj oH, great dissatisfactions having prej va-.led for some time at the way the bit | terior arrangements of the' Corporation V are Carried out. j There is again a very great starchy of j trucks at port Lyttelton ami the ship-' j ping is delayed in Consequence, j Thu CanterimVy cricketing eleven' j leave for Victoria to-day, in the Araj wata. Their fir.-t match is against i Balance (1 Ballarat) on' thb 27th and' • 2-Bth. At the' Fire Brigade confeicnee, it' , Was resolved to form' a Fire Brigade ■ Association. Superintendent Harris j was - appoint'd first President;- and' i Robertson, of Dunedin, Secretary and ; Treasurer. Annual meetings are to be held ; the first to take place in Dunedin/ hr January, 1-880.