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Kumara Times, Issue 718, 17 January 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS

[press agency.] j Wellington, January 16. j On information received from Christchurch, the Police about midday ar- : rented a jonng man named Edward I Bastings, late a station master at Wai- j hola -(Otago) for uttering a forged j cheque for £7 ss, purporting to be | signed by the General Manager of Railways, to one Henry Allen, a publican at Christchurch. The prisoner is a son of Mr Bastings, M.H. R. The New Zealander, this morning referring to the departure of the Governor for Australia, says that he applied to the Government for the use of tiie s.s. Hinemoa, hut was informed she could not be allowed to have New Zealand waters. [new ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Christchurch, January 16. At a meeting at Kaipoi the Farmers’ Club decided to have a trial of reapers and Vn'nders this year. Sixteen members have enrolled into the Railway Volunteer fire brigade. The rainfall on Monday and Tuesday registered 2.14 inches. Madame Charbonnet, pianist, has arrived lime, and will give two concerts on the 23rd and 271 h. The prize meeting of the Canterbury Rifle Association will be held on the 30th January. i The statistics of the grain carried on ; the Christchurch railway amounts to 143.614 tons during the season. Five seamen have deserted - from the \ barque Charles Deering, from New ', York, the master has offered £2 per ' man for their arrest. Auckland, January 16. The City of Sydney being disabled by an accident to her machinery the Wakenpu goes up the East coast to convey the mails to Sydney. The mail steamer has been detained • j ten days owing to the breaking cf the crank pin, | Arrived—Maraval, from Loudon, j with 350 immigrairs. \ A man named Janies Little and a i child was drowned at. Riverlmad. J im Fennell, was committal for i trill for stealing £4O from John Allen, I Manakiin Heads. | Wellington, January 16. | H.M.S. Nymphe arrived from Sydney, A man was lost overborn! on the vovage. Matanra election : Shand 389 : Kinr* is 250. I) UN K DIN, Ja nlla ry IG. Mr J. 'Fleming, Princes street, south, reports: —Wheat, 3s 01 to 4s per bushel ; fowls’ feed, 3s to 3s 6d ; oils, 3s 01 to 3■> 111; feed, 3-i lOd per bnsho] ; barley, 5s Gd to Gs 61 ; fend. 3s 61 per bushel ; potatoes, £9 to £ll pt ton ; hay, £G to £o 10, per ton ; eh iff, £4 lbs to £5 10s; sfraw. £2; hr m, £5 ; fl >nr, large bags (bngr, quality). £10; small, £lO 10s; oitra'ai, £29; pen-1 barley," £id ; onions, 13s ; ch -ese, Gid ; bacon, 9 1 per lb. LATEST UNPUBLISHED. Wellington, January 17. Mr O’Rourke, M.11.R., has been app >intal chairman of the Local Commission on Education.