LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 720, 20 January 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

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Dunedin, January 18. Thomas, the-Victorian wrestler, who was beaten by Tyson, of Napier, in the the contest for the championship, was presented with a purse of seventy sovs. last night previous to his departure for, Victoria.

liiree hundred and sevenbyTtwq volunteers turned out at the'battalion parade last night.

After a long debate the Piesbyterian Synod decided to institute a sec md professorship in the Univer-ity of Otago, to be called the Chair of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy, A protest signed by twelve members'- who were in favor of a chair of English

language and literature Was entered against thC ? VeStohltibn of- the Synod. Yesterday waS 'Ais’cussed the question of the Bible being tead in the school, and referred the lAat’ter to a committee to draft a resolution expressive of the mindof the Synod; ; tfep opinion was expressed that unless i Compromise was made by the Secularists,, the Denominationalist party would triumph. The barque Aethelhert Arrived on Friday evening from Newport, South Wales, brings a full cargo of railway material. Her passage from Home, which has occupied 105 days, has been rather an eventful one. For 36 hours she was in imminent danger of being crushed, no less than 100 large icebergs, with immense fields of broken ice, having been passed through during that period.

Wellington, January 11* H.M.S. Nymphe and the ships Sh Leonards and Wairoa sailed for London to'-day* The ships have cargoes valued at .£76,495 and £91,745 respectively.

Christchurch, January 18. A new harbor light at the corner of the eastern breakwater, Lyttelton, is now in the course of erection.

The Health Officer points to the fact that there are more than 1000 cesspits in Christchurch, which are, to a certain extent responsible for infectious diseases.

Mr Conyers, Commissioner of Rail* ways, has sent an order to Philadelphia for six new engines intended for slow travelling and heavy goods train, known as the ‘ { consolidation engines.” The interprovincial bowling match resulted in a victory for Dunedin ; Christchurch was outmatched.

The first consignment of this season’s grain arrived from Southbridge yesterday. A deputation waited on the Hon. S. Stout from the City Council last night in reference to obtaining the .Market Reserve for the Town Hall and Municipal Building. Ml- Stout said he had no doubt but that the Government would entertain the application. The Helen Angler arrived here from New York with a cargo of American machines.

January 19. < A man named Peter Gilberton !<ad Ills ankle broken at Baxter’s saw-mill, Oxford, on Friday by a tog rolling off the saw-bencb.

At the Supreme Court the evidence in the case of Henderson v. Napier H irltor Board was concluded on ‘Saturday evening. Allowing for deductions llie plaintiffs claim amounts to £12,107 1-ls 7d. The cise will be resumed on Monday at 10 a.m.

Miss Rosewavne, the young lady who has taken the leading part in the amateur operatic performances, was presented on the stage last night with a gold watch by Sir J. Wil-on, on behalf of the members of the company. The new billiard room at the Terminus Hotel, containing four tables, and said to he the finest room south of tinline, was opened last night by a match between Weston and a new arrival named Keith. The latter who received 240 points ont of 600 proved to be a good player, and was only beaten by five or six points. • _ Auckland, January .18. Of the immigrants per Merivale, the single women and men are a fine healthy lot, but the married couples are principally past the prime ot life.

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Wellington, January 20. Mr G. B. Barton editor of the New Zealand Jurist, has been appointed Assistant Law Officer of the Crown, in place of Edward Stafford, Esq., who has gone into business: