LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 745, 18 February 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[new z;:aland press-association.]

Wicstport, February 17. A four-roonv-d house, the property of T.W. Minciiin. was destroyed by fire on Satiuday night. Th> fire evidently originated in the'fire, place. The anise is unknown. ..Jt is insured in the Victoria Company for .£3OO. .

Wellington, February 17. The Governor, Lady Normanby, and suite left per Ringar.»oina to-daw A salute was fired, and there was a large crowd on the wharf. The Union Company have chartered fc'ie new steamer Zanhoonzi for the Wellington and Sydney trade. (Jhristchurch, February 17. A fire broke out in a two-roomed eottage in Peter 1 o ongh street on Sunday morning at 12.15 a.m. Thvi place was burned to the ground. The liurq-ie. Chili and ship Orthes arrived from Loudo i ye-teidiy. Duneuin, Febuary 17. Mr Bright gave hi* farewell lecture last night. The Hon Mr Siout, at the olosp, presented him with a purse containing .£196 12s. Mrs Cmnor. a storekeeper at South Dune. I in, was to-day fined £2O fo sly grog-sell'iig. The Blue M»utiin Race Company at Tinker's have washed up nealv 100 oz-<. of go.d as the result of fa've months' work. A woman named SaiK with whom her h'is''a*d hid been on bid terms, living near Cromwell committed .suii-ide on Saturd y by poison. There were 159 competitors for the rifie shooting priz-s at the district uv'-z-' filing list Saturday. The Dunstan Times state-; th -t a Chinamen recently on the bunks of the river, picked up 100 . zs. of gold, e.\i-le.:.tly planted iu'days gone by Balclutha, February 17. The house of Joh-. M'Neill w.-. s burned'down. Loss, £2OOO ; uninsured. I'ictox, February 17. The. steamer K.nn, dy his been be'died in cons-quence ~f damaging her screw in Tory Channel. ArcKLA.vo, February 17. Captain We., ner, of the German war shi|i \riulue, made a visit to the German Piihio sett.'is. Cient scai'i iiy' af tim'er owing to the l:it> freshes. Fifty million feet ai'e now ill the Jrecl\.i. G •o'-neson, engineer, nat'i-oly escaped l.Bi .g his life at the Tekopu Sawmill.

while placing a belt on the shaft it caught him .and whirled him round, his clothing being torn completely from his body. He fell to the ground severely injured.

A seaman named Meaghan com mi ted a savage assault on Captain Rtcharpson and the mate of the ship Endymion, from London. He has been arrested.

Several 'stacks of wheat have been burnt at Patron's farm Papatoitoi* The fire is believed to be caused from the spark of a machine or smoking. Loss, £700; insured for £4OO in the New Zealand Insurance Company. GrahamstoWN, Febllrary 17. Large bush fires at Ohinemuri, causing destruction of mining plant. The house of Morgan Davies, Tararu, has been destroyed by fire.