LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 800, 24 April 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

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Wellington, April 23, 7.36 p.m. The telegni m announcing Sir Julias Vogel’s resignation of the Agent-Gen-eralship turns out to be concocted. The Government has promised to advance £IOOO to the Westland Education Board, for building purposes. Sir George Grey and the Hon. Mr Sheehan left this afternoon for the Bay of Islands, en route for the Maori meeting.

The cook of the Clan Campbell swore in Court to-day that the men were supplied on the voyage with flour full of the exctvta of rats and other offensive matter, also with potatoes which smelt horribly and was not fib for food for pigs. The men intend proceeding against the captain.

Information has been laid against the captain of the s.s. Taiaroa for overcrowding the vessel with passengers. The Minister of Public Works is said to have, assured a gentleman that the tenders for all kinds of public works now being received are from 25 to 50 per cent higher for the same work than they were last year. The Times urges the advisability of contracting a new loan for public works, and has little doubt that one will be proposed next session. The Sydney International Exhibition Committee has resolved to ask the Sydney Committee to send over photographs of the interior of the building. The New Zealander*, referring to the retirement of Sir Julius Vogel from the Agent-Generalship, says : most probably be found expedient to convene an earlier meeting of the Assembly than ia now proposed, for the position becomes fraught with grave responsibility. It is admitted that it is necessary to either raise at once a new loan in the London market, or to obtain temporary advances on debentures, in anticipation of a loan.” It says “ the land fund has fallen off and will nut yield the means to extend the railway system, which cannot be done until money becomes more plentiful in the colony.”

The New Zealander suggests that the services of Sir. J. Vogel should be obtained in floating the new loan, Auckland, April 24. Win. Crossley, son of a clergyman, charged witli stealing a lady’s cloak, said he had drank hard all the week. The prisoner was also convicted of stealing a pair of browsers and a waistcoat. He was sentenced to three months’ hard labor for each offence.

A young man from San Francisco who laid long odds on the recent races, gave valueless cheques to the bookmakers for losses to the amount of £3 l O, then bolted. One of the bookmakers pursued him, and compelled him to give up a diamond ring and some other jewellery, worth about £9O.

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Auckland, April 21. The Rev. A M’ Cullnm has introduced about 2,000 trees from California and Japan for Acclimatisation purposes. A man named JLaddea, working at Brownlees’ saw mills, Hokianga, got struck by the circular saw on the head, and his skull horribly gashed. A meeting of the creditors of Harry Warner was held to-day. Liabilities, .£2945 j secured, £2500 : balance owing £445.

Lane, of Wangova, getting giddy fell over a cliff, being precipitated best! first into a crevice of rock. A man named Penn had great difficulty in extricat.ng him. Lane sustained a severe scalp wound, which was sewn up. There is a race {lending between Hutton and a half-caste named Spinner, now of Taranaki, formerly of Auckland, for LIOU a side.

Dunedin, April 22. Two of Fail-lie’s single locomotives were landed from the ship Benares yesterday, and during the week will be fitted up at the Hillside wokshops. They are intended for use on the Dunedin section, and will be at work early next week. A large turntable is being erected near the Rattray street goods shed, which will also facilitate traffic.

The annual report of the Otago District Board of Education for 1878 shews that the attendance of children at the end of the year was 16,078 against 6,746 in 1877; the number of teachers is 334; amount expended in building during year, L 13,122; under head maintenance, LI 1,401; for enlargements and improvements, work to value of L 29,000 has been authorised.

At the City Council meeting to-day, Dr Gillies reported that there were no diseases epidemic in Dunedin, nor was there any increase in ordinary comlainis ; there Were a few cases in the city, but they seemed to depend ou purely focal causes. During the ' last six months four deaths had been reported from typhoid fever in the city, two from diptheria, and three from wl-oop. ing cough, and on the whole the sanitary condition of the city was satisfactory. Christchurch, April 23. An inquest was held on the body of Samuel Craft at the Criterion Hotel, who died on Sunday morning suddenly. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with medical evidence that the deceased had broken a blood vessel in his head and died from the effects.