LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 968, 6 November 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[press AGENCY.'! 0 AMARU, N ■jV'Mt'! IiCTIiCT 5. The premises .occupied by Keenan/ (boarding-house keeper), James Ferries' and Rock’s malt kiln, and the photographic studio were oii ■ fire to-day. The damage is about .£ISOO, which is covered by insurance, in the South British and Colonial mostly; Timaku, November 5. 11l tlie matter of the impersonation and deed forgery case against Manning,Saunders, and James, all three prisoners were committed for trial. P ABLI AMEN T ARY. Wellington, November G. The principal business of the House' last night was the granting of £50,000 to enable certain contracts to be prosecuted* and be the means of finding work for the numelons unemployed in various parts of the colony. The debate was very arcrimonions. —♦ [new ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Cliristciiurcii, November 4. Yesterday morning, while dressing himself, the Rev (J, Dallaston indulged in a hearty yawn* and immediately discovered that his lower jaw was a fixture. Medical assistance being procured, it was found the case was one of lock-jaw. Though no permanent inconvenience need be apprehended the result was that the reverend gentlemau was uuable to preach yesterday. At a meeting of the South Canterbury Jockey Club it was resolved that the annual race meeting be held about a fortnight after the Christchurch Metropolitan Meeting, the stakes to be, given at next meeting were fixed at' £630. M T wo inquests were held to-du v, the first on Jno. M‘Kee, who was injured last week at the AI bury railway works and a verdict of accidental was returned. The second was Bolgar in which a verdict of excessive drinking” was returned. The racing privileges fetched to-day £GO7, which shows an increase of £B3, with two confectioners booths still to he disposed of. The show privileges however, only brought £323 15s, a falling off of £lOl 10s. November i. Ihomas Kelly, alias Anglican, was identified by Constable O’Shea to-day, and remanded to Dunedin. An infant son of Thomas Fogarty,^-'

of Lyttelton, was found dead this morning under strange circumstances. The says that -she started from her ■jßuse with her child to go to a doctor, and that when she arrived there the child was dead. The police report the body as being very much discolored, and an inquest will be held. November 5. His Worship the Mayor to-day learnt through Mr March that the Public Works Department had received instructions to issue free Railway passes to Sheffield, or any other upcountry place, where work can be obtained. Orders were also given to issue 50 passes to married men, only—2s to Weka Pass works* and 2o to Albury Works-. These are being issued to applicants during to-day. A menagerie, consisting of a lion, leopard, two bears, and a snake killer, arrived from Sydney by the steamer Wakatipu, this morning. His Lordship the Homan Catholic Bishop arrived, from Wellington by the Wakatipu, and was received by a public demonstration of the Catholic body. The inquest on the body of the child Fogarty, who was found dead yesterday morning, was commenced to-day, and adjourned for a fortnight. The evidence showed neglect on the part of the parents. Robertson was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment to-day on four charges of obtaining goods by valueless cheques. Dunedin. November 5. A littlb girl named Dolan, living at Southbridge, near Melton, aged 2 years, was burned to death on Satnrday morning, through her clothes catching fire. The City C miicil, to-day, resolved that the Town Clerk be instructed to intimate to the proprietor of the Princess Theatre that the continuation of the ohjectionacle parts of the performances uow being given by the Loftus troupe, or the reoccurrence of such entertainments in future, will involve the suspension or cancellation of his license. The National Industrial Assembly has sent a telegram to E. J. C. Stevens, MiH.R., . Wellington, suggesting that sugar be admitted free of duty ; tea, 6d per lb ; coffee* 4d to 6d ; wines, other than Australian, Gd per gallon ; sparkling wines, fid ; spirics* 15s per proof gallon ■ jewellery and plate, 22s percent, ad valorem ; cigars, 6s 6d per lb ; tobacco, 3s; manufactured tobßcco, 2s Gd. ■ +— - LATEST CAPE NEWS. Zniularld is to be divided in thirteen districts, with a chief over each, all of them subject to Mr Wheelwright, the British Resident in Znluland. Obam, Cetewayo’s brother, who surrendered at the early stage of the war* has been rewarded with the chieftainship of a; large district in the north; Getewayo states that but for the gallant defence at Rorke’s Drift the Zulus would have Ovel-whelemed Natal. Cetewayo sent a message to the Queen asking forgiveness. One of Wolseiey’s first acts after he was sworn Governor of the Transvaal, Was to proclaim in the Gazette the fixed intention of the Imperial Government to abide by annexation. The Boers assert nothing short of complete independence will satisfy them, Wolseley is supported by three squadrons of dragoons and infantry;