LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1141, 26 May 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Blenheim, May 25. A luncheon was given to-day by the Mayor and Councillors in celebration of the opening of the railway into Blenheim. The Mayor and Councillors of Picton, A. P. Seymour, and Captain Kenny were among the guests. Christchurch, May 20. ° In consequence of the unsatisfactory state of affairs between.4he,oity Council and the Tramway Company,. theformer have found it necessary., to Appoint a Committee to dea| specially with tramway mattferS. ~ i A butcher named Taylor accidentally fell out of a cart a day or' two since and injured the back of his neck, paralysis ensued, and the man is gradually dying by inches. . H. Patterson, master of the schooner Maggie Patterson, was fined £lO at Lyttelton to-day for anchoring in the fairway on May 18, and obstructing the approach to the wharf. He also was fined 20s for not having a light burning, though he be had put one up it had by some means gone out. Wellington, May 25. At the Police Court to-day charges against the captain and officers of the Maaawatu were heard. The captain, for proceeding to sea without the full compliment of men, was fined 20s, W. White, purser, for falsifying articles, Was fined £6. The charge against the agent, for fraudulently shipping men was dismissed. Two men (unknown) were drowned in Wairarapa Lake on Saturday. They were endeavouring to drive a mob of cattle over the mouth of the lake, when the boat in which they were in caj>sized. The bodies have not yet been recovered. At the inquest to-day on the body of Win. Kemp, killed on the railway on Saturday, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The Government have received an official telegram from Bombay, stating that a steamer named Genie, flying Liberian eolors, left Aden on the 24fh April for Port Britton, and that she has on board arms and ammunition, and a number of persona of various nationalities supposed to be on a filibustering expedition, Auckland, May 25. The City of Sydney sailed for San Francisco at 5 p.m. In hauling alongside of the wharf at 3 o’clock this morning in charge of the pilot she struck the main T near the centre of the woodwork. The structure where the steamer struck was crushed like an eggshell, and the platform for a distance

of 50 feet completely carried Away, and damaged for a : further distance of 100 feet. Ten piles were smashed off, and others strained to such an extent as to require removal. It is estimated the repairs will cost over £SOO. The sOn of Dr Goldsboro, aged 16. died yesterday, it is believed from injuries received in a rough and tumble game at the Church of England Grammar School, Parnell, Of which he was a member. The Hinemoa leaves Onehhngft with the Auckland member's to-morrow morning. The liinßmoa will probably return from Wellington in time to leave Onehunga on Sunday, with members who may not be prepared to leave tomorrow. , Some unauthorised person bas undertaken to investigate the contents of the mail bags placed on board the steamer Rotaraahana. The police are investigating the affair. The Royal Commissioners proceeded to Waikato yesterday. They Will 'go overland to the Thames. Several through passengers per S. s. Orient arrived here by mail steamer this morning. They have done their journey in a surprising short time, the exact number of days at sea, not counting stoppages at Melbourne and Sydney, being barely forty two. New Plymouth, May 24. The Rumikumi camp will be shifted, it is thought, next Thursday to Waitohi, when the two road parties are not above a mile apart. It is stated that the Wellington unemployed have at times been sent off to work two miles from the camp without arms or even a covering party to protect them, whilst the. Working party, who are nearer the camp than them, are. not only armed but have a covering party of twenty men. Te Whiti is having a considerable amount of clearing done at Parihaka, and the land prepared for putting, in' a. larger crop next season than on any previous yean