LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1403, 31 March 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] tiMARt;, March 30. So great is the rush of grain into town at present by the railway and the* road, that although , r >oo tons per dayare being shipped, the stores are fulL, and grain has to be stacked in the open air. The average delivery in town per day is estimated at fully 600 tons. A public reception will be given to Bishop Redwood here to-morrow. The boiling down establishment of Boyd Thompson, near Temuka, was burnt down last night. It was uninsured. Dunedin, March 30. At a meeting of the Committee of. the Dunedin Jockey Club last night, a reply was received from the Hon W; Robinson to a letter which the Club had addressed to him asking for explanation of the circumstances in connect tion with the horse Natator, and the recent Dunedin races. Robinson writes that he was not in Dunedin at the time' of the races, and that he was therefore in ignorance of the circumstances. Natator was then in charge of H. P. Lance, 1 who was just now absent in the North Island. Mr Robinson had forwarded the Club's letter to him, and would write again to the Clab as soon as he received a reply from Lance. Wellington, March 29. A Chinaman fell off the Wellington Hutt train to-day, and was picked up in an unconscious-state* • The extent of his injuries is not yet known"; In Consequence of the low' depth of 1 the water in the reserveir, a circular has been sent to all hotels, asking them to discontinue their baths" until: the reservoir is replenished; AtJCiKtiANB, .Inarch 28.<. A inquest wan held on ;the- remains of Ceezar Anthony and a verdict of " Accidental Death" returned.. A boy (Richard Campbell) was thrown from his horse at Mount Albert. His head struck the wall, fracturing the skull. The Waitangi meeting- has closed; The natives are dispersing to their homes. Cook, a settler at Tanoa, was found dead on the road. March 29. Mrs J. Devin, died at Te Awamutol through fright, in consequence of an outbreak of fire at Lewis's Hotel. A native named Wiremu Hira, was drowned in the Waikato river through cramp. John Sutherland has been arrested for forging a £5 note on the Colonial Bank of Issue. March 30. Detective Jeffrey arrested W. Evanson, a passenger by the Rotorua, from the south, suspected of intending to clear out by the Zealandia, on a charge of obtaining £9 on false pretences from Adam Armstrong of Carterton. Prisoner was remanded for eight days. A Masonic ball closed the proceedings in connection with laying the foundation stone of the New Masonic Hall. An address has been presented to Farqubar M'Rae, head master of the Auckland School by over two hundred old pupils. The Zealandia took away 120 passengers from Sydney, and 80 from New Zealand. At the adjourned inquest on the stoker Watson, who died from injuries received on board the Hawea, a verdict of accidental death was returned.