LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1404, 1 April 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[new ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION,] Christchurch, March 31. Tnrpin, engineer of the Lyttelton Harbor Board’s dredging plant, has made a trial of Westport coal against Newcastle coal. He gives a very good report of it, the only fault being that too much small coal is sent out. He says it would answer aboard the tug just as well as Newcastle coal, provided it was properly screemed. The criminal calender, this session, containing ten cases, is of more than general seriousness. The list includes cases of murder,, attempted murder, and arson. Timaru, March 31. Forty-eight births, 15 deaths, and 14 mrrriages were registered at Timaru in March. Wellington, March 31. A deputation of volunteers to-day waited on the Premier, to request the use of the Hinernoa to convey the Wellington Volunteers to Nelson to the Easter Encampment. The Premier promised the vessel if not otherwise required for public service. James Carden advertises that he is obliged to break the engagement he entered into with Reynolds to appear at

the theatre here, owing to a prior engagement made by his agent with De Lias for the whole Colony. By a gazetted proclamation the prisons at Greymouth and Lawrence are abolished. The Registrar-General is appointed Registrar under the Dentist Act. There were 284 births, 109 deaths, and 55 marriages registered in the Borough this month. Nelson, March 31. A fire broke out in a four-roomed cottage, Washington Valley, last night. The occupier, Mr Ball, was alone in the house with his child, and experienced some difficulty in escaping with the baby. The furniture was insured in the Norwich Union for £IOO, but Fall estimates the loss at £3O beyond that amount. Auckland, March 31. There are 14 prisoners for trial at the crinfiinal Session. Five are foreigners. The cases comprise murder, rape, and burglary. A seamau, Peter Black, belonging to the barque Pukupuka, is supposed to have been drowned at Omaha.