TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 28, 29 November 1878, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

(PEU PttESS AGIKCY.) Auckland, Monday. Father fl ennebery's mission w us at" tended by 3500 persons It ia understood that Conyovs und Lawson have reported in favor of the inland route ou tne Kuipuva lino. This gives general satisfaction to the settlers. A horse jumped on top of the liemuera coach, killing itself. A young man on its back was uninjured. Cholmondeley Smith, a teacher, has obtained a verdict against the Board of Kducation for £1 00 damages for wrongful dismissal in dischaiging him without consulting the local committee. CIIRISTCHUItcn. The Collector of Customs notifies that all applications from merchants and others for refunds must be sent in before Ist December. The body of ihe ypung man Lough, who was drowned in the estuary early thia month, was xecovered this morning ; it was caught in the net of two fishermen. Balclutha. The Hon. Mr Macandrew and the Hon. Mr Fisher, accompanied by the Hon. Captain Fraser, Mr Thompson, M.H.K., and Mr Blair, engineer for the Middle Island, and others,visited Balclutha. The Minister received deputations from the Borough Council and County Council of Bruce and Clutha Board of Conservators, Inch Clutha River Bank Protection Committee, and the Athenaeum Committee. The Ministers inspected * town, and fully expressed their ► sympathy with the sufferers through the flood. I'rom what transpired at the interviews it is believed Government will carry out river protec. tion works, and that the counties of Bruce and Clutha will unite to erect a bridge, the Government giv* ing the money on loan for five years without interest. Nothing is decided on with reference to Inch- Clutha till the engineer reports. A luncheon was provided in the Crown Hotel at the expense of the Corporation, when the usual toasts were proposed and responded to. Mr Macandrow and party left per special train for Dunedin at 3.30. Mr Fisher has gone to Invercargill.