SUPPLEMENTARY TELEGRAMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 269, 1 May 1874, Page 3

SUPPLEMENTARY TELEGRAMS.

[The following appeared in our edition of Saturday last:—J

Dunedin, Friday, 8.30 p.m. The ' Guardian ' this morning has a strong leader on the Judge granting an order for the inspection of all telegrams necessary to Macassey in Bell's case. Macassey intends moving for rule against. the editor to show cause why ne should, not be committed for contempt.' The total population of Canterbury is 58,77 C, showing an increase of 12,411 since 1871.

Mr. Dixon, late of Blacks, has been appointed schoolmaster at the Bdnnockburn.

Every license applied for at the Licensing Court, Clyde, and every transfer of license was, granted.

Aw English mail via San Francisco nitty he expected to close at the district post offices on Friday,, the Ist of May. Hokitika, with a population of between three and four-thousand, contains no less than seven ty-three public-houses.

The sale of St. Bathans township will not' be gazetted till the inhabitants have had an opportunity of showing, by. memorial or otherwise, to the Waste Lands Board the injustice that would be done them if the upset price announced of £l2 10s. per section is insisted on. No township on a main line of road has ever been sold at this ratei •

The ' Tuapeka Times' justly remarks:— Whatever the 'Daily Times' or 'Otago Guardian' may think to the contrary, Mr Holloway's address carries sufficient evidence'with it to show the good effect the action taken by the Roxburgh people, is likely to "produce. Mr. Holloway says he would not be justified in bringing his friends to New Zealand till he receives a guarantee from the Government, that the Land Laws will be more liberally administered.

On Saturday last, the 18th insfc., between eleven and twelve a.m., the fire-bell pealed forth its most unwelcome notes, and oh going to the street we at once .saw a large and dense body of smoke issuing from what we thought to be the old National Hotel. Hurrying at once to tlie scene of the fire we discovered it to be in a cluster of buildings at the rear of the old hotel, and now used as stables and store rooms by Mr. Holt, Mr. Aldvidge, and Mr. M'Plierson. The town I race, .which is running close by, being well ' supplied with water, and «a large number of willing hands having quickly gathered, a string of buckets was immediately formed, and- a great, quantity of water was brought to bear, on the flames, under which they quickly' succumbed, but not before, .however, a good deal of damage was done—several of the buildings being corepletelyr gutted and rendered useless. Mr. Holt is the principal loser, as besides the damage done to the buildings, -which were his, he loses a double and a single' set of buggyv harness, besides a quantity of bedding, fodderi* nnd other property. Mr. M'Pheraon's loses are a set of harness and a lot of ropes and blocks; in Mr. M'Pherson'a stable were several drums of pitch, which, after some difficulty, were got out. Had. they ignited there is 110 telling where the fire would have euded. .The fire is supposed to have been caused by some children playing with matches, as, after the excitement was over, a number of matches ui>ignited, were foundj apparently as;if dropped by one of the children when running: away, and after they had discovered the mischief done. None of the property.was insured.— Dunstan Times.'

An inque6t was held yesterday at Scherp's Hotel, Sowburn, before W. ■ G-rumifcfc, Esq , J.P., acting coroner, on view of the body of Oliver Jackson, who died suddenly the day previous. From the evidence it appeared that Jackson had not been long at work, and was engaged in turning a winse when he complained of pain, and sat down, and'soon after expired. A post mortem examination waa made by Dr. l)ick, whose evidence tended to show that the cause of death .was disease of tlie heart. The jury returned 'a verdict that deceased died from the visitation of Grod.