LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 10, 11 January 1877, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

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-...- ;■£*?. w- '._-__ --_.:.- '-"- -,' , ,--;--- "- ' Wix'ZX'XzXi? =v ?----- .WR_*ijts*rbsr; Wednesday. "' >g Methodist, Conference conspje\u&8$wfoy.x The chiirchreports of last

yea*? show increaseed prosperity. Five new charohes have been built, two additional:; ministers are pri theiri way-out from England, :■ and others are shortly expected. The Con- [ ference of ] 1877; is to: be held at Auckland l next .January. X r ■ I V;, XX j X : The<Hpu. Mr-^fLean proceeds to Auckland j by the Rotorua'oh Fdpay, an_ thence by__e% same steamer to Sydney to attend the Gable Conference. ■- „/ if The Kaiapoi crew en route to Nelson WiiS?* with their outrigger the Cam, arrived in tbe Taupo to-day. Their names a_e: Messrs Winterburn, Perrin, Wright, Warring, f arid j Ayer (coxswain). The Timaru icrew consisting of Messrs H. Bradley (stroke), J. Carter (3), -T. Broad (2), P. Bradley (bow), -and;. :Pixon7-(cqx_waiu).. -also^came, by.^the., same steamer, bringing a four bared outrigger and a whaleboat. Auckland. Wednesday. At a meeting oithe Grand Lodge of LO.G.T. a letter was received from the Hon.-W* Fox, regretting his inability to attend. It was resolved-, to send a telegram regretting their inability to- -send delegates to ;the Riget W rtlip.JGrrand Lodge of America. A protest was received from the Wellington Lodges against holding the: Grand Lodge at Auckland, and the Conjmittee upheld Hthe action. After a debate off ihe Negro question a report, advising the: admission of;iihe : Negro on an* equal footing, was adopted, and a resolution p^fd disapproving of the" action of the Righ.. Worthy Grand Lodge and affirming no necessity for allegiance to it. '; '"----■' Th?^Auckland-.. Permanent [ ;Co-operation ; . BuildingSpciety have re3oLved to incorporate unde. " The Building Societies Act of 1876." j A fire at Lucas* Creek destroyed "the! dwelling house of W. Pa.ker... It was in- 1 stred in the Liverpool London and' Globe for I £200, ! arid £300, in! the Transatlantic. - At; Messrs Hunter and Rowland's^ wool sales '.today -the following price's: were obtained:—Greasy,* 9d fa iOfd;>iong washed,? 13|d to 14fd ; half-bred washed- Is? half-bred! greasy, 9|d to 10Jd. ; ,' , j v- --„..; ! Curtain has been found : guiity of murder; and sentenced to death. Mr Rees, for. the' defeiice, .called Annie M 'Donald, who had heard Sfranaghan threaten to! kill Curtain, aud had :seen him driving prisoner's cattle eight' months agor •-- Curtain went to Shanaghan's house and^Shanaghan called him away. John Parr a settler deposed that ; Shanaghan had 'made threats. against prisoner, and that they jhad oftpn quarrelled. , Lyitelton,; Wednesday. One.^pf" tbe~ single girl immigrants per Cardigan TJastle died at the quarantine station last night from pneumonia and" low fever. ■•---"-.-.->...■-...-,._..,... JDonediNj Wednesday. • The City Council met this afternoon for~ the purpose tenders which had been received forthe privilege of cohstructing tramways within the the city. The following were* read. ' : Eor within the city:--Jame_ - Gore^ £450;; D.> Proudfoot, sill^D. Berry] £___, with io per cent of profits; or in'lieii thereof £400. Including City. and Suburbs!" Gore, £485; Proudfoot, £360r The tenders were referred-toa committee to report upon. Cleolite was scratched for the Dunedin Cup at ten minutes to. three this afternoon. . . Mr H. Driver has received a telegram today stating-hat' at Messrs Robertson' Bros, sale of shorthorn cattle, held at Colrc Victoria; oif the ste instant, 190 heads brought £20,000, 40 head were pedigree ; cattle and the remainder from a general herd. ... Thursday. : The following is the final selection of the Otago interprovincial cricket match teams :— ._ Messrs Bauch.r.Oargill, Clarke, Mears, Miilington, Morrison, Nicholls, Paramour," Rose,' Reade, and Rhodes. The teams will meet this afternoon toelect their captain; r,- • . J/f