LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 16, 18 January 1877, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[Pk_.& Agency.] .. . .. r- x I NT"BEPH : O'V'IJSr C IA E. Ji: :;-, Wellin^otq^,. Thursday. : The Zealandia with. the homeward mails on January 10. The V City jqf. -New; York with the "outward mails . left? on' January 4: /• _.-• ■'■ . .The ; lj"iec!u-ive have' decided- that the sea- , fience of death passed on Woodgatefor the . Marlborough murder is to be carried out, not- . withstanding the petition presented on, his behalf; .->;: ;;• ; ; -"' . - ;: ' - '" •■""-'- Mr Stafford," of the firm of Moorhouse and- 7 Stafford, retires from the partnership,- having beeo'ap.point«d ; a3si!jti_iit law officer. ... Judge;Kichjiiond,~ just armed, from, EngY iandjivViU'be statiquedat \Vel.iiigtqn with ttie'Chief Justice, and will go to the circuit from ' herd.-..-- V , - V V „- '7. 7 ; ii-;;;;. : . V,. Timabu," Wednesday? Serious, floods.occurred last, night bet ween Timaru and Temuka. The Seadowh estate was completely under, water, and' tniles of fencing, has been washed away. Great destruction to* crops and cattle, the railway wa_ damaged and traffic interrupted: Fears are entertained for the safety of some of the „ettlers. The train from Ashburton with • fche S£&? ?ailh'sfe pot arrived; ti : r - V J ""' "AlexAi&db^ WfednesdayVSome surveyors, while engaged in surveying land adjoining .the town;ship;op. the west: . Bidjp 'qf, the, river . yesterdayj were ordered"' 6ff fey *Te _$£a___u. '-'On* th£ surveyors remohstra-■..--ting Ngakau significantly pointed to where Todd was shot for* not leaving; when warned to do so. .. 7 V V ' , ;„ Napieb, Wednesday. An inquest was held this afternoon on the body of iSusan M'Mahou, aged 70, who. was enn over.by L % railway train, yesterday afternoon. \The woman resides in one of the'Governqjenf Immigration cottages abutting on th_''failway;Tiot far from the Napier, terminus. ..; She was going home and was crossing the line when £he. train to the -Spit came upon her; she" w&s -seen by the engine drive.r ; just asf she ; stepped on. the.line, about ten .yards in front and witnher back towards' him. ; ' He called out to her, whistled and reversed the engine, but could not stop it'bef6re''it>knocked_her down. When picked up. one foot and arm were nearly severed,. hanging only by shreds. She was taken to the hospital and died last nigjit. A verdict of accidental death- ; was .". retirn^d^ahd a rider added severely censuring the authorities for not fencing in the line at those positions where it passes thrqugh ...'populated districts. "" J The Lingards have been, very successful in . *' Our Boys," drawing immense houses. At Waipawa,' yesterday;* ah * inquiry :was held in the matter o£; the .petition .of the Honorable.-; H. Russell "against the retuyn ,o£ Sydney Johnston for Waipawa County. ' Evidence taken and legal argument reserved, Besides allowing plural voting and rejecting/ votes of persons .entitled to. vote, the Returning Officer. . el.osed the poll for a quarter of an hour while he went to inquire whether the qualifications were correct of persons who had tendered their .vptes. .. He also closed the polling place hl^ah'hour while scrutineers and poll clerk" wjgjh't to.lUnch, and remained outside to keep' v©ierS hack 5 who' might cbme in talking- until the -crutineers returned. "■'■ '-'■'••■' .; ''.'"TY-. -"I Chbistchuech, Wednesday. : *The New Zealaud District Meeting of the United Methodist Free Church watt opened yesterday i It was reported that Mr Hicks of Cornwall, England, had sent subscriptions of .£7OO to each of the new churches at Christchurch and Wellington. Reports from the various circuits showed that in New Zealand there are 13 ministers, 29 local preachers 27 leaders, ;64.0 members, with 56 on. "trial, being an increase of 79 full members on last yearjlTTjChapels, with 19 other preaching places; :4 J jSunday-schools, with 2 152 scholars, aad ,198 teachers: increase of scholars,' over 49°. .:..•;:.--■. •■.-."., -Theiweather is clearing up. . .The Interprovincial Cricket Match 'Canter- :. ; bury.; v. ; Otago, commenced this morning. W"eather 'fine; and ground in very good'ofder V;.c^^erihg:'the"lare rains. .Thcre'Wa! .-'-. ffibderale attendance. Oliver captain-'of the -Canterbury team, won the toss, aud elected V th go in* f Oliver and Ashby, two reputed - strikers were the first to handle the.willow V£ to the boiling >ot >-Morrision. Ashby was : cle^n^ojjjledby .Vlorri-qn the third ball, aud V;. Qliirer, after scoring 3 was run out. Corfe Veahd Moots getting together made a splendid

the^orm^rjpl^yfTi^ih beautiful styled iSfc Mo with great freedom.Tfce_ _jßel%was sbik_£ bcuvhad plenty of lei* ..' ther^hunfcjtag, hrfa|afrier*;an hour and th_4*. '^^-"P^lP^^^Joirriment was made far*, lttt|<m, the, : scor%bi-vi# t ,.92,;::with Corfe aM Moore not out. Play was HesStaed at afttf and Canterbury, who up to this time was very jubilant, soon began to fell uncomfoit, . able. Moore added a few runs to his score, and*; was then bowled by a trimmer from Morrison. His total of 76 was put together remarkably quick, and he only gaye One chW&}a difficult *-! one. Corfe soon after 16_t the number .f hia \ mess, being bowled by Millington. He was M£2Ui™jMg& and made 28 runs. Wickets now fell rapioly7the"wTißle6f thß^amrbeinffout at 4 o clock for 133 runs. Otago, iv good spirits, sent Rose and Cargill to the wickets, but soon had reason to feel disheartened, for _Cargm^ery.f€tftlishly,ran himself outbefore any runs had been made. IBfea'rsonly _core_f*" 3, and was clean bowled. Bouche. who came next, ItfSt , his„middle stump to thiircLb^H, and I'aramoprjthe "great bat of the te&nfrhad his leg stenjtp'ldweßed by his first ball. This ill luck contwuedior.sqme time, no.rless than eight wickefe being idown in fifty ,niinutes for W-xmur When RoS^aM Rhodes-got togefe i^qST™**** go«t*iii_d, but {hebowliiig rad fielding.were tcfergoocl' for runs to come fteely. After the score had been increased by |?» *^^« a beatifUUy caught; with one hand bySweet off his( ; ;own howlihg; J ! CiMe P8S th 9lßa^W l in ' and fattier ihufitin^fcame tl|e o^a^of thß day until i_ixVclo_k, (mien tljesf^s w^-]diSswri, th^teM tieing {C 6. j^-V'V I £ r ,Yi 'vT ThulTSd__V P-Edwhi Wadman^lSfSclferl. tortheTHeath.cote RoMJBoMd, i_!s___in_tt_d for' trial-f or ;eml^ezz3ing- ce^tainVsums of iinoney, AmOTnting to 'about £70, which belonged td the Board. j^Tfae:rtotal„ defalcations. - a__ioun£""to ,ofer £500. ' \-i:~r r : : x | J F-"*'? PA ▼feiyvfiStay rain fell for several Hjg--s ;last mghtpflobdin^"'t_.e; s t-eeti in vajrtous splices. from! the sbutherajdiafc-fcts show t|iat the>ive is Ifehgitata and Taiifes doing dauifige tQ the t^way line aM p_i?ate-propertyV"The weaj|h|,r this rttOrqing iaj^utif ully 'fine; '•_ __ -*" 45»?^ u n>, Wednesday. v.^ no feer compli<atioa;has ariseh-re sale of Te Aroha "Block :toXr Brooqahajl. The Ohinemju^I T na|tive8 fflghed the d_edof sale to the Governmbnt, but the A__ha notivs refuse to jell*- unless 10,000 aijres acres are reserved-'afoic^native purposes. r^-iSiinemnri natives attenipted to go up the river to attend the Land Court to settle the title at Caii«»iagsr^e-Aroha-na^ prdgress, „ The OMuemuri, party hay&. blockaded 3 the ..rer ti^preveh.:- theLAfraiMW going down. Two steamers proceeding up the nvep wi^h European excursionists were Stdppe^s byyarmed Te.- Aroba/nataves were searching for Qhinemuri_jual^es\siis-;| pected to be going up, and, who threatened to . any they mi&ht' find; ! '' None were on^ .poara. Thd pitiyea fired ball cartridge, over • thjs heads of the Europeans'." "* *" '^ - " ; l'• At a special meeting 'of the Waste Lands \ B(jara^tbKiay, the block Jto he . sold W Mx I fixed atso,ooo, acres,, subject 'to reservatidh and final ettingfiishinen. ! _f -tltless-iarr;.^ si- ■■■.•< -i ;■.-. .<-:,,».(•:-. y,-; ,.,. ,-. .-. . [Telegrams, sepprfc jthat 'ilt'pHhp^ Rusielt ' hds ar4^d atGalle'; oh his wiy toNew Zealand. < -'•• -^- i-.-'.ji ;•.;'. 'j :■-,:: j, yyt ,'.}\:i:j?j-- . Telegrams from^Sydney , report' Auckland : City .D^benturps^sold-t^ £100.,, !( ? ;Alfredßoberts. who was ch"-chargfed : y^steri'' day; was _e-aV.e , sted : to-<__y : iofia ; charge of ■ stealing an ebony ruler and a colored plate, value property of Mr Frank Wilson, . architect; of Timaru. He was a. resied 1 on : bOard.the City of Sydney r having.takeftpas■s:jgq.tpSan.._'rancisco..- My. .Tyler defended; and said prisoner was not leaving .he colony^ f<jr good, that he had a r etiirh%icfc_ty that he ' j .expected. £loo. at Timaru, which, he bad "authorised, a solicitor there .to receive andpaylall debts| that, .he had deceived several :, nionfhs?, leave from' his em^iciyArs,' -and left : Tiuiani with cbusent of his wife; 'that the' present s cases were -instigated by Mr Bes wick, of T^aru,. to; recover £30 on a promisory ' njote, , , Roberts left bythe ! City of Sydney: : " . I A*a large land slip at Britdmart Point, a man and horse miraculously escaped death;' < ' ?£&'.\Chvy v qf Sydney arrived with' the Australian portion of. the" mails, 'she leaves ..again in five hours. . Had a 1 stormy passage 'andjl6st Ithree1 three ( .cattle overboard. : Sjy "left" Sydney oh 'the,i_.lj[.' ! "J&tfk iiter than 1 that ; brought by the Ajawa.a l u_impb.tant' ?^ 5 - :f - li j Bluestone centre arch of the new Catholic Church, Tumpk,.gaye\yay,-,ca-rying scaffoldliig and three" ihen, -'who %ere M|htfully mutilated.,; ; ■ ... .. „ , , , , T „ . t ; Wh^w«iit^ i a_'so^V/ffiw,^lß^(.io |J ' £12 7s- - --' '-' - L: ii „ -.[.'• :'-•':-' . ; : /.-:■. t ,' • Thursday, i The , Augusta, frpin Jiji, 'brings news. that seventy Mountaineer prison... escaped frbm custody at Saya Vaga, aia got clear away to the mountains. ; ■ I : ; . I ; : ! -: : <,% \ '-[ '■ i '■ ; y\ I Troops and- volunteers are being, organised for the defencpfpf U^uiahibadatterly built. '"" i At a" sp_ciar__ee.ing W .hb Harb6r'Bdara to consider the question of deepening the dock, a fe_.lu.ib_i was i carried ta the effect that the' Cfiairinan of the 1 Board' wait^upon the Government 1 . to ascertain,. whether they jsvilL support a further loan for the same pur- . poses... . -„,:,*, . ' 'V,' r ' '''''' ■-■'"■-■''-.•' ! Sailed; : T^upo forSdctti. :: PassteWjerV— Missss.McShane', Ellis, Messra H. B. Mbrton, ißrown, Howell, Turnbull,;^oyce. V' V ' \ j-'-Zv'n; ... ..,., GaETitd-XH, WeSlnesday-r ; At a large meeting to-day Of subscribers to the All England Eleven Match and Cricket :Club, it was unanimously.resolrea to hold Mr Bennett -tq his agreement, and, to sue for jdamagesif he did not fulfil it. There is iK-.atJndignation at the 1 cricketers breaking their engagement, as the arrangements were jail completed^ arid with igbod Weather the j-oitch'Wbuld^ have; been/an immense 'success*