TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5174, 22 October 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per press agency). Dunedin, Satuday. About £I7OO will be subscribed in Dunedin to the Indian Famine Relief Fund. A conversazione took place last night to celebrate the formal opening of the Dunedin Athenmum. The exhibits were of an interesting description, and the attendance was large. Sunday. Advices have been received that the Italian Opera Company will leave Melbourne for Dunedin on the 24th inst. The boating season was inaugurated to-day by a procession round the upper harbor. The proceedings were under the auspices of the Rowing and Sailing Association, and all the Dunedin rowing clubs were represented. Napier, Saturday. At Mr. Tye’s half-yearly sale of stock at Waipukurau there was a large attendance, and the demand for store cattle was brisk. Some draught horses bred by Messrs. Nairn fetched from £29 to £ll each. Mr. Tye reports the sale of Mr. Bell’s Santane property to Messrs. Handyside and Roberts, of Otago. The property consists of 8000 acres freehold and some thousand acres leasehold, 15,000 sheep, 200 head of cattle, and 32 horses. The price has not been disclosed. Kdmara, Sunday. The Mayor’s little daughter, two years old, was accidentally drowned to-day in a waterrace. . Tbiaru, Sunday. An extensive lire occurred at Waimate bush yesterday, when over one hundred acres were destroyed. Mr. Bunco’s sawmill, the largest in the district, had a narrow escape last night, A company is forming for the purchase of the plant and goodwill of the Waitangi Tribune, capital £I2OO, in 240 shares of £5 each. It is proposed to issue it bi-weekly. Greyhocth, Sunday. Seventy-four hours he ivy rain has caused a flood in the river, but so far but little damage was done to the town beyond flooding all the lower parts of it. At noon to-day about 8 chains of the inner side of the harbor works gave way, carrying the railway metals and trucks into the river. At the same tinm a locomotive and two stone trucks were being tipped with’ stone to preserve the face of the works, which is of sand. This gave way, and both trucks and locomotive went into the river. The locomotive is now lying partly on the bank, and is attached by a rope to prevent its disappearing in the stream. The men on the trucks and the engineer on the locomotive narrowly escaped with their lives.