TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5426, 17 August 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Auckland, Friday, The Endowment Commissioners appointed to divide the educational reserves met to-day, Mr. Tole made a statement relative to the position of the Board in regard to reserves of district land set apart for educational purposes amounting to 3d,561 acres, of which 331 acres are classed as town land, 996 acres as suburban lauds, and 33,180 acres rural laud*. In apportioning the acreage the arbitrators have allotted 283 acres town lands for primary education, and 101 acres for secondary education; of suburban lauds, 710 acres for primary education and 217 acres for secondary education ; of rural lands, 21,636 acres for primary education, and 8511 acres for secondary The Board has therefore a total area of 25,607 acres for primary education, and 8893 acres for secondary education. Only a small portion is leased. The revenue amounts to £I2OO. The report of the Cocoanub Oil Manufactory Company showed a profit of 8 per cent. G-kahamstown, Friday. At a special meeting of the Borough Council it was resolved that the Council, having the fullest confidence in Sir George Grey, and he being assisted by Mr. Howe, consider it unnecessary to send a delegate to Wellington, The Mayor, who thought he was to be sent to do some lobbying, expressed great annoyance at this. It was resolved that this resolution be telegraphed to Sir George Grey and Mr. Rowe. A motion of thanks to Mr. Rowe for his action re the Gold Duty Bill was pass 2d. Hokitika, Friday.

A motion favoring the southern route of railway was discussed in the County Council, and lost on the casting vote of the chairman. An amendment was oirried, urging the Government to construct a line of railway between the East and West Coasts. Five families of Germans and Italians, and four single Italians, who have been settled at Johnson’s Bay for some time, cams up, having left the settlement. All are dissatisfied, and give poor accounts of the place. The resident agent at the settlement proceeds to Wellington in a few days. Auaura, Friday. The announcement of the intended removal of Warden Schaw has created considerable dissatisfaction throughout the Grey Valley. A requisition is being got up in his favor, and numerously signed. The electors are strongly opposed to his removal, which is reported to be insisted upon by the Government. Oamauu, Friday.

Mr, Conyers, Commissioner of llvilways, attended the meeting of the Harbor Board today, and agreed to make reductions in the haulage charges on the Breakwater line. In regard to the differential tariff between Timaru and Lyttelton, Mr. Conyers said lie had recommended the Government not to continue the present arrangement; but that a uniform rate on all lines, with a small reduction for haulage over long distances, should be adopted. Timaru, Friday. The granting of the petition of the ratepayers to the Governor, praying that the borough of Timaru be divided into wards, has given great satisfaction here. The Chairman of the late Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works has received £2500 from the Government as payment for the late offices of the Board. This sum will be divided pro rata, amongst road boards in South Canterbury. Dunedin, Friday. The annual meeting of the Jockey Club was held last night. The report and balancesheet were adopted, and the office-bearers elected for the ensuing term. One speaker suggested that trotting should receive greater encouragement, and it was resolved that the new committee should take the matter into consideration. The Otago Bible, Tract, and Book Society yesterday received a telegram from Mr. Stout to the effect that he would introduce a Bill for the incorporation of the society. A committee meeting of the Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution to-day to the effect that the remission of duty on grain and flour would be injurious to a large number of settlers. They also resolved to warmly support the proposed railway line from the Grey and Hokitika to Cromwell, as opening up the largest area for settlement and offering the fewest engineering difficulties. The annual exhibition of the Dunedin Canary and Poultry Association was held to-day. The number and quality of the exhibits scarcely equalled those of former years. B.vlclutua, Friday. Mr. Gorman, agent for Nobel’s dynamite, has finished the work of blasting rocks on the Clutha lliver ordered by the Board of Conservators. The work has been very satisfactorily carried out, and it is now believed that no rocks obstruct the navigation of the river up to a point some miles below Beaumont. Mr. Gorman yesterday afternoon experimented with dynamite upon tree stumps on Inch Clutha, iu presence of a large number of settlers in the district. The experiments were considered highly satisfactory. One large stump and its roots were completely smashed, blown out of the ground, and the pieces scattered hundreds of feet over the paddock. Mr. Gorman fully explained the mode of using dynamite to those present. He also experimented at the Corporation quarry here, showing the great strength of this explosive over ordinary blasting powder. Invercargill, Friday. There is a steady enquiry for laud in this district. Yesterday Mr. Lawson’s farm of 300 acres, at Wallacetown, was sold at £l6 per acre to Mr. D. Carmichael, and Mr. Carswell’s property at Wymark Forks, consisting of 400 acres, was sold to Mr. D. Carmichael for £SOO. .'