TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 267, 1 March 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

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DcNjvDIX, Thursday. THE EXPRESS. A private telegram states that the Express is entirely submerged. OTAGO UNIVERSITY. Dr. Cunningham, of Edinburgh, has been requested to accept the chair of anatomy and physiology in the Otago University, rendered vacant by Dr. Cough trey's resignation. THE O. L. V. ASSOCIATION AND INSURANCE AGENT'S. The Fire Underwriters Association having refused to reduce the premiums on hotel properties, the Otago Licensed Victuallers Association has resolved to communicate with the other associations of New Zealand and Australia, supporting united action to obtain a reduction.

LIGHTNING AT THE TAIERI. During a storm at the Taieri the gable of a miner's residence was riddled by the lightning. The room was filled with smoke. Several children who were asleep escaped unhurt. WASTE LANDS BOARD. The Waste Lands Board has commented on the manner in which settlement is retarded for the want of surveyors. | GOVERNMENT REDUCTIONS. The General Government reductions are causing great inconvenience and dissatisfaction. Those whose ability is indisputable have been cast aside to make room for incompetents. 1 i WATT ON BILLIARDS. Mr. "Watt, R.M., has stated to the Licensed Victuallers' Association that his decision in reference to the recent billiard prosecution was only intended to apply to billiard tournaments. HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP. Professor Salmond has given notice of his intention to move the following important series of resolutions at the next meeting of the Education Board:— " With a vifw to extend the usefulness of the High Schools, and to place the highest instruction which the Board provides within the reach of all who have the ability to profit by it, the Board resolves: —l. That 30 scholarships be instituted in connection with the High Schools, to be awarded by competition to candidates from the District and Grammar Schools under the control of the Board. 2. That scholarships be of the value of £2O a year in the case of scholars who, while attending schools, are able to reside in their own homes, and of the value of £4O in other cases ; and that they be tenable for three years. 3. That 12 of these scholarships be awarded in December of the present year if a sufficient number of wellqualified candidates offer themselves. 4. That the Secretary and Inspector be instructed to frame rules regulating the competition for any tenure of scholarships, and to submit theta for the approval of the. Soard." MORE RAIN. It is now raining heavily. REMARKABLE COMBINATION. The following is a copy of a resolution carried by the undersigned firms in the grain and flour trade :—" That they will not supply any produce dealer in Duni edin or suburbs with either flour, oatmeal, pearl barley, bran, pollard, or barley dust, j who, from and after the Ist March, 1877, imports any of the said articles from Oamaru or elsewhere to Dunedin, or who shall buy from any other person so importing. The object and fairness of this 1 resolution will no doubt be apparent to | you, and therefore will require no comfrom us. " J. Anderson & Co. " R. Anderson " Royse, Stead & Co. " James Runciman. " R. Hudson has not joined this unfair combination. DIED IN HIS CELL. At the City Police Court, this morning, on the charge against William Scott Burton, of being drunk and disorderly, being called, Inspector Mallard said : In this case I am sorry to say the prisoner died this morning a little before 8 o'clock, in his ■ cell. The matter has been reported to Mr. Watt, in the absence of the Coroner, and he decided to hold an inquest this afternoon, j'.t 4 o'clock. Under the circumstances, I have to ask that the case be struck off the sheet. The Mayor: At what time did he die ? Inspector Mallard : About a quarter to 8. He died in my arms, in the act of being removed from the cell. The Mayor : That shows that he was not uncared for. Inspector Mallard : Oh, certainly not I shall court the fullest inquiry into the circumstances. This sad death of a person so widely known as Burton, and under such painful circumstances, not unnaturally created a sensation in the city this morning. Mr. Burton has for many months (until within the past week or two) been manager of the Otago Turkish Baths, and for years had similar baths in Melbourne himself. Business affairs preyed upon his mind recently, and this together with failing health, drove him, as it has done many another, to the bottle for relief, with the sad result above recorded. It was Burton's intention to start for Oamaru this morning, and he his wife good bye last night with that object.

THE DUNEDIN MATCH. The weather is now really beautiful. The wickets are being prepared for tomorrow. SELBY V. FRITH. [from our special coerespondent.l Christchurch, March 1. Yesterday evening a match was run between Selby, the English cricketer, and Frith, the local amateur. It was for 100, 200, and 300 yards—£lo a-side. Selby won the hundred yards by a yard ; time, lOf seconds. Frith won the two hundred yards by a foot ; time, 22-f seconds. Selby refused to run the three hundred yards, giving as an excuse that the crowd did not keep back. Frith was thus declared the winner. Some thought Selby could have won at two hundred yards if he liked. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS. The English Cricketers left Christchurch this morning for Dunedin. COLONIAL PRIZE-FIRING. Hokitika. The All-Comers' Match commenced at nine o'clock to-day. There were 74 entries. To-day completes the whole firing. To-morrow accounts will be s. ttled, and the prizes will be presented on Saturday. The 200 yards range is j ast fin" shed, the captain of the Thames Rifles taking the range prize with a score of all bull's-eyes. FIRE AT HAVELOCK. Blenheim, March 1. A large fire occurred at Havelock this morning, Davis's dwelling and brewery being burnt. They were insured for £4OO. ♦ (From the Evening Scar Correspondents.) ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS. The Home News contains a flattering notice of "Old New Zealand." It says the preface is by the smart but flippant nobleman, Lord Pembroke. Dr. Newman, in lecturing on the New Zealand cli'" -vie, said, from the lowness of t'ae atmospheric pressure, and from the absence of phosphates, it is unhealthy, and children born in New Zealand are inferior in mind and body to those born in the Mother Country. His theory is vehe • mently opposed. The Home News says :—" Sir James Fergusson's defeat at Frome was decidedly disappointing, not because he is a Conssrvative, but because he. is a distinguished man ; whereas, Mr. Samuelson, jun., is a nonentity. The present Conservative administration is not quite as strong as it was before the Bulgarian atrocities, which have been bread and cheese to the Liberals. Frome is proverbially fickle, some say venal. Mr. Samuelson, jun., lives not very far from Frome, and is more or less under the segis of the Earl of Cork, Lord Lieutenant of the County, and has been nursed . through carefully ; while Sir J. Fergusson lives thirty miles away, and was too late in addressing the electors. There is a theory, but it is denied, that the High Church party, which is a political power in the little world of Frome, voted for the Liberal candidate." While G. F. Grace »vas following the Duke of Beaufort's hounds, his horse bolted, and'threw him violently. He was taken up insensible, but no bones were broken. Commodore Vanderbilt, the American railway king is dead. JEM MACE IN THE COLONIES. Auckland. Jem Mace arrived here by the mail boat on his way to Sydney. The English prize-fighter looks hale and hearty, though he is forty-three years old. He has with him the Champion Belt, consisting of massive silver plates, and valued at £2OO. The last plate was presented by Flood and Mackay, Bonzona, and consists of solid bullion. Mace will visit New Zealand after a tour in Australia. His wife travels with him. He asked £250 weekly to appear here. THE S.S. EXPRESS. Riverton, February 28.The following particulars are to hand in reference to the Express mishap. It appears that while lying alongside Frew's timber jetty on the south side of the river, she parted her bow line at eleven o'clock last night, and swung round with her stern on the rocks. It is supposed the rocks must have made a hole in some of her plates, as, immediately after striking, she commenced to make water. The pumps were at once set going ; but although they have been working hard ever since, she has not been lightened any, but appears to be settling down. It is hoped that as th<£ tide makes, they will be able to drag her over to the other side of the river, beach her. JtA