TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume 357881, Issue 350, 7 June 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from the press agency.) ♦■ ' j Wellington, June 6. t SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. The Zealandia, with the London mails of the 3rd May, left San Francisco for 2 - Honolulu and Auckland on May 23rd, j and is due at Auckland on the 15th inst. The City of Sydney, with the New Zeajland mails of 9th May, arrived at San Francisco on the 31st ult. June 7. b REMISSION OF SENTENCE. i The Government has remitted the senfc tence of two years' penal servitude, passed . last session on Richard Gordon, convicted , of horse-stealing at Wairarapa. The evif dence on which he was convicted is shewn > to have been unreliable. ; A SHORT EDITORIAL REIGN- ; INGLORIOUS DISMISSAL. In the case of Hooper v. Reformer newspaper, for L 75 damages for insufficent . njtice of dismissal as editor, the plaintiff ' was non-suited. The case will probably be taken to the Supreme Court. HAPPY RESULTS OF GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE. A return lately prepared shows the progress of the city of Wellington for the past seven or eight years, as regards the rateable property. In 1870-71 it was L 72,125 ; it now stands at L 176,050. Fielding, June 6. The 1.30 train from Foxton to Fielding ran into a siding at Reenter, Manstead and Company's sawmills, near Eunnythorpe. The engine collided with a truck, which then threw it (the engine) and carriages off the rails. No passengers were injured except the Fielding constable, slightly. The engine was damaged. - Invercargill, June 6. COURSING. The first meeting of the Southland Coursing Club took place to-day at Morton Mains. The weather was splendid, attendance large, and hares plentiful. The sport was very g«,od. None of the stakes are settled. They will be run off to-mor-row. .■■»..,.■ Balclxjtha, June 7. PALTRY JEALOUSY. Considerable indignation is felt here at the proposal to remove the junction of the Tuapeka and main line from Clarksville J to Milton. This would lengthen the dis- ( tance between Balclutha and Lawrence by four miles. Large quantities of timber ] are sent from here to Lawrence, and the ( extra carriage would amount to Ll per week. The cost of travelling would also u r be considerably increased. No action is being taken here, as it is never supposed i that Government will ever sanction the s alteration. .