TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 420, 1 September 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FROM TUB PKKSS A'IKN'CY.) ♦ WELLINGTON. August 31. The Vice-Admiralty Court sat to-day. Mr. Jus ice R : c!un uid gave judgment in the suit of Captain Williams, owner of the hulk Eli Whitney, against the owners of the Taupo to recover L3OOO damages for the loss of the hulk run down l.y t.ie Tanpo and sunk. He did Hot. regard the collision as an inevitable accident, as the hulk might have been seen by ordinary eyesight. His Honor held that the hulk was confessedly in fault for having v.» lig-its, but Whatever law or regulation might govern the ease, the fault did not disentitle her to claim compensation from the other party, whose carelessness conduced to the accident. He th-vefore condemned the Tanpo to one half of the damage ; each party to pay his own costs. It being further understood that the costs of reference as to the damage, if one became neci ssary, should be borne in like manner, unless the Court should hereafter order to the contrary. The Customs revenue for this port for lie month of August amounted to i 17,805, against L 14,402 for the same month of the previous year. *n the Resident Magistrate's Court today, the Corporation sued a grocer for having too much kerosene upon his premisesT' but the Magistrate held that according to the terms ot the . J ct, it only applied to oils which gave oft' an inflammable vapour at 110 degrees Falir. The Corporation therefore was nousuitel. Captain George Thomas reports : Flour, LIS to LIS 10s 1 oats, 4s to 4s 3 I ; bran. Is ; Wiieat 4- Gel ; hams. o),d ; bacon, y.S.'t ; clieese, 7d ; potatoes, L 3 ; pollard, 7s GJ ; nia'.ze, 4s GJ. September 1. Arrived—lsabella A ,,0 iiiiiinvni- \ uliiiueer regulations appear in the last Gazette. The portion of Rule 34. relating to Cavalry Volunteers has been altered as follows : 1. Cavalry Volunteers shall parade twice a day for six cons cutive days at such time as may be appointed by the oilier commanding ihe ehsiriet, and shall parade yearly for inspection, or twice a day for three Consecutive days, and one inspection : or (2). they shall atttud six n untidy inspections and six company parades, or three monthly inspections and six c unpany pat ad.s, or t ii-ee monthly insp ctions and three company parades. Every Volunteer corps shall on or before the 30t!i June in each year elect under which of the above provisions it intends to hold parades for the then current year. Vobmteeis who attend six consecutive drills and two half-\'e-arly inspections, or six monthly inspi ctions and six company parades, shall be entitled to the full rate of capitation voted. Volunteers who attend three consecutive days' drill and one ha.f-yearly inspecti m, or three moiiti.ly insp. ctions and three company parades, shall be entitled to half the of c lpitatiou. No Volunteer shall lie entitled to :uiv capitation unless he I as received a certificate of efficiency for th-. then current year.

DI'SEDLN'. August 31. From the half-yearly report of the Standard Insurance Company it appears j that the balance to the credit of the Profit j and Loss account is L2G,739, of which sum L1G,531 will require to be set aside as l< unearned premiums," leaving available a balance of L 10.203, which the directors recommend to be applied as follows : dividend, 9 per cent, per share, L 1875 ; bonus to shareholders, L2.j00 ; bonus to Insurers, L 2500 ; reserve fund, L 3333. The dividend and shareholders' Lonus is recommended to be carried forward to tl e c edit of the Capital Account, which will then stand at L3f,500, and the reserve fund at L 9149. © CHRISTCHURCH. August 31. I Good milling wheat in short supply, at 7s ; secor.d quality, 5s Gd to Gs Gd ; clock, 4s to 4s 6d ; oats, 3s 9d ; barlev, 4s to 4s Gd ; flour. Ll7 to LlB ; bran, L 4 10s ; sharps, L 5 10s ; cheese, Gjjd ; butter, !kl ; potatoes, 60s. LAWRENCE. August 31. The Town Clerk here has defrauded the Corporation of a considerable amount, and levanted. The Council intends suing j his bondsmen. BLENHEIM. August 31. At a meeting of the Catholics last night, four resolutions in condemnation of the Education Bill were passed. The resolutions were similar to those passed at Wellington. They are to be sent to the local members, and Bishop Redwood. ,