TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 428, 11 September 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from the press agency.) ♦ CHRISTCHURCH. September 10. Mr. Samuel Needham, a well-to-do citizen, having a considerable interest in large business firms litre, was brought up this morning charged with attempting to commit a rape on one of his daughters, about 13 years of age. He was remanded till to-morrow. Last night the City Council voted LSO to Councillor Hobbs for. expenses in attending the Municipal Corporation Conference at Wellington. ♦ WELLINGTON. . September: 11. In a" private- letter "to 'the" cricketers here, Mr. John Conway, a Victorian cricketer, says : —Everything with regard to playing in New Zealand is getting on satisfactorily. The idea is to play.'only ! iii the four principal cities unless time siiould enable them to take a small town or two en route from one place to another. Aftir playing at Dmieclin, Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington, they purpose challenging the whole strength of the Colony to play .at Christchurch as the final match. Mr. Sweet is to write to the different places to secure their co-opera-tion. Mr. Conway will start in advance of the Eleven in about three weeks, so as to have ample time to arrange all the preliminaries. + AUCKLAND... , Kf September 16. The New Zealand Insurapce Co, had ; re-insured "the whole risk on the Lord Ashle3%. f-xcept L 5.00. -; ThejS ai.dj.rd loses L75G,-and tlie'Kati onal Lsoi). LYTTELTON. September 10. Shaw, and Co.'s ship Langstone j is signalled. She passed Deal on June 17th, '