TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 437, 21 September 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from the press agency.) WELLINGTON. September 20. According to a letter received here from Mr. Conway, of the Australian Cricketers, it is gathered that the proposed trip of the Australians to New Zealand is not now likely to take place. It appears that the Australians calculated npmi the takings at the Wellington Cricket Ground, winch is enclosed, to go a considerable way in recouping their outlay, bu: the terms offered by the Wellin-ton cricketers were considered the most illiberal of any town in the Colony, and it is thought nil arrangements for playing in iNew Zealand will break down in consequen e. The letter adds that arrangements for the trip Home are going on well, and that all the members of the team have signed articles, and that there is a strong probability that they will secure the services of Evans. the famous bowler.

Air. Thomas reports : Flour, Adelaide, L 23; Colonial, Ll7los to LIS ; oats, 3s lOd to 4s : bran, Is ; wheat, 4s fid ; hams. 9 : {d : bacon'(smoked). Shd; dairy-fed, 7d; cheese, 7d ; maize, 4s fid ; pollard, 7s 6d ; potatoes, L2 17s.

KELSON. September 20. An inquest was held this afternoon on Dr. Bligh. From rambling letters written a few hours before his death to a friend, it is clear that he premeditated suicide, but Dr. Boer, who made a post mortem examination, failed to detect indications of the presence of sufficient poison to cause death. He found a very small quantity of prussic acid, but knew the deceased had been taking it as medicine. The brain was lively, and the lungs showed symptoms of old and serious disease ; Dr. Boer's opinion was that a man in his state of mind might have raised the poison to his lips, and the mere idea of committing suicide would cause such a shock to Ids system as to cause death. Verdict—- " That death was caused by paralysis of the heart, produced by a shock to the system." The melancholly affair has caused quite a .doom all over the town as Dr. Bli-li was a general favourite both professionally and socially. «. HOKITIKA. September 20. Robert Hogg, for the Bank robbery, has been sentenced to 12 mouths' imprisonment wi'h hard labour. Scarlet fever prevails among children hers to an alarming t-xtcnt. Several deaths have occurred this week. Judge Weston has lost a son and daughter. N umbers of families are absent from the public schools. The steamer Wallace gob asqore on the North Spit on entering the river this morning. She is expected to get off in a tide or two. Other steamers and vessels crossed in safety the same tide. At the Supreme Court, J. Heenan, for perjury, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment.