TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 587, 20 March 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

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CHRISTCHURCH.

March 19.

The Premier visited Ashburton to-day. He speaks at, a public meeting to-nisrht, and visits Akaroa to-morrow, where Mr. Montgomery, member for the district, will also speak. AUCKLAND. March 19. The 'New Zealand University to-day r-solved to confer the following ad eundem degrees:—A. Deß. Brandon, Cambridge Universitv; F. Rutherford Waddell, Queen's Universitj-, M.A. ; A. Sutter, C imbridire, M.A. ; F. M'lntosh, Aberdeen, M.A. The Bowen Prize was fixed at LlO in books. The Chancellor will impress on the Government the desirability of a uniform matriculation examination throughout New Zealand. The Working Men's Club was opened hv the Governor to-night, the Mayor presiding. The Club-rooms are very commodious. Sailed-Rotorna, for the South.

INVERCARGILL. March 19

Forty-four thousand salmon ova, and fifteen hundred trout ova arrived to-day per Alhambra. being part of the consignment per Chimborazo to Melbourne. They have been taken to Wallacetown ponds, but the result, of the inspection has not been asc-rtained. Sir S. Wilson made an examination of them, and in his letter of advice to Mr. Howard he says that, of the ova in two of the boxes packed by Buckland only 370 were looking likely to hatch out. The boxes packed by 3 Mr. 'Youle looked splendid, the ova being large and healthy. Later.

Although tin-! salmon ova packed by Mr. Yeule looked clear and healthy, yet upon being iximined with a glass, they seemed imperfectly impregnated. They are thought to have been prematurely taken from the fish. The trout ova, which ar-' in good condition, were packed by Mr. BueUland, from Capel's establishment, Footseray. Few, if any. of the salmon ova are good. Tile 30,000 presented to the Victorian Government, part of the same consignment, turned out better.

KUMARA. March 19. Father Hcnneberry, since his arrival at Ihe West Coast, has denounced marriages between Catholics and Protestants as adultery, the n-sult being the Separation of families and much domestic misery. He was strongly criticised by the Knmara " imes, and retorted by a personal attack -.n the editor, who has commenced an action for damages for LI,OOO. Most Catholics have withdrawn their subscriptions from t'ue Times, and the Protestants have doubled and trebled their subscriptions. It is feared that sectarian diflieuliies may take place, as the Catholics are being incited from the pulpit.

HOKITIKA. March 10. Hamer, agent for the Bank of New Zealand, was arrested in Ross, and wiil oe brought up for trial on Friday. It is reported that his defalcations are condd. rable, extending since March of last vear. Several of the amounts abstracted were represented by false entries.