TELEGRAMS

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 591, 25 March 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

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March 24. .At hal!-;>a.*t '• o'clock this mi.niinir, a lire broke nv.t in Msg. -d.iSOn's \\ lilis-strCet. 111!* ,1 •! :i i h*!t! insid': be'o'-o tin; lire was i:!;cnv■>*:-<'<!, air: •some >if the lodgers li;i-1 great d'iii./uitv in escaping. Two who slept in Hie uopur part liu.'l to drop fr.'m tiifi indow on to :m outhouse : another lodger was much cut and bruised in making his escape. jAl] of tln-m lost their clothes, and several tlu-ir last week's wages. The landlady had about iVU in cash in a pmse under t!ie mattress, which was also lo<t. The Fire Ihigade confined the fire to the one house. The building w.i~ insured for i.HUO m the Vic:oria and "l.fjOo in the National.

AI'CKL.VND. March 2.';. Mr. Sullivan, having declined the oiiice or Inspector ■ f Sclt'iols, has also declined to accept a testimonial. Mr. Sheeluui visits the Thames again next week. The Germans resident h<-re last night celebrated the Kuiper.u's birthday by a banquet. The verdict at (lie inquest on th-:: Blount Kden J'.rewery tire was that it was caused aecidentally through a delect in the line. HOKITiKA. March 2'.\. The Rev. (I. \V. Russell, U\sl eyan Mini:-- j t< r, has Written a strong letter to the Ilokitilca Stiii-. supporting tlie Kimiara Timet, in which he says:— " l.pon l-'rMay. <i■!i Much. I heard Father ITennebony That night he declared that any marriage celebrated bv a non-Cathoiic Minister by:ween a Catholic and a non-C'atholic was null android, tie asserted that a marriage by a registrar v,';>s no marriage at all. lie said that any Catholic marrying a non-Catholic without a dispensation from the Catholic Church, and dying in that .state, would go straight b> hell. I am prepared to take ail oath that those words were used, and numbers I can mention Would do the same." lie has since received a threatening letter signed "."Snake in the grass." e GISBOUXK March 20. The census' returns are now complete, and show the population of Cook County to be (exclusive of natives) L'O.jo. (if the native population, over b'Oi) an; registered as voters. The agricultural statistics show in Cook County about SO.OUO acres under crop and sown grasses. BLENHEIM. ! March 23. ,

The "own "orrespondeiit'" of the Krprsss at Havt-loek wires this morning that considerable excitement i.s manifested at llavelock respecting ihe opening of a new terrace at the \Vakainaiina. The ground is deep. Another week will bo required to test the ground properly. The prospect obtained is one ounce to the tub of sieving (sic. J

PATEA. March 25. Major Brown, Civil Commissioner, after several meetings and protracted discussions. has succeeded hi amicably arranging with the natives the dilliculries which have torsome time obstructed the Wakotara survey and native claims on confiscated land. It is believed that the settlement of these two troublesome questions will have a material and beneficial influence on the operation re the Wainiate Plains. ,