TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 743, 27 August 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. August 26. Tin'-.' i-nuines and three carriages havr!i.-, -„ r i.!-i;,' ;-.li ihtv. and the carriages ,!:,v,j !>.-:t !''■!] i>: sii' way. Over 1200 • ieu!.i;s ti'.:i-.-)! ti >iii thi! tramway up to thrcH n : oS o : -.. sionally, hr.t no accident occurred. T>so" Vveiiii-gron R-icing Club to-night, n-movi'd the dis.fpiaiilieation from Fishhook and hia ri'ier. Berritt. The programme for next meeting will be pub=fished in a few d:iys. $ : DCNiSBIN. August 26. Jolm 0. Glc-ison wns drowned at Dunedin jetty yesterday while attempting when in a state of intoxication, to cross to the vessel to which he belonged. Arrangements are to be niadn for holding a grand annual musical competition 'in Dimeciin. o , CSRJSTGHURCH. August 26. At a numerously attended meeting af Ainberley on Saturday niaht it was resolved to urge npon the Government the necessity of continuing the railway line from that pi :ce to the West Coast ; also to set apart reserves along the line of route to pay for the expense of the same. Jolm Reynolds was committed for trial to-day, on a charge of incendiarism at. Courtney. Tho Railway Department intend to open offices in town for the sale of railway tickets on the American system. The Railway Commissioner intends to visit America early next year, in order to obtain a practical insight into the working of the American lines. The through train from Christchureh to Dunedin with the members of both Houses and a body of invited guests, will leave here at 6 o'clock on Friday morning week, and is to arrive at Dunedin at fi o'clock the same evening. The ; actual time of travelling will be about ton hours, allowing two hours for stoppages. J August 27- j At a meeting of the City Council last night a committee was appointed to conr sider the necessity for remodelling the office staff. For some time past there has been a feeling amongst a section of the. Council that "the working of its officers has been very unsatisfactory.!! The meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday, to consider the Custonjs Tariff, was adjourned in consequence of the somewhat thin attendance. Miss Fuller to-day initiates her school for cuokery. * tfAPIEE. August 26. Yesterday, a man. named Thomas Hall attempted to commit suicide at Waipara lock-up by cutting Ms throat ';■■ he aeyered but did not put *&e f affery.' He was brought down to Hapier Hospital

to-day. Hall had been |akeii to Waipara from Hampden, on insane, but neitherlthe doctor3cLorfbe.jpdlice thought him so. J-§) -\ N V,? k -*, A%. *;'"'?■•- j::.%i : .'-'! ' : ' i'S j ' •-'"" . August 27. • S.v3L : passenger by the steamer Tui writes tpjthe Taran'aki Herald;.,and states that ,on:tTie 13th A.ugust they put into QuarcUs ''fey'during a gale; and found the schooner Atalanta there, four weeks out fromPatea for the Manukau. She had run out of provisions—the captain saying that the cr-w and himself had to subsist on fish and mussels for nearly a fortnight. The Atalanta is not damaged in any way. He believed Bhe is still sheltering in one of the inlet 3 of Cook's Straits. A piece of a ship's rail has been picked up on Henui Beach, about 5 feet long and 3£ inches, thick. It is supposed to belong to a vessel of about 150 to 200 tons, and had only been in the water a short time, as some green paint on it was quite fresh. INYERCARGILL. August 26. About 141bs. weight of quartz, fine and coarse, the refuse of prospecting trials of Hare Brothers' reef, was brought to town to-day. Portions of it were pulverised in a mortar, and washed oi>t at the Club Hotel. The gold obtained indicates a general return of 12 ozs. to the ton.