TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 745, 30 August 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WKL LENGTHS'. An-jlist 20. A notiti s the appointment of ?.Ir. ,) on. s L ■>•:< as JJevisiug Officer for tin- Eiinvay Dst'icr ..f Dunn-oon and Hak.vcrana-a Iwiii-ay. and of -Mr. William Gardiner as Oiiic-or for the same. CHRIS I'uHURCH. August 29. At the meeting of the Board of Governors to-day, it was resolved to open the additions to the Museum en Thursday, and ask his Exceik-ncy to be present. A contract has been taken for extensive additions to the Kaiapoi Woollen FactoryAugust 30. The recommendation of thu Minister of Lands to lesu-ve lands in the vicinity of the proposed railway lines, has already been given efft cd to in this provincial district. = The fact became known yesterday at the Land Office, to the disappointment of many intending purchasers ; some of these had made application several days airo, but were informed that the land now bTin? reserved could not be granted to them. . Ar a meeting of sottlcrs yesterday, held at Waiau. it was resolvud to urge upon the G:.v--rnment the necessity of the pror posed line to the West Coast via Amberley. Tiie Mayors of Milton and Greymouth will be present at the forthcoming banquet in Christchurch. The Mayor and Council'ors of .Onristchurch have accepted the invitation of the Mayor of D'>nedin to be present at the banquet in that place. DUNEDIN. August 29. Mr. A. C. Begg has been elected a member of the Education Board vice Mr. DeLanto'ir r. si .n- d. At a meeting of the Board t i* tn.-rning, two meffibere said some .of the County school buildings were I in a disgraceful condition, and unfit for a

master to live in. • Mr. Reid (Chairman), said that the Government had attempted too much in the matter of education. It should retrace its stops. The Christchurch Football team last night kicked over a coffee stall, the owner being in it at the time. 'Acting on a hint rriven in one of the morning papers, they compensated the keeper of the stall dayThe principal buildings in Dunedinwill be illuminated on the arrival of the Northern visitors The Mayor intends to request the shopkeepers to keep their establishments open on t'>at night.

NAPIER. August 29. A c>3* d-cided in th« Resident Magistrates Court by the Mayor, temporarily acting as R.M., has excited a good deal of public attention and of comment n'rainst the decision. Capfc. Hair, of the Falf-on, was su.-d by a person named Hugh Scott for L fi s 2s , under the followin<r"c:rcmns f ;!»icps •' —Scott, a collector of old thins*, had a lot of zinc on hand, and was commissioned to ship it to Sydney bv the Falcon. Capt. Hair called on Scott in arrange about this shipment, and was-i'f rr d to Mrs. Scott, and an arr augment was made between them. Capt. flair asserts that b- was to take tlr- zinc at lfi J . o-r ton to Sydney, and there do Hih best b.e eonll wirh it. In corroboration of t' is several respectable disinterested witnesses were called, who testified to hearing Scott inform Capt. Hair to do the best lis could. On the other hand Mrs. Sco't averr.-d that Capt. Hair was] not to sell the zinc for less than Ll4 per ton, and that Capt. Hair agreed. The zinc was sold in Svdney at, L 6 per ton, and Is* freight, netted L 22 Bs., which ,i„n ,v : ,s tendered to pbrntiff and refns •<!. The decided upon the evidence ••f i-l >,Mi!ifFs wife that Capt. Hair should p-.v the amount sued for, on the ground i-hafc he had nor. disproved what Mrs. :-.,-;ott alleged yesti'vday. The Mayor refns d to grant a rehearing. A public subscription has been made up to-day to reimburse Cant. Hair. The Synod of the diocese of Waiapu onens on'the 9th S-ptember.