TELEGRAMS

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 784, 16 October 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

OTAKI (Wellington). October 15. The body of Gingham, an apprentice belonging to the Felix Stowe, was washed up this morning on the beach, three miles south of the ship. CHRISTCHURCH. October 15. Dempsey has been committed for trial on the charge of manslaughter, though the magistrates admitted that the case was a very weak one. A large nnmhp •• , ' p and cattle have been c' . ; : u late floods, and the total quantity of land washed away from Kaiapoi Island was 250 acres. Many families are heavy losers. October IG. Mr. Maurice Chiltern, of Wellington, late doctor of the ship St. Leonards, and Dr. Ross, of the shijj Waitangi, just arrived at Port Chalmers, are candidates for the appointment of house surgeon to the hospital. Their credentials have been forwarded to the hospital staff for report. The Rev. W. F. Oldham died yesterday from the effects of a fall from his horse. Lockjaw set in on Sunday, and was the immediate cause of his death. AUCKLAND. October 15. A presentation of a purse of sovereigns and a farewell address to Mr. Luckie, on the occasion of his departure for Wellington took place to-day. The presentation was made by Messrs. J. Russell, Cosgrave, Aitken, and Dormecker. The present mayor, Mr. Brett, having declined to stand for re-election, requisitions were circulated to-day to Dr. Campbell and Mr. Peacock, asking them to stand. The Fiji Bank is declared finally wound up. Ihe Theatre Royal was well filled with a fashionable audience for Miss Carbonnctte's farewell concert. She goes to Napier on Thursday. ! October 10. The Premier in replying to the Bishop of AiK-kland, says that the Government will put a sum not exceeding LSOO on the | Estimates, to be paid pound for pound on ! subscriptions raised locally to build a Sailors' Home. It appears that the steamer Zealandia merely touched the edge of the mud bank. Not the slightest damage has been don". She went straight on. NAPIER. i October 11. At the sale of Crown lands by the Commissioner, the license to occupy a block o; 1572 acres of land at the Tarewere was knocked down to Mr. Evan Griffiths, for the sum of LSI a year. Three suburban sections at Havelock, numbers 50, 51, and 52, realised respectively L 5, L 25, and L 4. Three town sections in the borough of Napier were put up, but only one, No. 607, found a purchaser, in Mr. Lydon, for L 326. Of 12 sections in the township of Clive, 12 were sold at an advance of rather more than LI on the upset price of L 6 10s. The eleven town sections at Mahia were passed in, with the exception of three which were knocked (biv.n to Mr. Knowles at the upset price. The block of head town sections found no bu f'l's. A good many of the Tarana town set ions were sold, some realising about L 3. The price of rural sections in Woodville, Te Hawta, and Whakaruatapu realised well. The total received for leases was L 3076 15s j Gd. 1