TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 788, 21 October 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

♦ WELLINGTON. October 21. It js understood that the prorogation of Parliament wiU take plaice qn next Monday. —:—'» CHRISTCHURCH. October 21. The ship Waimate, which sails for England to, day, carries cargo of the value of LI3S,QQO, including LIOO,OOO worth of gold. The Jift? wiU Ije pp,eji fm teaffic to-day. The chess match between, the Canterbury and Wellington Clubs commenced on Saturday .evening by telegraph. A very few movss were ma4e r Tlje match will be resumed on next Saturday. The total p/'Qf.eeds of Mr. Millet's liyery stable were LSBOO. PATEA. October 19. Three roods four perches of Government land in Carlyle were auctioned to-day, and fetched upio' JjIO 17 s per foot, )?eing at the J rate of L2&S6 per acre. "Mr. Stuart," of Wei- j lington, bought two front sections ; 'aIJL the rest >yere sold to local "buyers. Two acres of back sectiops rgaljsed L 2741. NAPIER. Qctpber 19. A case of supposed small-pox at the Spit has been exciting some alarm during tlje last few days. The child afflicted with" the disorder is under medical treatment for smallpox, but it is considered by the medical attendant to be of a mild type. One medical man, however, says it is not small-pox at all. The boy was vaccinated in 1875. The Wanipga to-day contains an analogy in Maori' to Major Mair fdr'it' libel against t him in a lett.er published in'that, paper. The ] Wananga c|.oes not give tlie English version ' of the apology, but the following is a correct translation:—"A notice to all the This is a notice to all tribes and all people of the world.. It is all false and slanderous words of the letter of 'Te Arawa Katoa,' which were published in the Wananga, vol. 5, No. 27, page 342, speaking of Mr. Mair and his family, whom we have known over 30 years, and 'have neither seen, known, or heard anytning wrong of theui all those 1 years down to the present time. The words of that letter ' Te Arawa Katoa' are perfectly false, and without any foundation, for we know that they ,(,the Hairs) are descended from respectable people, and have been hold-, ing high positions all the days and years they have been in the island. They cannot

be accused by anyone of having done any wrong whatever. We are very sorry tliat'those lying accusations should?;-have been published in the Wananga by: mistake.— Editor Wananga. ■/.; .. • bhfeevers and Bent's Minstrels are drawing splendid houses here. Mdmlle. Cha,rbonette opens on Tuesday night. _