TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 807, 12 November 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. November 11. Tho Court of Appeal has been formally opened to-day, and adjourned till to-mor-row. The weather is remarkably fine to-day, and the excursions round tiio harbor are largely patronised. There was an immense attendance at the sports, but none of the events displayed any remarkable incident. November 12. The statement that Mr. George M'Cullpch Heed has been appointed Immigration Agent

for two years, is confirmed. He expects to •leave the Colony next month. A singular case has just come to light. It has been found that a settler named Wood, residing at the Wain'uiomata Valley, seven miles from the Htitt, has had his sister, a violent lunatic, under restraint in his own house for over twenty years. Mr. Mansford, R.M., was authorised by the Government to ascertain the truth of the information. On visiting the place, he found whore the lunatic v,-as habitually kept wa3 a little den of about 6 feet square, one side being occupied with a closet, and the other -with the creature's bunk. Mr. Mansford said the case -vvas a bad one. It is reported that the woman ha 3 been subject to ill-usage, but upon that point there has been no examination yet. Woods is reported to be a very worthy and industrious settler.

CHRISTCHURCH. November 11. The Mayor of Sydenham was re-elected without opposition. It was not known by the general public that to-day had been gazetted a public holiday by the Governor. It is not kept by the public, though Sunday hours are kept at the telegraph offices, and the public offices are closed. Novemer 12. At the sale of Mr. Gilligan's racing stud yesterday there was a large attendance. Danebury was bought by Mr. R. Valiance for LSOO ; Laertes, "bought by Mr. J. Walker, of Wauganui, for L 475 ; Fiction, by Mr. Butler, for L 250 : Mufti, by Mr. R. Mason, for L 425 ; Lady of the Lake, by Mr. Walker, for L 95 guineas ; Songster, by Mr. W. Black, for L2JS; and Javelin was bought in at L 775. At the sale of prize stock, Prince William realised 240 guineas ; Moa Flat, L 22 0; Awamoa, 100 guineas ; White Butterfly, 115 guineas. - ♦ AUCKLAND. November 11. The dead body of a newly born male child was found this morning at the North Shore, under the following suspicious circumstances :—A man named Hugh Jones, a laborer, was going to work in Oliver May's timber-yard, when ho saw a bag, apparently with something in it, floating at high-water mark. He cut open the bag and shook it, when out upon the sands fell a kit, covered with a net, containing the body of an infant. It had not been in the water more than a day, as decomposition had not set in. There is no clue to the perpetrator. The dispute with the contractors about the leak in the dock is settled. Mr. J. S. Macfarlane, M.H.R., gives his parliamentary honorarium for tho school library. TIMARU. November 12. The following letter from the Hon. .T. Macamlrew to Mr. F. Archer, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, has been received :—" Ton new rates for haulage have been submitted, and are now being considered by tho Government. They will be gazetted most likely next week. The Thnaru station extension has been ordered to be proceeded with as soon as the necessary plans and estimates can be got ready.