TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 811, 18 November 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

i WELLINGTON. | Novemer US. | A freeze from the south-cast swinging up to-ilay, the (.'arietta week broke into a, I thousanrl pieces, and entirely disappeared. | Captain Fairchild says that yesterday the ! north-west pile between three ami four : ! p.m. was the hardest lie ever experienced in j \ his whole life. The sail on the mi/.zen-mast. ' ■ which was made as snug as possible, was, I torn adrift and blown into ribbons. ; li is reported thai a most excellent sample j • .»;' graphite has been diseov, red in the; i northern portion of {his province, towards ! : Taranaki. I'r. Heel or considers it is an in- ; ■ diction of coal beds in the vicinity. j : November IH. | I The only nominations for the .Mayoralty | i ro-;i:vv a! 0 .Mr. Dranslield, the present! i Mayor, and .Mr. i hitchis...,. a late Mayor, j : An' exceedingly keen contest is expected.] | Three of the local papers support the former. ' j and the Chronicle the latter.' | AI'CKLAM;. ! November Hi. i No preparation has hecn made for any ! ' public reception of the Australian cricketers, ' expected on Tuesday by the mail steamer. j Regret is expressed at the absence of the I .Mayor, who entertained them before at his j own cost, and who intended to initiate- some ; suiiable welcome on their return. The Taupiri cord miners have again struck. i alleging that railway arrangements prevent ' them making full time. ; A woman named Sarah Monk attempted ; to strangle herself with a pair of braces, but ; her neighbors rescued her. She had been ! drinking. j November IS. j father Konneborry opened his mission to | a large congregation yesterday. dames Houghan, shoemaker, recently from ! Wellington, yesterday mounted the fi rebel! ; stand in (,>neon-street with an accordion., and ; gave an address on religion, mixed up with some remarks on medicine, lie rang the i hell, creating an alarm of tire. A. constable j seized, him, when he proclaimed himself I Christ, lie Mas taken into custody on a ' charge of being insane. | * ! WESTPORT. j November 10. | The Reefton coach met with another exj ccedingly narrow escape yesterday at the ' Nine-mile Creek, where the mountain torrent ! washed the horses oil' their legs, swamped the ! coach, and endangered the passengers' lives. ! November 18. i A mysterious tire occurred here early on j Sunday morning, destroying n large bnild■ing, the property of Messrs. Hooper and j Dodson, of Nelson. It was situated next to ! the Westport Times office. The building i destroyed was occupied as offices by the | Koranni Coal Company, Halcyon Quartz i Mining Company, and the local agency of i the Curator of Intestate Estates. All j papers connected with their affairs were de- | stroyed. "Win. Lloyd and Co.'s Secretary locked up tlrs building at 10.30, and asserts that all was then safe. No one lives in the building, nor had it any fireplace. The building was uninsured. The Fire Erigade ami citizens saved the adjacent buildings. The owner of a fruit store suffered some loss through the hurried removal of his effects. ■! An inquiry will be held. The Koramti Comj pany have duplicate plans of works, iu the j hands of the Government.