TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 875, 4 February 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

|PEE: PRE.-"* A*WtATlt»"}. Wellington*. February 4. Tin? annual meeting of the Wellington Tttf»t Loan am! Investment Company was held last night. A dividend of 12i per tent, for the.' year was declared. The annual meet ins; of the \\ cllinifton *'Jas Company has l>een held, ami a dividend »f !-"»" {'«•*" cent, for the year de(■tared- The Chairman stated that the fHrvetor* were carefully watching the {»«»- ■ fees* «i the electric ltcht at Home, and if it became necessary they would wk follower to pnrehase patents ami adopt the to use it in Wellington. There were a great number of applicants ' for the .SWwtaryship t» the Exhibition CotntnisstotJ. Government surveyors have iotmd an easy gradient f»r the" West Coast railway ! over the Paikakari""!. The. Commissioners on higher education propose to :,"•> to Auckland as so.>n as the examination of Chancellor «">d Registrar of the N.J*. Cntvendty is concluded. which wilt be »l»ne this week. A million »v,i of white fish are expected per next San Franciso steamer. An ke-house is being built on the Hinc- ■ mwv, which will take the ova south to Canterbury and Otay»», the main portion wins; to> Southland. l" An inquest on the fatal fire at Taita showed that the lamp exploded when on the Bm>r. white M'Kcnzic was working by it. The tamp had not been cleaned for tiri> month*. The Australia, with the London mails of the 2nd January, left San Francisco on the 21 st January*, one day late. The City of New York, with the January Colonial mails, arrived at San Francis©? on the 2flth January, one day in advance of contract time. The sulo of the reclaimed land to-day an audience of aW.t 400 people. Three blocks (Sns. 1,2, and G)arealrcady awhf, comprising eighteen sections, at prices ranging from L 42 to L7O per foot. One U pasactl at L4O. Tlie total: proceeds of lot* sold so far is L54,11»> las. The land sale has been concluded. About half-a-dozen lota were passed, at prices causing from LSI to L 153 per foot. The total amount realised was LW,PSS IGs.

DUSEDIN. February 3. A tender has been accepted for the survey of the Waimca Plains railway. Mr. Henderson is the successful tenderer for the survey ; amount, L2lO. Marion Johnston, one of the principal ttitneaae* in the Hit-or-Miss sly grog case, land in the charge of perjury arising I therefrom against Mrs. Reid, was charged at the Police Court this morning with '. perjury. Tl«e further hearing of the case is adjournal to Thursday next. February 4. A deputation including the Mayor of Kalctutha and Chairman of the Clutha County Council waitr.d on the Minister f..r I'wMic Works to-day and asked that a Juan of LIO.OOO should he granted by the (foverminnt (repayable in five years) for the re erection of the Clutha Bridge. The i luas and inconvcnicucc caused by thestop-

page of commerce sincathebridgewasswept : away wasrepresented in pathetic terms, and it was stated that there was sometimes a difficulty in getting the corpses of old residents ferried across to the cemetery. The Minister expressed his heartfelt sympathy, but referred to the heavy demands of a similar character made on the Government, and said he did not think more than half the amount asked for could be advanced. Eventually he promised to give a definite reply to-morrow. A member of the Albion Cricket Club named David Thompson was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for breaking into a box where cricketing material was kept and stealing a pair of cricketing boots belonging to another member. The weather, which has been fearfully boisterous and wet since Saturday, has now cleared up. CHRISTCHURCH. February 3. Two deaths have occurred at the quarantine station. One, an infant, on Sunday, the other yesterday, a girl seven vears old. The annual cricket match between Otago and Canterburj' commences on Mondaj-. Only four or five of the Victorian team will play with our eleven. Mrs. Groves, a well-known resident of Kaiapoi, died suddenly of heart disease vesterdaj'. She was found about 10 a.m. "lying dead in her garden. At the inquest it was ascertained that death resulted from apoplexj". AUCKLAND. February 4. The Government are expending L4OO in the renovation of Government House and grounds in anticipation of the arrival of Sir Hercules Robinson. Miss Shenvin gave a farewell concert before leaving for San Francisco. Ah Hung, on behalf of Chinese gardeners, has made an offer to lease land from the Domain Board, which has been accepted. Arrived—The German frigate Ariadne, Captain Von Werner, from the Islands, to relit. INVEKCARGILL. February 3. The lions. Messrs. Stout and Ballance visited Kivcrton to-day, and were interviewed by a deputation with regard to the borrowing powers of Count}- Councils. Mr. Ballance. replying, said that it was proposed to place County Councils in the same position as Municipalities ; that was, to give them unlimited borrowing powers, subject to the sanction of tho ratepayers. February 4. Great improvement is reported in Mr. Convent' condition.

NAI'IKR. February 3. Information was received in town yes-t.-rcbv that, on Saturday night, John I {arc" was arrested at Farndon, charged with burglary upon the premises of Mr. White. of the Farndon Hotel. It appears that White had missed, lately, a considerable portion of the stock he kept in his store, and had been imputing dishonesty t.. his sonants and others in the house .-T.ntndlesslv. On Saturday evening, I something lit the manner of Hare aroused ! suspicions in Mr. White's mind, and he I kept watch upon his movements, and about 10 p.m. saw him go round the house, open the store, and go in. White I was on the balcony at the time, but Liticklv slid down, "fastening Hare, and (sent f"..r Constable Motley. Hare was thi-ti found to have a bottle of brandy in his possession, which White alleges to be his property. It is stated that Hare ob- [ tatiiud entrance to the store with the aid iof a skeleton key. Hare was brought into I Napier Hospital to-day, as he was sutler- | in- from the effects of a fit. He is now ; in a verv precarious condition. j A man named IVter Regan, who was 1 down fr-m T.h.ga Ray. charged «irh lunacy, and who attempted to ctiimir suicide by cutting his throat, was i h;.,wjhi tij» at the Re.-ident Magistrate's ■C'.urt. C.Sisborne. on Saturday last, and ! committed for trial.

TIMAKU. February '•'>■ The Hospital Commission held an inijiiirv to-dav r>: the circumstances attending "the death of Peter Cassidy about a wwk ago. and the result was that they I .Ueidod that the visiting surgeon was to !' hhiiu- for not informing the steward as to ! this nature of deceased's complaint, and I nf.t visiting him later in the evening ; and i that the steward was very much to blame [ i\.r allowing deceased to be entirely neglected for some live hours at night.