TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 889, 20 February 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

x-::i:-"- .\s.-'')f'i.vnn>;). February 10. There are few :iltc-r:tti■ .us in the betting •>n the races. or v.ns scvsitelicrt at 0.15 tliis morning for ail liis engagements at ihe Duneilin meeting. Tho Governor declined the invitation ■>f the 3l:iyor i:<l Councillors of Pore i'iiairner.s to iilii.-;; :>t Dodson's Hotel thi re. February 20. Tin; Governor's levee was very poorly a-tended. ami only about two dozen '■■>-i[.!es patronised tiic ball r.t the Princess Theatre in honor of the occasion. A statement ha:-. Lee;- prepared by the Ci;v Treasurer showing the financial position of the Corporation. The 1 >;il:uicc of ioasis to the credit of th« Council if L 7 f. fO:?. U!".4f)o worth of bonds remain •infold in the hands of the l>anl; at Lunloll. The weather to-day is very sultry. CHIUrSTCHUECir. February 10. An accident happened to a boy named Riccarts in port this morning. Pie fell oil' an iron tank ou which l;e was playing and broke his arm. The manager of the Xew Zealand Shipping Company has received the following telegram, dated Port Chalmers, from Lord Hervey Phipps, A.D.C. : His Excellency the Governor desires me ; through you, to thr.nl: the captains of the New Zealand Company's, and the rest- of the ships in port, for the manner in which they showed their respect for Her .Majesty's representative on his leaving Lyttelton yesterday afternoon. Had a .splendid passage down. Lady Xormanby had a good night." Two of tho thieving fishermen who pillaged tha schooner Clyde, lying oil the Ninety Mile Leach, were sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment each. At the Lyttelton Police Court to-day, Keith, the man who put the cattle on board the railway trucks some time ago when a number of them were suffocated on a journey to Lyttelton, as reported in :>. previous telegram, was charged with torturing cattle. The Bench dismissed the casu. a:; they were of opinion that it did not conio under the provisions of the Act.

About 500 objections have been sent in against this year's assessments. Even should the -whole of these objections be allowed, which is highly improbable, the total assessments of the city this year will amount to over L 205,000, being an increase of Ly7,000 on last year's assessment. The ratable value of Christcliurch for 1878 was LIGS.OS-i. By recent San Francisco mail the Railway Dcparment received advices of the shipment of fifty additional sets of ironwork for low-side waggons, per the G. 8.5., from London. These waggons are intended for the Cliristchurch section. As the vessel sailed on 12th December, she may be expected to arrive in the course of two or three weeks.

The Canterbury interior railway is to be commenced at once, instructions having been given the Railway Engineer to begin the earthwork on tjie Temuka, Rangitata, and Oxford-Malvern sections. The wreck of the Clyde was bought for L3lO by Mr. "W. Wood. The": cargo was sold at satisfactory prices. ' - AUCKLAND. • • L ; ; j iFebruary 20. ' :;The officers of the German War ship Ariadne invited a party of ladies arid gentlemeii to a pic-nic at Stokes' Point, and :a'*ball on their return to the ship. ' The parishioners of St. Matthews have invited the Rev. Mr. Hassard to return from England to this charge. The volunteers are raising subscriptions for the purpose of erecting a monument over the grave of Major Gordon. Two of the Sappliire crew adjourned near Government House to settle a difficulty, and both were severely punished. The Engineer Company have decided to pay Sapper Allen's expenses to Nelson to compete for the company at the forthcoming Rifle Association meeting. TIMARU. February 10. Typhoid fever cases show a marked diminution in number. WESTPORT. February 20. The wife of Charles Sibrie, alias Yankee Charlie, gave information to Constable Callaghan sufficient to warrant the arrest of Sibrie for the murder of Thomas Castcllo, at Boatman's Creek, Recfton, in 1872. At the time of the murder, Sibrie and another were tried, but discharged. Sibrie and his wife have been quarrelling lately. . HOKITIKA. February 20. There was a heavy thunderstorm last evening. The rivers are flooded. The Augusta has sailed for Kaipara. The Isabella Anderson from Dunedin and Oamaru is in the roadstead. CARTERTON. February 20. The first Ram Fair under tlio auspices of the Waiyarapa Agricultural and Pastoral Society, was held to-day. The total entries are 200 rams and 50 ewes. The Lincolns are very good, and so are a few merinos. There is a closo competition in the Cotpwold olass between Napier and local entries. The fair is so far a great success. There is a large number of buyers on the ground.