TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 892, 24 February 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

= —- (PER TRESS ASSOCIATION). WELLINGTON. February 22. I Mr. John Kebbell, an old settler, was > found dead in his garden, close to his own '■ door, this morning. The cause of death ; was heart disease. A Gazette issued to-day announces that ■ letters to Bolivar, Chili, Ecuador, and Peru, via San Francisco and Panama, will be charged Is Cd for every half-ounce, and newspapers 2d. DTTNEDLN. February 23. Mr. J. A. Mackenzie, the legal manager of the Cromwell Goldmining Company, at Bendigo, this morning received the following telegram from the mine manager : " Cake deposited weighing 524 ounces, the proceeds of a crushing of 470 tons." The police are inquiring into a mysterious circumstance reported from the Tomahawk. Three daughter?, g* Mr. Robert Duckworth, a scttiva.- who resides near the lagoon there, allege that towards dusk on "Thursday they observed a man, who was dressed in a gray suit, and evidently under the influence of liquor, walk into the sea, and soon disappear beneath the waves. February 24. Leary, a respectable-looking man, who to improve tly..' dui'.ing hour by stealing Signal- Moriej 's umbrella on the day ui; the Governor's demonstration, made an affecting disphvy in the dock tn-fbiy by pleading poverty, and got oil' with twenty-four hour.V imprisonment. A number o'° Uio "fancy" have been taken in on the course by a tract distributor. They eagerly beseiged him for the " straight tip," but received instead a ! •Society tract headed " This way to the i pit," " A TTr.Kr.A^n j?uui . muj __ On dit that Dr. Kenderdine's services as medical attendant to the Maoris has ; been dispensed with by the Government, 1 and that instead of fees, as hitherto, Dr. ! Lee has been appointed at a permanent ' salary. _ ' The schooners Venture and Waiwora ' have arrived nvu Norfolk Island, but j brhigs no j,-.,« uf importance. Off the ; North Cape, the Venture got in the ' centre of several schools of whales, which ] she fired into, fearing they might injure j her centre board. ' February 24. j Major Te "Wheoro's daughter died of \ typhoid fever yesterday at Auckland, where she was at a boarding school. ! The volunteers propose raising a sub- : stantial token to the widow and family of ] the late Major Gordon, to show the esteem j in which he was held. Livingstone, chief clerk in the Post Office, has gone Home on leave, having : fallen heir to considerable property. ' Henderson's Mill Turf Club races were \ greatly marred by drizzling rain. The : officers of +.hp German war ship Ariadne • wei-G amongst tho visitors. Phillips, schoolmaster, has presented a ; petition and a petition was presented from - the Thames for the establishment of a ] High School there, and was examined at length. NAPIER. February 24. • Karaitiana Takamoana, the Maori member of the House of Representatives for ' the East Coast, died this morning. He • had been ailing for a considerable time. His mind was also affected. A memorial is being numerously signed for presentation to the Napier Harbor Board to-morrow, praying the Board to bring under the notice of the Government the urgent need for proceeding with the erection of tlie Port Ahuriri bridge. INVERCARGILL. February 23 On Saturday, a man named F. C. Bennett was brought to town under charge of a constable. He was arrested at Oamaru on a warrant, charged with having issued a number of false cheques. It appears that he gave these cheques, amounting to about LIOO, in payment of wages and goods. He was a contractor, and a number of laboring men are sufferers. \ February 24. The advantage of through railway com- * munication is shown in the fact that a J number of persons from Wellington visited • here on Saturday, apparently to " spy out < the land." People of a superior class j (quite a large number) will take advantage ' of the single fare excursion to the Dunedin * races. 1 TIMARU. i February 23. s The total sum realised on Saturday by t the sale of the privileges in connectioji t with the forthcoming race-meeting here 1 was L 385 10s. *' 1 ' '" I