TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 893, 25 February 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

* tii Wellington*, tii February 24. th The Kaitaitgata disaster was alluded to nc in most of the churches yesterday. The nii papers all the rendering of assistance I «•' \» the survivors, tii. February 2">. an An extraordinary general meeting of pi' l he N.Z. Titanic Steel"Company, held last en night, continued the special resolutions v.i livasetl on the 20th January. du Tiic Working 3lcn*s Clnb have ap- vei wkited % committee to collect subserip- "' vrl tons for the Kaitangata sufferers. d» The Secretary of the Ritle Association ha .ltd some members of Committee have left be! «>r Nelson to inaice arrangements for the Hi orthcoming meeting. tio ciini.sTCHUßrn. i e February 2-1. vei The trial of the vibrator threshing; tin lachino, commenced on Saturday, was ! ing ontinued to-day. The machine threshed t'ui S bushels of oats in tiftcen minutes. we During the period ended last Saturday, th.-i 8,347 bags of grain were brought into I c hristchurch from the district between bul ■ahburton and the city. This is only re- the itrded as an earnest of what is to come, to 1

but the Department have had t>> put a special gram train on the main line already. ~-J^y AUCKLAND. February 25. sis ia the Herald fchaf Sir. Wgfffih isfin ; few&3£fee present, aecalar system of ejlacatiofaDf ""■■■'// [%i\ iThe GeSmin warship Ariadne is ex-: peqtied to iaij; on atjpjit Friday- She lias bfeen folljTngge& since arrival. The native.meeting at Orakei, liiider the Presidentship of the 'Chief, begins to-day. The distribution of food, &c, took place yesterday. The native meeting in Waikato will take place on the 16th of March. Tawhaio has returned to Hikurangi. The natives are conveying food down. A man, supposed to be a brother of Winiata(ahalf-caste v.'hc-murdered Packer, at Epsom), stole a coat.from, a store at Ngaruawahia, and was captured by Constable Hobson and Mr. Byrne, after an exciting chase through the ranges. The Commission far Higher Education 'finished its enquiry to-day. The result will not be known until the report is presented to Parliament. Very lengthy evidence was taken respecting various schools and churches and religious trust;>. The notorious deserter My.is and I another prisoner broke their irons at two o'clock this morning on board the Snpphin-. but wery captured by the iiia-ier ;ii. -.-trin-s before getting overboard. Tin: news from the sfeamor Tatlpo in encouraging, it is expected that she will ! float to-day. Several parties irom Aucki land went doivn to buy her at a bargain, j and returned home disgusted. The VoiuntoL-rs from the Thames have arrived here .--« funic to Nelson to attend the meeting of the N.Z. Ritle Association. The representatives are—Thames Volunteers : Capt. Small, Sergt. Clarke, Sapper Kelly; Thames Naval Brigade, P. O. Thomas, P. O. Walker, P. O. Gordon, .Seamen Armstrong and Harris . Thames Scottish, Downing, Weir, M'Le.d, Lenton.aud Dicuk. The Hobson Company send Corporal M'Carty at their expense. Owing to the bolting of a carriage, [.fames M'Cosh Clarke, Mrs. Clarke, her j .sister, and the driver (Stephen Clarke) got shi-own out. Mrs. Clarke was slightly injured. The horses continued their flight, i running; to the front of the Choral Hall, [ami getting badly injured. The carriage ' was smashed to piece.-:. ! The Sapphire sails to-day fur England via Falkland Islands. 1 NEW PLYMOUTH. I February 24. Mr. Thompson, the new Collector of Customs, has arrived. Sir John Coode has telegraphed that his reports on the harbor plans will have London on the 15th March. February 20. The steamer Mokau will shortly takj a j .-argo of ih-iir and stores from Waitarato .Mokau. preparatory to the arrival of liewi and bis people, who are expected back from Taupo. Directions are received by tiie natives around Waitara to collect all the food at Waihi, so as to be convenient for the great meeting. Te Whiti has done so. Ilewi's parliament has just closed. He i advised the holding of meetings of all ! tribes over ihc island in their respective I districts, to arrange matters to be settled ' at a final meeting wiili the Government. ; Over 100 horsemen passed through New | Plyniuurh in one day from Parihaka. ! ORKYMOUTir. February 24. • The escort brought from Boatman's i Creek I'lScjozs retorted gold, the 'proceeds 'of "2'j'l tons of quartz from the Welcome i mii.e. Tin's is from blankets only, the : l.'Xes not yet being cleaned. Forty j.'iince.s of gold were washed up in two shifts in Napoleon Hill Co., alluvial, on Saturday. CISBOIiNE. February 24. A young m:.n named James Baker cut his throat at Onaonga. Jie was low spirited from low fever. A verdict of ' Suicide while of liiMouml mind was returned. i