TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 903, 8 March 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

r ! WELLINGTON: •■•:■; ..:..:. March 8. 1 The "" tTncle Tom" benefit.-last.night I realised about .lAoiov the Kaitangata i relief fnnd;. ; . . .-•, TheN.Z/L. &M.A. Co. has received a telegram as follows.:—London/March 3.—The' Competition in wool is decreasing, and quotations are now, on ail average, ¥d t»ld lower than they were at the open- - The : principal: decline has been in croisbreds. Seedy,.and ,burry : wools are neglected.,- -.{■•,:'■:-.■ .---': i'

• cfiRISTCHURCH. * . !•- • ■.:-.-.•.•. :.--■-. March 7. , ' -Notwithstanding . .the. . extraordinary efforts inade by.the Railway Department to keep tiie'iine clear of grain,, there were no less than"'24,4sß hags at the various stations on the Canterbury sections; last . evening. ~ - , • , .. •' 'Messrs.-Bird and' Paul's subscription in aid of the Kaitangata Fund amounts at present' to L33419s 2d. ' ! ■' • T-He-Ewe ; Fair-tools: :;place to-day, and was not a.gr-eat success. Out of 286 entries, only, four Jots met with purchasers, | at prices from 13s 6d to 15s. " : "'."'■" "•■•' WESTPOBT.; ■ . : . .. • March 7. ■ ■ M- the Resident Magistrate's Court to- : dav Sibree was: brought up charged with I the murder of Gostello, and was, at the - request of the police, discharged there r' being no evidence to Warrant his further, • detention. o " AUCKLAND. , • . March 7.

Mr J. M'Cosh Clark, Col,.Haultam, ■vncl Mr Peacock have been electedinembers of the Board of Education. They are, all secularists. • ■• - ■. ■ ' The City West poll was declared to-day, Mr Guldie said he accepted the position, and would maintain it as an ultra-secu-larist. : Mr. Dignan: said- the cause he had espoused was not yet lost. _ M6«r= Shappe and Ansen's Mercury Bav Mill have got 1000 logs, equal to 3 000 000 ft. of timber. The Whatipu i Mills '(G«thrie and Larnach's) got a capital drive last night. Particulars of other mills are not.to hand. March 8.

The Auckland Steamship Co. propose spending LISOO on the Pretty Jane, and to run her between OnehungaandWanganm, cailin" .at,the intermediate ports ; also to obtain -a new steamer, from England tor L7OOO for the east or west coast'trade. Jud«e Johnston is holding a Court at the Thames to determine the claims of, natives to the Thames foreshore before handin" it. as an endowment to the Harbor Board. Taipara and Hikorunga lay claims. . —,,■', i/i The Bpy of Islands Electoral Commission proceed t.. Whangaroa on Tuesday to take evi :iijce. Little of importance was elicited at Russell.

tNVERCARGILL. March 8. . •V Racine Club was formed last night. The opening meeting is to be held on the two days" following the Volunteer Demonstration in Easter. ; " •The Kaitangata Fund' is growing tp. large proportions. ■ ; '''■'-"•.-; , . ■■ The Glasgow; B.ank;Fui>dis ; clqsecL . A L-opd sun; has been-f orwarded. . | .