TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 980, 10 June 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(per press association.). WELLINGTON." June 9. The amount agreed to be advanced by the Bank of Mew Zealand on account of the LIOO,OOO municipal: loan is LIO,OOO. The Governor will probably leave fov Auckland about Thursday. Everything is very, active at the Armed Constabulary depot here. The Government have received no later news from the West Coast. Some excellent specimens of goldbearing quartz, said to have been, obtained within the city, have been exhibited in town to-day. DUNEDIM. June 9. The venerable Archdeacon Edwards received a communication by the mail of Saturday, intimating that Bishop Nevill intended to leave England by the Lusitftnia this month.. The engineering establishment of Mr. M'Donald, at Milton, was totally destroyed. by fire .on Saturday, a bicycle being the only article saved. Tlie builcU ing and engine were insured in the Standard for L 420, and the Manchester Co. for LIOO-. ... CHRISTCHURCH. ; June 9. A woman name<d Mrs. Lawson, living in Lyttelton, fell down a bank at the back : of her house, Ton Saturday, and broke both bones of the left leg.above the ankle. ' The schooner Margaret, which has been lying in. the-river at Sumner, dragged her anchors on Saturday night, -when, there was a strong freeze blowing, arid got on to a ledge pf'rocks. Her rudder was knocked away, and a hole smashed into her bottom. .She will be floated off. Despite the complaint of want of employment, ono of the Resident Magistrates near Ghrigtchurob has had occasion to remark from the bench that there had been no diminution in the cases of drunkenness which had come before him. In Christchurch drunken men are to be seen just as frequently as ever. Yesterday, in broad daylight, three or four men in a very drunken state were to be seen in. different parts of the town. A man named Frost -yvas admitted to the Hospital on Saturday with a fractured

thigh, caused by a horse jamming him between two trees and throwing him. AUCKLAND. June 9. To-day an inquest was held at the Hospital on the body of Thos. Reece, who was killed at the sre at the Manukau Hotel, Onehunga, on Saturday morning. The cause of death was evidently a-stroke from a brick hurled by the explosion of a water-tank. The skull wis; found to be severely fractured. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. : June 10. : A native-named Ke Keta war has . discovered a, seam of coal on a block of . Government' land at Whangarei. ' Paulj of Orakei, gave a Maori feast' to Rewi, tlie Native Minister, and a'Ngapuhi chief. Afterwards speeches were made. Rewi said that Mr. Sheehan, the Native Minister, necessarily looked at things iEuropean'' point': of view. - When; to «ee him there, were as many Europeans wanting to see him as Maoris. Thereshould be a Maori-associated with JupL ip the ( Ministry. Mr, Sheehan re•pliod* and, after welcoming Rewi to his jaeogle, the Ngatiwatutuas, he asked Rewi, in a jocular style, if he would be Maori Minister: He called upon them to vote for .Rewi to occupy the office, and this was responded to by shouts of " Ae." Rewi said, " I don't object." Te Hemara then came forward and laid valuable greenstone at Rewi's feet as a present. WANGANUI. . June 10. At a meeting of the creditors of W. G. Watt, Marton, a composition of 5s in the £ was guaranteed by W. H. Watt, Wanganui, and accepted. The bankrupt and his father, attempted to exclude the press, but the creditors ultimately decided to admit them. INVERCARGILL. June 9. There was a demonstration to-day in honor of the occasion of the opening of the railway from Invercargill to Riverton, and it was quite a success. There was an excursion train to Riverton of 18 carriages, well filled, having two engines. The train was decorated with flags, evergreens, and flowers. The number would lie nearly 500, and included the Mayor and Corporation, and a number, of tlie principal citizens, the General Manager of the Christchurch Railways, Mr. Luckie (Commissioner of Government Annuities); Mr. Armstrong (Resident Locomotive Engineer), and Mr. Conyers (Commissioner of Railways). June 10. A public meeting held last night resolved to urge the construction of the Seaward Bush railway. WESTPQRT. June 9. An eight-ounce nugget was found in Lyell's Creek on Thursday. The Bishop of Nelson has purchased two sections at the Lyell, for. the purpose of building a church. The Limited Alpine last week obtained 2350zs of gold from 80 tons of stone. Up to Saturday 521 tons had been crushed, giving 7890za of gold. The final clearing up takes place on Friday next.