TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 983, 13 June 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

. - (pee peess association.) •. i "WELLINGTON. June 12. Sir Wo. Kteherberfc' has accepted , the Speakership the Codticil. Mr. H. Jackson, late Chief Surveyor is probable candidate for the Hutt. The shipowners of this port have resolved iqmake a general reduction of all classes 6f- wages .frbni 'captafas~7dowiF- . wards* ' The reduction-' will be- from ten-, to. twenty per cent. Tenders are invited here for erection 'of large central Post, and Offices in brick: "It is stated-aemi-officially. that the. Governmentwill proposed,an increase scale of land tax on properties valued at over LJLSOO. June 13. Alphonso Rush was committed for trial to-day, for perjnry committed at the trial against Mrs. Phillips for setting a house on fire at Kaiwarra. The City Council have resolved to petition the Government for a grant of 2000 acres of land in the Forty-mile Bush. DUNEDIN. June 12. The total contributions to the Kaitangata Relief Fund amount to upwards of L 15,000- Of this sum about LIO,OOO was collected in Otago alone, while fully half the total contributed iB represented by sums of LI and under. John Hyde Harris, Right Worshipful District Grand Master for the Province of Otago and Southland, E.C. has intimated to the various lodges under his jurisdiction, his desire that the members should wear masonic mourning for a period of three months, out qf respect to the memory of the late Brother John Lazar, D. G. M., for this province. June 13. At the Police Court, to-day, a charge against a Chinaman named Ah Lung of lightening and diminishing a rupee with the intent of passing it for half a crown, was remanded till Monday. AUCKLAND, June 13. Mr. J. A. Tole will address his constituents of Eden on Monday, on education and taxation. • It is stated that there is great dissatisfaction amongst the native claimants at the Court's decision regarding the Okarua Block, which may postpone the" settlement of the block! Judge Monro's decision in favor of the Ngatihinerangi and Ngatiraukawa tribes has disgusted them. They had left the block prior to the. treaty of Waitangi," and had not occupied it since ; hence the Judge's adverse decision. The natives from the West Coast districts, at the Native Land Court, Cambridge, stated that there will be no fighting, and that none was ever intended. Great preparations are being made for the Governor's reception. There will be triumphal arches ai>cl an illluminated address. A man named Bruce, who' went to Kawhia to purchase cattle for Hunter and Nolan, was turned back by the " Kingites," who are determined to pursue their old policy of isolation. CHBISTCHURCH. .Tune 12. The Harbor Board have decided to extend the time for receiving tenders for the graving dock to October 1. Their tug is to be sent to Wellington, to be put on the slip. To-day the Board accepted the tender of Hawkins and Co. for the reclamation works 011 the east side of the basin, a,t LB-J4O (is Bd, A solorrion has benn mnrle of views of . Christchurch and Canterbury scenery to be sent to the Exhibition. The pictures embrace a wide scope, and will give an idea, not only of the town, but of the appearance and natural comformation of all this part of the country. A furniture warehouse, in Sydenham, was set on fire last night. The flames were seen before they had. got a good hold and little damage was done. The fire raiser has not yet been discoverd.

NAPIER. June 12. The trial of M'Lonnan for wife murder is postponed till the December sittings of the Supreme Court, in order that inquiries may be made in England as to prisoner's antecedants. TIMARU. June 12. At the Supreme Court to-day, William Rogers, false pretences, was sentenced to 12 months; John Henry J.imes, unnatural offence, to four years ; Sarah Steele, forging and uttering, three days. This concluded the criminal calendar. Jonathan Allpress- obtained LIOO damages out of LIOOO : claimed, against J. D. Rogers, for malicious prosecution for embezzlement. GREYMOUTH. June 19. i Captain Bignell, of the Waipawa, who knows the country well, says that the volcanoes reported by Captain Conner are •simply caused by settlers burning land. NEW PLYMOUTH. June 13. The Nelson, schooner, from Oamaru, whilst entering the Waitara River yesterday, got on the North Spit. ;: She was got" ofi' during this .morning's tide, and is now unloading at the wharf. INYERCARGILL. June 13. At the Supreme Court yesterday, Charles Allen Young wits sentenced to five years for. .forgery and uttering; Patrick Kenny, for attempted rape, to two years' hard labor and 25 lashes with the cat-of-nine-tails. ■ These wiere the only convictions. Kenny, a stolid looking fellow., was. much r surprised when the whipping was mentioned.