TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 10010, 16 July 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. July 15. At a meeting of the Sydney Exhibition Comipittep ygpterday, a detailed progress fepopfc was presented by p.r, Hector, from •ft-high it appeared that a sun? of L 405 5s 5d had been sgtually. spent or advanced to local committees up to the 30th June. The Commissioners have voted additional sums amounting to LlOlB 2s Gd for the use of' local committees, aiid as special grants to exhibitors, and also for the rent of 'St':"'G : eorge ; .s Hall-as a depot fop the reception and packing gf exnibits to the 9th of Aug«St 'next. The Commis-i sioners estimate that Lj},l4Q willbc the very smallest sum required to carry cue a i due representation of the colony. Two hundred and forty-three exhibitors are. now'entered on the draft catalogue. DUNEDIK July 16. The racehorses Rangitira and Lonehand, which arrived from Melbourne en route for Christchurch by the steamer Rotorua, were landed in splendid condition at Port Chalmers this forenoon. The City Council at' this afternoon's meeting instructed the finance committee to take immediate steps for obtaining the citizens' cojisent to the issue of a new loan of jJiODJOOO; for municipal purposes. A workman named Lewis Maioney, whilst trying to draw a charge of mite at the Logan's Point quarry yesterday afternpon, had his jaw fractured and both of his b,ands injured severely by the charge exploding. CHRISTCEURCE. July 15. An action for libel has been entered by Mr. C. F. Barker, land agent, for an alleged libel in the Lyttelton Times of July 12, regarding his action in a Supreme Court case. -

AUCKLAND. July 15. A young man named William Bell was killed while bush falling near Dargaville, Kaipara. j A young girl named Saifah Home, committed to the Whau Asylum a few weeks ago, has escaped. A search has been made in all directions for the unfortunate^ girl, but no trace of her has yet been received. It is feared she has committed suicide. j The German warship Albatross sailed j for Samoa. An investigation .has taken place before j the Collector of Customs into the circum- j stances connected with the grounding of the brig Prairie at Whangarei. The evidence has been forwarded to Wellington. Peter Walsh, of Onehunga, has been sent to the Lunatic Asylum. Minnie Burke, a notorious offender, has been committed for trial for robbing Denis Sleeston of Ll2 10s. GREYMOUTH. July 15. The gold shipped from Greymouth from the Ist of January, 1879, to July 12th, 1879, is 40,8440z5. lOdwts., of the value of L 179,477. NAPIER. July 15. Carl Strodman, a Danish chemist, was to-day charged with the manslaughter of Mrs. Caroline Durvig, a Dane of Norsewood, by unskilful treatment during her confinement. The Resident Magistrate, thinking that no jury would convict, discharged him. A man named Hardy got in a furious temper with his wife to-day. They lived in a house which he had built upon a clearing in the bush belonging to the Hon. H. Russell. The wife and daughter ran out of the house, when he seized a gun and fired after them, the shot striking the door as they closed it. He then set fire to the house," which was burnt down. He was brought up at the Resident Magistrate's Court, charged with arson, but° as it could not be found that any second person had been injured by the fire, and as the house was not insured, the police withdrew the charge. He was then fined LI for assaulting his wife, and was sent to prison in default of finding sureties to keep the peace for six months. INVERCARGILL. July 15. A preliminary enquiry was held to-day into the stranding of the schooner Jane Anderson, at New River Heads, on the 3rd July. Evidence of a very contradictory nature was given by the pilot and captain, the former swearing that due signals were given, and the latter denying that such was the case. The decision of the Collector of Customs will be made known in due course.