TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1013, 19 July 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

5 (I'EIl I'KESS ASSOCIATION). >. WELLINGTON, k July 19. Dr. Hector has received the following official telegram from Sydney : —There is no authority for the statement in the press that the Exhibition does not open before the Ist October. It is impossible at present to tlx the dare, but it will 1 probably be towards the end of September, i The Secretary of the Exhibition in New Zealand leaves for Sydney, in the \\ akatipu, on the 31st inst., taking the bulk of the exhibits. Dr. Hector leaves .s>»>n alter, and in time tv superintend the arrangements. ! DI'NEDIX. t J>: v .S. l- Messrs. Ileid and Gray intend f<»r \ard'l in' to the Sydney Exhibition some very ■ e beautifully finished agricultural impleir inents. They area double-furrow plough. a reaping machine. a seed sower, and a IC set of ptilly blocks. Eacii of these hnple- " ments is as carefully made as the most " delicate machine, no pains having been ,1 spared to combine elegance with strength ifc and utility. i- A terrible and fatal accident happened :e at Messrs. Gibbs and CVs Cumberlandi- street sawmills yesterday, between three e and four o'clock. A lad named -'lark aged 10. was caught. uj) by the main '■ uhaft an J. dreadfully mutilated. His left 1 leg was broken, his right leg almost torn y of? below the knee, and his left arm | wrenched from the shoulder. He was j taken to the Hospital, autl died there 0 about 7.30 p.m. No person witnessedl k» the accident, but he had been seen play-

and it is supposed he was doing so when o: he was caught by it. Mr. W. N. Blair will leave for Welling- „ ton to-morrow, his presence and assistance g being required by the Minister of Public „ Works for the purpose of affording infor- fj matiou to the House of Representatives r) on various matters in his department. t j C HRISTC HUR.CH. " July 18. 0 The Lyttclton Harbor Board have de- „ termincd to connect their ofiices in Christ- j church and Lyttelton and pilot station at a the Heads by telephone if possible. , The s , c<.st is estimated at LSOO. The Lunatic v Asylum, two miles from town, which is already connected by telegraph with the i 5 tire brigade and police stations, will probnbly be furnished with a telephone appa- c ] rarus. v AUCKLAND. f July IS. j A third man, John jM'Carthy, has been arrested for having been concerned in the robberv of LlO from William Larside. s Juh* 10. j Mr. Rove states that he will not sup- rj port the motion of 110 confidence in the present Ministry while Fox is leader of . the Opposition, nor on any consideration £ will he support a party that makes one of ( its points of at tact opposition to the com- ] pletion of the Thames and Waikato rail- , wav. t i'iiu Hamilton bpinch extension of the , Waikato railway will be ready for use in a j fortnight if the authorities desire it. , The Thames people are commencing an 1 agitation in favor of the rigorous prosecu- ; tion of the Thames Valley railway. ; TI-MAEU. ] July IS. . At the Police Court to-day, Thomas Griliin was committed for trial at the ( ' Supreme Court for stealing a gold watch and chain, valued at L2O, from one ; M'Causland, of Oamaru. > It is understood that Mr. Stout, 111 ■ renly to the Harbor Board's request, has i given his opinion regarding a loan of ' L 25.000 io the Borough Council for waterworks purposes, and that it is to the ' effect that the Board cannot legally lend [. the money. L Early this morning the barque Renfrewshire's windlass, to which the cable 3 was fastened, went completely to pieces, u although there was very little sea at the s time. The windlass was a now patent. 1 After an examination had been held by is Captains Mills and Suter, the Renfrpw--1 shire left for Port Chalmers or LytteltQn c for a new windlass. She will go to which- * ever port the wind suits. The roadstead 1 is certainly not in fault this time, 0 ASHBURTOST. ; ; July 18. 1 The poll taken yesterday of the burgesses in favor or otherwise of the proc posed Municipal loan of L 15,000 resulted g in a majority of 05 in favor of the loan, il The Borough Council intend to place the ■a raising of the loan in the London market, through thu lj.uik or iNuw Zealand, h In compliance with the prayer of a numerously signed petition, tho Major 0 has called a public meeting for tho purt pwse <>f urging upon the Government the L J necessity for a new court-house, railway station, and other Government building in Ashburton. f* INVERCARGILL. Ie -.1 illy I*-'-j'i I William Crawford, bilker, died suddenly | in a bakehouse at Iliverton yesterday. •S | Heart disease is supposed to be tho cause " oi death. 11 Mdllc. Olga Duboin, Russian piamste, lC :l ve a performance last night at the Theatre Royal, and was received most enthusiastically, although the attendance I was i'.'iected Jjy the v/eathor.