TELEGRAMS.
(PER Pr.ESS ASSOCIATION). WELLINGTON. August 5. A smart shock of earthquake was felt here at 7.45 this morning. The shock was a double one, and a few elapsed before the second shock. A Masonic Lodge under the Scottish Constitution is being formed at Masterton.
At a meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association last night, the balance-sheet showed the Association to be in a satisfactory financial position. It was agreed that the programme for the next firing at Nelson should be published three months before meeting.' DUNEDIN. August 4. A. W. Cummock, for larceny, has been sentenced to 12 months' hard labor, and on the charge of arson to eight years' penal servitude, the sentences to be cumulative. CHRISTCHURCH. August 5. The degree of B. A. of the New Zealand University was conferred to-day on Messrs. Frederick Fitchett and James Hay, both students of the Canterbury College. There was a large attendance. AUCKLAND. August 5. The anniversary gathering of the Carpenters' and joiners' Association passed off successfully. Arrived—Hero, from Sydney. Notwithstanding the stormy passage of the Hero, the racehorse Maid of Honor, imported to the order of Mr, J. Smith, arrived safely, GRAHAMSTOWN. August 4. The big pump resumed operations this afternoon. The water has risen since the stoppage within 235 feet of the surface. It will take a month to drain to the 400 feet level.
The Waiotahi crushed 140 for 152 ounces of gold,
BLENHEIM.
August 5,
A criminal action for libel will be brought against Hoherty at the next sittings of the Supreme Court. A slight shock of earthquake was felt here at about 7.45 this morning.
NEW PLYMOUTH,
August 4.
The County Council has decided to-day that a petition to the House of Representatives should be drawn up, and signed by the Chairman on behalf of the members, asking that the Constabulary be strengthened, and that the existing laws are insufficient to meet native disturbances, and that new laws be enacted re the entry by surveyors on confiscated land, and that roads be made through the lands.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1027, 5 August 1879, Page 2
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