TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1070, 24 September 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. beptember -3. Nothing has been heard of the missing man Houghton. The police have dragged wells in the neighborhood of his residence. but without any trace being found. The Postmaster-Genera! invites competive designs for new Telegraph and Post Ollices. The premium for the approved design is LIOO ; for second, LuO. The ship Matilda, which was in a damrerous position yesterday, arrived in the harbor this morning. She lost her anchor and UO fathoms of chain, owing to the windlass breaking. Had the vessel taken a pilot in the Jirst place she would have escaped all danger. NEW 7'LYMOUTi f. September 2, r J. The Parihaka meeting has terminated, i Wi Parara was present, and submitted to j To V.'hiti ihe m.ti.ifc -to drawn up by the j Native (.'•aiiiukteo in Wellington. 3Li wanted To Whiti to agiv-j to the term* j stated therein, and that, ihe f|iiestion ot L-oniiseaied lands should be tried in til l Supreme Court. 'Te Whui would, nor listen to Wi Pa rat a. He said he recognised no one higher liiau himself, lie. said ho was the Lord before whom all tilings were to be tried. lie was the supreme power, and no one ir.d the power or right to deny it ; also, that it was people like Wi Pa rata. and those who were at P,,nek<: ('A'e'iiir.-ton) who covered themselves with a blanker— live on the money ] j '.riven them by ihe Government--that were

j iho can:-;o of ii!l tl;o evil. I'arata left for I V.'eliingron yesterday, having thoroughly | failed in his mission. I Edward Thomas Evans war; chrmred at ; tha I'tiiii;-..- C-nirt to-d:>y v.irh ai:eiii;>HUj j to his wife "P. Saturday j Evans s.if<l thai pri.-:- .lier. when drunk. Iliad frciji'eutly ;!;ivaiened r o shoot her I :nul her children. and on a r -.-mor occasion attempted t'i do so. Prisoner v.a----c.nniii:f«-r trial. A second charge of auumptiiig io sKo'.J; his : n. a liny six years I'M. was then livj;ir«l. The lit: Ifi.oy Miivts his evidence very clearly—Ti;a< on oanmiay he w::- ..sloop on « sofa, when ho was awoke by Jiis father coming in and firing a at him. .-ok; afierv.iu'ds at his mother. Hirs. E vaus---deposed thai she tried to take the pistol away from l'.cr husband, hut failing, sho nm our, ami ho ran ::!>er her. Ho was the worse of liquor. Lie said when ho bought the pistol it was io shoot her. They had lived very happily till he had taken to drink. The police proved that when iha prisoner was arrested he was in bed with his children. He .said he did not know why he had acted as he had done. The prisoner was commit ted for trial. The prisoner is a small farmer, living at the German settlement, and came from Canterbury four or five years since. When sober ho is a very decent man, :nid respected by his n ekrh i ors. It I is said that when a boy he was kicked by a horse on the head, and since then when he drinks he cannot account for his actions. AUCKLAND. September 24. The .Steam Navigation Company has paid 7s Gd dividend per share with the proceeds of the sale of the Pretty Jane. Sailed: Waitaki, at 1 p.m., with the Southern and English mails. The Australia will sail this aftern non for Sydney. She was detained through discharging 500 tons of Auckland cargo. DUNEDJN. September 23. The Misse3 Wilson have both recovered from their injuries, and were well enough to leave the Hospital this morning in company with Mrs. Walter. The Secretary to the unemployed received a letter from Mr. Macandre.v today, in which he expressed sympathy with them, and referred to the means taken to ali'ord relief. The letter concluded as follows : —With respect to the resolution as to ;he employment; of convicts, I would point out that, as a rule, this does not interfere with free labor, inasmuch as it is for the most Dart confined to works

which otherwise would probably not be undertaken under present circumstances. As regaiv.s railway plant being manufactured within the Colony, the Government is fully alive to the importance of this, and has taken every possible action in that direction. It is hoped that ere long we may be in a position to manufacture our own locomotives. In the event of the Legislature agreeing to proposals which will lie submitted to it for the promotion of viiiage a:.d small farm settlement, I would suggest thai: the organised co-operation of those oil whose behalf you have addressed ine might be advantageous in successfully carrying out the object in view, and I shall be glad if you will make public the substance of this letter. At the City Council to-day Captain Russell, secretary to the New Zealand Underwriters' Association, forwarded the

~e following resolution carried by that body : i. "That the Fire Association of Dunedin :e intimate respectfully to the City Council 5- of Dunedin that the time has arrived >i when a more perfect means of extinguishing fires and saving Fife be devised and adopted, and that the Council be asked to it take the unit tor into their immediate conn sideration." The matter was referred to the Fire Brigade Committee. At this afternoon's meeting of the City s Council the following communication was i- read from Captain IVtr.rphv. of the 11 Dunedin Volunteer Fire Brigade : •• On behalf of ilie members of the Dunedin \ obmteer Fire Brit-ado. I have to rcspeery . fiiiiy Tr you will r.-t:co the ■ i vr-ps t«» i;.>:• I a:t in.sniry ai the action of the Brigade at iho hue '■ 'ctairon fl From the various 1111- . founded reports in circulation, the Brigade i deem in necessary that such inquiryshoulu l rake place. It was resolved that it was , nor- necessary to hold an inquiry as the j veruici of the coroners jury completely ; exonerated the Brigade. vrAXf.'AXTL September 24. The coroner's enquiry into the Taupo (juay fire occupied ail day. The jurv roturned the following verdict :—" TJie •' jury find that the iire originated in William [Cell's side store, but, although - the depositions present several suspicious ' circumstances, }-et there is not sufficient ' evidence to enable the jury to decide as to tlie origin of the lire." The jury 1 added as a rider—" That the conduct of i rho Insurance Companies is censur- • able, in so far that the properties destroyed were over-insured, , and thinks they should generally exercise more care in ascertaining the value before I accepting risks. Further, the jury desire • to put on record their sense of the great i. value of the water supply ami the services ' <>f the 3? ire Brigade, believing that much ; property has been saved thereby." ; GEEYTOWN. September 24. A man named Daniell has been missing ; from ihe railway works since Sunday. One hundred men have searched for him without success. He is supposed to have been lost, in the bush, as he was suffering from dcUrU'M trrhw.nx, ! balmerston north. September 23. There was much excitement to-day at Palmerston North, by the report that a survey party, at present at Fitzlierbert, . had discovered a low saddle across the hills to AJasterton. The settlers always held, that there was a track right across. 1 TIAIAUU. September 23. A man named David Loach was arrested at Temukii yesterday evening on a charge of being concerned in a tire which took place there on Saturday. He was, however, released later on, having clearly .• proven thai he was not near tiic spot at 1 the time of the iire.