TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1118, 18 November 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(l-r.K PKEiS A.'oOOIATIO.S-). WELLINGTON. November 18. At an inquest on the body of the man James Ta}*lor, who shot himself yesterday, a verdict of committed suicide while in a state of insanity was returned,

AUCKLAND. November 17. The mason 3 engaged upon Dempsey's railway reclamation contract not receiving their fortnight's pay this morning refused to proceed with the work. There is a twelve months' job for stonemasons, and this is now brought to a standstill. A man named Bradshaw, engaged at Hamilton,/" was charged at the Police Court' with attempting. to set fire to an outhouse at the Nottingham Hotel, and remanded. 1 Isaac Gynneth, a groom known as John White, was turning loose some horses from the stables,, when he got a kick from one of them, fracturing his skull. It is reared it will end fatally. Robert Graham is memorialising the Government relative to the Rotorua lands from which the late Government ejected him. About 1200 exhibits were received for the Sunday School Union Industrial Exhibition. November 18. A man named De Tretus, who left the Barrier Island in an open boat, is missing. It is believed that he i 3 drowned. Mr. Peacock has been re-elected as Mayor, without opposition. The Taiaroa sailed at noon with the southern English mails. DUNEDIN. November 17. A petition signed by over one hundred telegraph operators has been forwarded to the House of Representatives, through Mr. Dick. M.H.R., protesting against the proposed extension of the working day to eight hours, and the abolition of overtime. NELSON. November 18. The body of an infant was found close to the College grounds this morning, An inquest will be held this afternoon. TIMARU. November 17. Sir John Coode's report on the proposed Milford Harbor is decidedly unfavorable. Bishop Redwood consecrated the new church at Temuka yesterday. About 2000 persons witnessed the ceremony. WESTPORT. November 18. Mr. Nicholas Andrews, who has been driving for hard coal in the Wellington Company's mine for the last month, struck a splendid seam, fifteen feet thick, yesterday. The coal is beautifully hard and bright. The seam can be workod at once.