TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1166, 12 January 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS. ASSOCIATION,) ' WELLINGTON. January 11. A stabbing caße occurred on Friday night. It appears that two seamen belonging to the barqe Bebbington had a fight, when one of.them, named Alexander Martin took a sheaf knife and severely stabbed the other man in the neck, making three incised wounds. It it stated that the captain and the doctor of the baique tried to hush up the matter_. and the police getting wind of it, have arrested Martin for unlawfully wounding: January 12.

Mr. Ludwig, a well-known jeweller, died on Saturday, and Mr. Shaw, also a well-known jeweller, died . last night. Dropsy was the c&use of death in both cases. -

The civil sittings of the Supreme Court were adjourned. , Alexander Martin, charged with cutting and wounding, has been remanded.

AUCKLAND. January 11. Tiioa, Vernon, charged with unshipping uncustomed good, to wjt a quantity of drapery, to defraud the Customs, was. fined LIOO, and costs L 3 10s. Mohi Tawhaia, M.H.R,, for Northern District, leaves for Wellington, having been telegraphed for to proceed at once, being required as one of tho Waimate Plains Commissioners. For some time past rumors have been circulated about a Ngaruawahia goldfield. To-day tho result of a trial test made at tho Thames was received. The result was 50 specs as fine as flour from 150ozs of quartz. At a mooting of tho Acclimatisation Society a letter was read from the Premier, requesting Mr. J, C, Firth to undertake tho unpacking and tranafor of whito ova from tho mail Btoamor and forwarding them to their destination, Tho total number of boxes is 41, 11 of which aro for Auckland. It was agreed that Mr. Firth (should doposit tho ova in Lakes Tarawora and Taupo, tho Council guaranteeing tho oxponees of transport.

Mr. Firth said he would have one of the parcels of ova put in the Domain ponds by way of experiment, and would afterwards place the young fish in Lake Waikato. . January 11. The Ben Nevis has arrived from T.ondon with 166 passengers, and some prize cattle.

"f - PORT ~ ' "• £:•'■ / January rived ixpia Londpnj after a paaaaige mg?7-: days. brinp]loo^3tons 140 the voyage, tha¥rof a cmld, ancbihereVere two deaths. Captain Fergusaon reports passing in sight of Gough's Island and the Crozet^Gi oup, and says he saw no signs of life ou eititer, ; ? -«.•«- V. mahana oiTthe GreaS Barrier were'not so seriousias^was^expected.-.^Oneof.the'Btar-"plates, abreast;of the. ioweyer'i fegve'rely; in* dented for about seven feet o,f its length.. It Easr ~been removed,' and re-riyetted ihtoiits plac.e,?aii'd'is;looking as well as ever. - - DUNEDIN. January 12. At the City Police Court Charles Bilson, with five aliases, received twelve .months for stealing a coat. Seven previous convictions for larceny, since 1876, were proved against the prisoner. William Watson received twelve months oh two charges of stealing horse harness and saddlery. The quarterly attendance at the Otago schools for the quarter which ended December was 16,679 at the beginning and 17,784 at the end of the quarter. The average attendance was 7732 boys and 6905 girls, which is an increase of 1236 on the previous quarter, and the highest number ever attained in Otago. No new schools were opened during the quarter.

CHRISTCHURCH. January 10. A man named William Connelly, alias Malloy, was arrested this afternoon for being concerned in the riot. The accused was employed by Barrett on the tramway works.

: A meeting of persons interested in the New Zealand Rifle Association's contest, to be held in Nelson on March 2nd, is called for Wednesday evening, with a view of inducing representatives to go up. The Star to-night, commenting on the unpreparedness of the Crown Prosecutor to assist the Judge by advice in response his invitation when the panel had been exhausted in the riot cases, quotes the somewhat analogous case of the trial of the murderers of Inspector Price at Williamstown, which occurred some years ago in Victoria, when in that instance the panel had been nearly exhausted. The reply to Justice Barry as to what course the Crown purposed taking was the prompt withdrawal of a sufficient number of prisoners to bring the challenges Within the resources of the jury panel, and the trial proceeded. January 12.

The harvesting of oats oh the north line, in the Kowai, Eyreton, and Waikuku districts, commenced to-day, with every prospect of splendid returns. The tenders iov tying and sto'oking" sent in range from six shillings to nine shillings per acre. The latter is thought to be full the price, and will be fairly earned on some heavy crops. : Should the dry weather continue, the wheat crops in the Ashley county will be ready for harvesting in a fortnight. Several capital hay crops were got in last week.

The opera company arrived from the South on Saturday afternoon, and open this evening in " Un Ballo in Maschera." Young Scott, the pedestrian, who is matched against Edwards for two hundred pounds, opens a walking exhibition here in the Rink, on Friday next. In view of the grand harvest prospects, the Canterbury Farmers' Corn Exchange has been attended with renewed life, and at a-meeting held on Saturday; it jvas stated that lately there had been a large accession of members.- .

Two wooden houses in Sydenham had a narrow escape from being burned down on Saturday night, through a gorse fence in the vicinity catching fire. '' They were saved through the strenuous exertions of a number of persons, the large" body of flame being extinguished when the escape of the premises seemed hopeless. At the Supreme Court this morning, His Honor said that on account of the inconyenionce, public and' private, he would not challenge jurors separately. After four challenges—ohe^'by the Crowd and three by Mr. Joynt- a jury was empanneled, the rioters'' beihg tried together. The case is now going on. The evidence is similar to that given in the .Magistrate's Court." It is said a large number of witnesses will be produced to prove an alibi.