TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1181, 29 January 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PKU PRESS* ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. January 28. Heavy floods in the Waingongoro River, on Monday, carried away the Koranui Company's bridge, lately erected. The perjury case of Johnston v. O'Connor, brought in the Resident Magistrate's Court, was dismissed. The Evening Post subscription in aid of the Irish Distress Fund has reached over L2OO. January 29. Mr. Henry Anderson retires from the partnership of the Chronicle. A fire broke out yesterday in a store attached to the Waihengo Hotel. The building and stock were completely destroyed. The totjii loss amounts to about L3OO. Messrs. Blundell Brothers, proprietors of the Evening Post, forwarded to-day tli3 first instalment of L2OO in aid of the Irish Distress Fund. Tho National Bank cabled the money Home free of charge.

DUNEPIN. January 29. J;imes Pont, a fisherman, was drowned thmuuh overbalancing himself from his boat when she missed stays. The Minister for Public Work's and the Minister for Justice to-day visited the Police Court, and expressed themselves at the inadequacy of the accommodation. Three men named John Mowatt, David M'Noill, and William Chalmers, have been arrested for sticking up a man at Green Island. cimisTcnuPvCH. January 2S. The New Zealand Shipping Company have declared the rate of freight for wheat to London at 50s a ton. The Municipal Conference held its first meeting this afternoon. The only business was the passing of resolutions affirming the desirableness of the formation of a New Zealand Association, and the other requesting the co-operation of all boroughs in the Middle Island. Further proceedings were postponed till answers arc received from the Municipalities in this island. January 29. Four applications have been received for the post of House Surgeon to the Christchui'ch Hospital. The Board has referred ihcm to the Medical Staff to report on the qualifications of the candidates. A controversy is going on in the newspapers relative to tlie alleged destructive proclivities of many of tlie small birds included in the Acclimatisation Society's shipment on the way from England. Some hold the opinion that they will be a second dose of the sparrows. _ • At the annual meeting of the Acclimatisation Society last evening several of the old members of Council werp ballotted out, and new men elected, The return for the last quarter of 1R79, for this education district, gives the following figures : —Total number of schools, 120; tofal male teachers, 171 ; female teachers, 187 ; serving mistresses, .33 ; children on tlie roll at tlie beginning, of the quarter, 14.009 ; at the end of the quarter, 15,230, viz., 7972 boys, and 725S girls; strict average attendance; L 11,005 ; working average, 11,381. John Partridge has gained a scholarship in connection with the School of Agriculture in the Canterbury College. At a meeting of the Review Committee arul p, deputation from the hotel-keepers yesterday, the latter said they wore prevailed to cater for the volunteers at the price named by the Committee ; also to subscribe liberally to the fund, but were not in a position to find sleeping accommodation, owing-to the race meeting being held at the same time. . It was eventually decided to adjourn the meeting till Friday, and in the meantime find out what can be done in the way of sleeping accommodation. Tho Lincolnshire delegates visjted the Addington sale yards j'esterday while the sales were going on, and evinced consider? able.interest in the stock yarded. Thov were afterwards- at the Land Office, and then went over some farms in the Spreydon district. Thence they went to Sir Cracroft Wilson's Cashmere Estate. AUCKLAND. January 28. ■ Neil Dulbery, charged with stealing a cat worth L2 fro.n Captain Morris, of the barque Glimpse, was remanded for further inquiries. .

An inquest was held io-day at Alexandra on the body of Albert Bayliss, drowned while bathing with a number of companions in Mangapiko Creek. The boys being frightened, agreed to say /nothing about the matter, but one not being able tp rest, informed his mother next morning as a secret, who at once informed.thefather of the accident; Constable M'Leod recovered the body. A verdict of accidentally drowned was. returned. j "" V

ASHBURTOE". January 28. The reaper and binder, trial to-day was a great success. Six machines competed, three wire and three string binders. _ The gold medal was awarded to the Deering in the string binder class, and to the M'Cormick. in the wire binder class, the Johnston harvester'being highly commended in the former class. The Lincolnshire farmers' delegates visit Ashburton on Monday next. The weather for the past two days has been everything that can be desired for harvest operations.

NORMANBY. January 27. Major Goring and 02 men arrived at Kaikaki from Opunake on Monday afternoon, making in all 200 men, uuder Colonel Roberta. The camp was cleared, and placed in good order, and the men are hard at work at the road. There are no native visitors, and all the men are exceedingly well conducted. The camp is much pleasanter since the'rain of yesterdaj7 morning. January 29. The Constabulary are hard at work forming the road from the camp at Kaipipi towards Tauhe. The natives, who have hitherto kept aloof, came into camp about 40 strong, mostly men, with two drays and a spring cart, loaded with 30 kits of potatoes, one kit of peaches, four geese, two pigs, and seven fowls, which they presented to the camp through Ngatikawliia, who acted .as spokesmen and briefly said, " This is a present from us to Colonel Roberts and all his Europeans here assembled." Colonel Roberts briefly. thanked them, and the .band was ordered out to entertain the visitors. Besides Ngati, the principal native priest, there were present Pukia Karewai and Nguku, half-brother to Tito ELowaru. It is believed that the present was made by the orders of Te Whiti, who teaches them "If thine enemy hunger, feed him."

WANGANUI. January 29. The Wanganui regatta has been fixed for the 10th"March. The programme includes a Maiden Race for in rigged boats, of L 6 ; Champion Whale Boat, Ll2 and L 4 ; Junior Out-rigged,. L 7 and L 3 ; Scullers, L 5 ; Senior Inrigged, L2O and L 5 ; Canoe Race, L 3 ; Junior Inrigged, L 7 and L 3; Senior Outrigged, L 5 in plate ; Volunteers' Wha-leboat, LlO.

GRAHAMSTOWN. January 28. The land offered by the Waste Lands Board in the Te Arolia block was not suitable for small settlers, being a swamp without timber of any sort—in fact the timber mills are distant from the allotments offered. The Thames residents did not offer to purchase, as much better portions will yet be offered. The committee of the Thames Orphanage have decided to give an orphan, six months old, to a childless married couple, who are Protestants, notwithstanding a protest from the Catholic priest and congregation. The mother of the child died in tlie hospital, and the child was christened by Episcopalian and Catholic ministers, the latter claiming it. It seems that the child is illegitimate, and the Catholics say they will get the father to claim it. There is likely to be some trouble over the matter. A child, 2 years old, had a wonderful escape from death by drowning last evening. It appears that a disused well, 30 feet deep, had a defective covering, through which the child fell, and after, some minutes a man was lowered by a rope. He grasped the child under the water, and sustaining himself against the sides of the well, took off the rope and fastened it to the child, which was taken to the surface, where it was attended to and subsequently recovered. Caledonian shares were in demand yesterday morning in prospect of the directors jmrchasing the mine, but Mr. Howe's action in buying the property completely upset the calculation. It is creating great dissatisfaction.

WOODVILLE. January 29. The coach from Palmerston North to Napier this morning met with an accident at Stoney Creek, four miles from Palmer-! ston. Tlie coach upset, and Commissioner Booth, a passenger, was so much hurt that he had to be left behind. The other passengers escaped with slight biuises, and, after a few hours' delay, proceeded on their journey in a fresh coach, The accident was occasioned by the horses shying at a tent pitched in the road.