TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, 11 February 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(per press association.) . WELLINGTON. February 11. Thirty-two. mejnbers of the native contingent of tlie Armed Constabulary left for Nejw Plymouth .last- night to reinforce those now working on the roads. . ; Mr. F. A.-Krnli, merchant) has' been elected as the representative on tho Har■bor Board for 1 .L-sjJ • J 'cd' The steamer' lfanga ro.g landed the shore end of the cable at Wakapuaka. yesterday 'afternoon, after which slie left for Win 1 ganui. Sydney Smith,.belter, known as " Old Smith," an old died la3t night at tlie nze of 80. ' J - f .. Ilis Excellency the'-Governor leaves for ''the south in the Hinemoa.at 2 o'clock thi;j, aftoruoon.' ' 1 *"■' f .. It is stated tlVafc' ; nj.V ißxcoljeijcy .the Gov'einor the drawer of Foul Play in North's L2OOO swoop on tlie Wellington Cup. |

DUNEDIN. February 10. Within a few pounds of I 1000 has been subscribed to the Irish. Famine Fund in Dunedin and country districts. In coming up the harbor at ebb tide, tlie Arawata grounded at the Maori Kaik for a couple of .The Governor has intimated to the Jockey Club his intention of being present ou each day of the race,meeting." The City Council has decided Id reduce expenditure on day labor, which a.verages ; over 8s a 'day, and' costs : over.11(20,00.0. annually. •' Henry Fell, a prisoner undergoing sentence, has been committed for trial on a fuither charge of forgery. Petty Officer Morrison and Gunner Black, of the.DurieSin Naval Brigades and Mr. j. E:~ Hut'chinsbti, honorary member,* have entered for the A suicide of a man whose name is unknown has occurred. It i? reported/that* he went over to Vauxhall, cut his throaty and then - j name of Walter Pierce was found inscribed on a Dote-book-foimd on him'. c " ' " CHR.ISTCHURCH. February 10. Mr. Coiners, with his secretary and other officers of the department, leave here for Dunedin finally on Thursday next. The Government have accepted the tender of Mr. D. Reese for the erection of a male, ward at tlie - SunnysideMylurn, in continuation of the contract already on hand. The total cost of the two contracts now held bv Mr. "Reese amount to L 29.900.

A man named John Arthur Evans was drowned on Sunday "it the Waimakariri Gorge. He went.-' into; 'the ; river to swim with a mate. The latter came out to dry himself, leaving the other washing himself, and suddenly Evans was niissed.' Search was made in vain for upwards of an hour. On the same morning a young man named William Aclift'e, a-blacksmith, was drowned* at'Waikari. Deceased, though a good, swimmer, jumped into a hole twelve feet deep, and on rising made no attempt to swim,' but sank; again and was. drowned; It is believed, he had,, a sudden attack of cramp. L The Volunteer Engineers have presented Sergt.-Major . Manning; ' with a handsome tea and coffee service as an acknowledgment, of;.the interest- taken by him in forwarding the discipline v of the corps for the last six'years/ J ' j Pastor Chiniquy,lectured at Prebbletpn< last night, to an audience of over 600. The subject was ." .Rome aud Education." .In the course of his lecture, he strongly deprecated the present system of education | iii our State schools.

On Saturday a man named Donohue, working on M'GratliV contract for the extension of the northern line; 1 while shunting trucks, was jerked off the brake.' and received severe' bruises'on the thigh: He was b'rouglit;to the 'Christbhurcli Hospital last night." : At the first annual meeting of the Temperance Hotel Company yesterday, a resolution was, carried requesting tlie Directors to continue the calls according, to the prospectus, so as to proceed with' the erection of the hotel; as quickly as possible. .. - In the Marlborough district a preparation called Little's chemical fluid has been recently tried on 300 scabby sheep with excellent results.' ■ The matter is ; creating considerable interest in the district.

Tlie report presented at the sixth annual meeting of the Canterbury Sale Yards'; Company to-day showed a profit of L 049 os, an interim divideiid of 5 per cent, having been declared already, another dividend to a similar amount was declined. The Directors said that the dividends would be much higher in future. Fe! ruary 11. James Stevens, storekeeper at -AlfordForest, who was committed for trial a few days ago for the larceny of a.number of shirts, pleaded guilcy yesterday at the Ashburton Court to having an illicit still on his premise-s, and was fined LSO. Tlie Native Commission sat yesterday in the late. .Provincial Hall, and .the examination of the Reverend J. W. Stack, was resumed as to the Maori understanding of the reserves or promises of reserves embraced within a mahinga kai. At its rising the Commission adjourned to Dunedin, where it will sit on Monday next- Mr. Izard is ?t present in Dunedin working up the case for the Maoris. The Union Steamship Company have presented a cup of the value of 30 guineas to be shot for at the Nelson prize meeting. On Mr. J. S. W 7 hite's farm, Ohoka, near Ivaiapoi, a crop'of GO acres of barley lias just finished threshing, yielding 4222| ; , iiushels, equal to 70 bushels per acre. On the same farm a crop' of wheat will yield GO bushels to the acre. On a Maori run near Woodend, in the same district, Mr. Charles Watson has a paddock of beans estimated to yield. .95 bushels' per acre. In Waverley, also in the same district,: Mr. Whiiefoord, R.M.,. gathered the other day in his garden strawberries and white currants, six of the former weighing loz. each, and currants the size of small cherries. On Kaiapoi island the average length of oat straw is Gfc. Gin., and some of the crops will yield 80 bushels per acre. ; A conference of newspaper proprietors interested in the Press Association opened, here this morning at 10 o'clock. . AUCKLAND.. , T: . February 10. The City of New York arrived from San Francisco and Honolulu to-day. .She left; San Francisco on January 19, and Honolulu on January 27. She had fine -weather to Honolulu, which she reached, in six day's 21' hours'..ss minutes.. Her time froin'Honolulu to Auckland .was 12 days 20 hours 55 minutes. Slie brings for New Zealand 18'7 tons cargo and 321 bags mails. ... - r Carlotta Patti l is a through passenger by the mail steamer for Sydney. . , ' PALMERSTON NOR' IT. .February 11. ; The total proceeds, clear of all expenses, of . the .concert in aid of .the Irish Relief Fund was L 47 0s 10d. Mr. Dungan yesterday sen ta : cheque for that aiTi'ount to'the proprietors of the Wellington. Post. ! WESTPORT.. . . ' . . . . Febrnary 10., Stewart,' -who assaulted M'Lean, gave himself up, to the police tliis morning, and has been Ti'eriianded till. Frida.y, when M'Lean will be able to appear. ' - Thirty-five pounds were collected at the Catholic Church on Sunday for tlie relief of the Irish distress. .A..committee has been formed to collect subscriptions throughout -tlie,.district, i .; : V;" •' ' i IIAWERA. February 11. Sir Dillon Bell and Sir-William Fox, who are both in Ilawera, have engaged Mr. Furlong's house for tlire'e months as a residence, ; - ■ . J '.'. .k ' 1 '■ " Mr Bryee viaj.ted tho Kaikapi Camp -yesterday evening, anc| t went as far as Kaupokonui to" inspect* the site for the new camp, which liad_been selected by 'Colonel Roberts in tHe early part of the day; A mqve .forward tp Eaupprkongui as expected to-morrow. ' The work is being vigorously pij&lied< forward:; 1 ! Pa!y day passed at.,the, camp, without a..single drunk. " r -The weather continues exceedingly hot, and the dust is something fearful. INVERCARGILL. February 10. ~,.-J\lr. J. W. Bain, M,}T.R., has divided the half of his honorarium between the Hospital and Benevolent Institutions. Each received L 52 10a.

Severalcases of diphtheria have occurred of late, and some are under treatment at present. The ratepayers yesterday, by vote, decided in favor of borrowing a further loan of L 13,000 for town'" improvements and gasworks. _ r /, , '