TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1196, 16 February 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(I>ER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) : : . : .'February. 15.:: j The question of making some .provision for the Wellington unemployed is now receiving the careful consideration of th 4 Government. - > - : Telegrams have ;been • received by .the Government to the effect that; although there had been some shots fired by Major Kemp and his "folio the Murimotu block,; they were not. aimed at anybody;, but were fired into "tile air' in mere bravado.;. : - !> .ki-...-.: .4: The Hon. ! Mr. Bryce:: returns to Wellington on Monday to consult his colleagues on various-public matters. Hp leaves again for Hawera almost immediately: ' • '• 1 ' : I It is, understood .thatitheifirst^ sitting iof the. ;Royal ; Commission on,.nati£e affairs will'.be;held;.on:the ; 23rd..! v,*>!•»..•>' i , 7w . : February-IG/.! ' Twenty-eight:' entries; have ;.been ,received' hei-e New Zealand. Riflfe '.Association's meeting atNelson. v >• •• : Dr.- Lemon ! has ,j receiV6d : a; t'elegrari) stating tliat" there " ire' two-' Irish ' relief funds,, oi.ite with;, the * Lord - Mayor..of 'Dublin ait ; its lifead', the other Duchess of Marlborough'. " j An inquiry is~proceeding at the Hutt into the circumstances connected, with the recent fir'6'at'pevferili's MtclieFs £htip.. i The" police ' s ha£e against Messrs. ' SMcaldjr' a'iifa ! "Stains, drapers, Mr. Charles Hill, hatter, Mr. Cogan, tailor, and Mrs. de Lauree, dressmaker, for violatioiis.pf/the Employment of Females Act. j r: ':r j

yCHRISTGHURCH. } Up to to-clay about GOO 'objections had been lodged against the city assessment. To-inorrow (Sunday) was the date on whicH. rccei[stJofJ ofojecGoris would close, but undor. the. provisions of,, the Act tpe Residetti:'-®i@Bti^W i C3deiS'ded the date ui\tiL~Mon(3ay.. f-3%\ r - •*>.HT ( February 16. |

Yesterday was by far the hottest day this season. At 2 p.m. the thennometjer registered 108 in the sun, and 90 in the shade.

A 24-hours' walking match for L 25 a-side has been arranged between W. Pentecost and C. Swan. The match will commence on Friday, sth March, and will be walked in the Oddfellows' Hall.

At a meeting of the Wanderers Cricket Club on Saturday evening, it was decided to send a team to Dunedin at Easter.

One of Canterbury's oLeLgst residents, Mr. G. Day, died ago at Sumner, aged eighty-fMipSffiß.sjAßfsl)ay arrived in afteir#ards««ame:tD^yit4ltcm^a]£iHgSumnesi aaa•lived ', ] : ai i\vC -S4H .. h Mm' X*. iitdlp,belonghig |to the Biitish empire were arrested thiswflernoSn on a charge of stealing a quantity of clothing belonging to Mr. Chambers, a passenger by the vessel. It is alleged that while having appropriated a quantity o'f wear--gpnj iiite jthe sea. " TEeTDofly'of'John Singleton, drowned been recovered...-,..,,, ' ; '-Ji ? ' \-J\ j JfE'WnPjCYMOIJTH." I February 14. i A large number of natives are passing through the town, on their way to PariHaka.

: Whilst raising a house to the level of a street this afternoon, when about four feet from the ground, the whole edifice collapsed, nearly killing the inmates. The house belonged to Sergt. Ryan of A.C. force, and Mrs. Ryan and her children were in the house at the time. , The Taranaki Rifle Volunteers will be represented at the New Zealand Rifle Association's meeting in Nelson by Lieut. Hoskins, Sergt. Olcey, Privates Howell, S. Hooker, and C. Barriball. February 16.

' The Native Commission has written to Te Whiti telling him that it will sit at Opunake to hear claims. Te Whiti sent back word that they had better come on Parihaka and hold their meeting there, as shat was where the natives resided, and .there were no natives living at Opunake. It is stated that with the exception of a jfew well-known local natives, none will ■put in an appearance before the Commis'sion at Opunake. \ Patrick Foley, the young man who was 'dragged with a rope round his neck for 500 yards by a horse he was untethering, ■died yesterday morning. j DUNEDIN. I' February 14. With reference to the missing whale■boat's crew, the names of the men left on ithv island are Charles Brown, headsman, iA.B., single ; a Swede, aged about 26 or 27 ; Thomas Dadey, A.8., aged 27 or 28, 'single ; Wm. Chapman, cook and steward, I married, without any family; G. M. : Booze, A.8., about 28 or 30, Canadian, isingle ; J. Lawson, Swede, single ; David iHunter, aged about 26, half-caste, belonging to liiverton, single ; Charles Garnett, about 25, English, single. The Awarua returns immediately to the Auckland Islands, when a thorough search will be made for the missing, but it is feared that they have perished. February 16. The members of Knox Church, by a majority of over 100, voted in favor of the introduction of instrumental music, but as the necessary majority was not obtained the matter lays in abeyance.

Tho tender of Messrs. Kincaid and M'Queen (L 4139) for the construction of a dredge for the Greymouth harbor works j has been accepted. James Robertson, a young man, met with a suspicious death at the Dumbarton Rock Hotel, four miles from Roxburgh, yesterday. A number of men were harvesting on the farm of the landlord, and four commenced card playing. M'Louglin and Robertson had a quarred, and during a scuffle Robertson received a blow on the head, causing instantaneous death. It is supposed .that, the bl<W:was. ..inflicted with an iron bar. has been arrested.,, . , VT , ~, .... A fiVe' occured 2 in" 'South Ward-/last night, by which y the s premises of/Mr. James 'Kennedy were;'"gutted'/'' The 'fire was caused, byva,kerqsene lampagniting a: clqth ]3ut .absent. The building was insured in'the National ofHce for _L4SO. ( The di vid ends paid' during thfe 'if&lf-year: ending Ja,nuary v .to,-jthey,shareholders, in j the Mountain Race Gold Mining Co.; (Blue Ducfi) 4tf- v Tiiik6is? of whom' 1 there axoounted ftq L 260 .each... , , , ; Guiiners Cufle^and"Sljardoii,' of the: DunSdin ' J Artillery, a -have entered efor thej Rifle Association's me.eting at Nelson. ,"' 4 'Nktiy^-'Lands l ' Claim • Commissi&iij held a formal to-day,-adj'ourning-till Wednesday, when Judge Symonds,-; ■ who^ifurv'eyerd l -the" ; o'tago Mock-,- ■ will- lie■ examinedvr .m':- j. --.j . \ <,^Arvi-ved—Elinos., Vernon ; T ;barque, 97j days from .New York., / ..' , " Over fOOO ; outices' t>f'gold"'have 'been; sent down by escort-during the past two; months. • Jjsj'vsl i .... ! 'Febru'ary 14. [ A man nanied"' Joh'ni'-'Bfirns was killed : by a fall of earth at the excavations ioij the new National Mortgage and Agency. Company's store this afternoon. When released he was found to be terribly crushed and mutilated. Death must have; been instantaneous. He was a married 1 man with a large family. February 16. |

At an inquest on John Burns, a laborer, 1 who was killed by a fall of earth at a! building excavation on Saturday, the jury added to a verdict of accidental death a rider that from the frequency of such accidents, the jury consider con-! tractors should be compelled to place watchmen on the top of works while un-i dermining is going on, to give sufficient warning in case of danger. A plague of caterpillars has almost totally destroyed the flower gardens and orchards in and around Timaru. Prayers are being offered up for the sparrow clubsj and the demand for poisoned wheat has entirely ceased. PORT CHALMERS. February 16. • Arrived—Barque Elinor Vernon, fromNew York, 97 days out, with 1000 tons of, cargo, two thirds for Dunedin, and the rest for Wellington and Auckland ; Australind, from Newcastle ; Good Templar and Huon Belle, from Catlin's River. j Sailed—'Wellington, for Lyttelton. The barque Pleides which left here on Saturday, did so in defiance of a notiqe* served on the master that the vessel was unseaworthy, and without obtaining ariy clearance from the Customs. j

GRAHAMSTOWN. j February 16. j The Naval Brigade fired a match wifcli the Dunedin corps on Satuday, makingja total score of G52. The day was fine; with light winds. Gordon, the champion, headed the score with73pointk s Mr. William Rowe, late M.H.R., is very ill, and will have to relinquish the Caledonian mine, being unable, through; the opposition of all the capitalists, jtoj float the new company. j - ;

Mr. Comer, the purchaser of the B;igu Pump, is lifting the pumps, and the! mines will soon be flooded, and the futujre* operations confined to the surface. I Messrs. Brown and Campbell's beer hasbeen highly commended at the Sydney, Exhibition, and Mr. Ehrenfreid's porter 11 obtained a second prize. Both were browed on the Thames. •

Mr. Perry, the proprietor of Blue Spear Sluicing Company explained the mode of working and the machinery td M miners' meeting on Saturday night. Shares are being taken in the venture.