TELEGRAMS

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1203, 24 February 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. February 24. The New South Wales and Queensland Governments unite with the New Zealand Government in protecting against the importation of French convicts..; The three AgentSrQeneral will make a remonstrance At a public meeting convened by the Mayor last night, a committee was appointed to collect - subscriptions on behalf of the distressed Irish. DUNEDIN. February 23. An instance of rapid telegraphy has occurred. A cable messagp for London, to be repeated' from there- to Edinburgh, was answered in Dunedin in 24 hours: 15 minutes from the time it was put in. Messrs. Grant and Foster, the Lincolnshire delegates, go to-morrow to see the Henley Estate, on the Taieri Plain, and through to Invercargill next day. If possible,. they will visit several stations and the New Zealand Agricultural Company's property, but they-wish to catch; the mail steamer leaving Auckland on March '3O, and have still several places in the North Island to visit,

The City Guards hare, in g, body, refused to attend the Easter • Review at Christchurch, objecting to the terms of 10s a head, with accommodation in the barracks.

At the City Court, Francis Robinson was cjismissed, the Bench giving him: the benefit of the doubt,

CHRISTCHURCH. : February 23. Since the gatekeepers have been' rer moved from the railway i crossings in Christchurch and Sydenham, there have been several approaches to accidents, as the line is bounded by high hedges for pretty well the whole length. To-day a train ran into a butcher's cart on Sehvynstreefc, The horse and the shafts were thrown into the settle pit on one sideband the man and the cart into the hedge on the other. The man, marvellously enough, escaped almost uninjured, but the horse was considerably damaged. Mr. Rolleston-goes to Wellington tomorrow, He was interviewed to-day by a deputation from the City Council asking for some Parliamentary help }n the shape of a grant of land or money to Christchurch. It was pointed -piit that-: the other big towns, by reason of- their large or wealthy endowment, bad to.levy .cornparatively small rates, while Christchurch, with an endowment not worth more than L 16,000, and consisting of very unremunerative property "'tliat brought no more'than Ll5O rental, had the cheering prospect of 3s lid. ijr, Rolleston, would . give ' no decisive answer. ' bfjjisstfip of the position, but said the* Government were opposed to" grants of land to jnuni.and. needed.'much encouragement- '* WjH&f'Hli''voald be done to meet 'tho wisfies of* the" "deputation. -

Februaryj 24. At the •' Assessment Court, yesterday, 42 out-of. 03 objections were .disallowed. At a meeting cff the Governors of the Canterbury" 'field yesterdaiy, the report on the ,• agricultural school showed that the entrance standard is so high that only two pupils presented themselves, and 9nc of those failed. It was resolved tWt the* fif th j st&ndai'd r o r f tliS Government examination." | ji /J)}t(?. resolved That a olauso be introduced in any Hospital anu Charitable Institutions Bill to be passed by Parliament, containing the following provisions : —1: That where medical schools exist in connection with t]ip New #Bf}laftd University, the professors and lecturers of such gphools shall be ex oMoio members of the Hospital established there, 2. That the Governor* in-Couucil shall make equitable arrange-

ments when necessary for hospitals being utilised for imparting practical instruction in such places as aforesaid." It was agreed to recommend the re-election of Sir H. J. Tancred as Chancellor, and Dr. Hector as Vice-Chanceßo|§%v The first tram The City CouncUfljlfeiids i^^b with othfer a ti^ore- ' Nominations' fotjfthe C.|T. (§S£3aiimfeap will close on^MonSsw-lnext.J Jgt|j I§|?. !|fj| the | waS%lefiyered and raised* againSpr our justification:" Both The debate will be resumed to-night. During the past fortnight, 16 cases of typhoid fever and two of diphtheria were fSP-Oited x ? ? i i■■ . • A xJc&LkjfD':* 5 U - ~ «k»iw,-.. --February.24.^,. ; The _ ca%e of William S. Bender, a schoolmaster, charged with cruelly ill,treating»a scholar jiamed.Edward Molding is pr6'ceedihg"at the Police "Court. W. ,3.HE>alietQis- again; the Police Court with .obtainin^goads. ..under false pretences. NAPIER. i February 24. Mills, who on Saturday evening arrived, in town and gave a sensational account to: the police about the natives shooting; sheep on Mr. Moorhouse's run, was never in his employer's house, and no station! hands have left. Mills appears to have invented the report, as no reliable infor-; mation has been received here of any serious disturbance. TIMARU. February 23. i The man named James Munro died iii the Hospital yesterday from the effects of injuries received on Saturday, while blasting a rock. The charge went off too j soon, terribly mutilating him. He was aJ single man. At the inquest to-day a verdict of accidental death was returned. j At the Resident Magistrate's Court today, Frank Poff was committed for trial; At the District Court next month the calendar will be an exceptionally heavy one, GISBORNE. : February 24. There is considerable excitement about the'oil springs. A member of the firm of Clarke Bros,, of Melbourne, and Fleming, an oil expert, who represents Canada at the Melbourne Exhibition, have visited the springs. Fleming says the indications are equal to anything in A merica. It is probable that a company, with a capital of L 60,000, will be floated to work the springs, and operations will be commenced immediately. HAWERA. j February 24. : Colonel Roberts and the whole of the A.C.'s under his command at Kaipipi shifted camp to-day, and took up a pos.i-, tion on the Otaikato stream, about five miles north of the old camp. The natives visited the camp in the afternoon, arid intimated that a present of food would be made this day. PORT CHALMERS, ' February 24. A fire was discovered in the lower hold of the ship Marlborough at 10 o'clock last night. It proceeded from some bales of greasy wool, which were found in a state of combustion,. The Fire Brigade went on board, and succeeded in breaking out the bales, four of which were partially consumed.