TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1227, 23 March 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PES ?BESS A^SfIpLATIfIK.) WELLINGTON. lyiarch 23. Thp Qovernor rgturppd from Napier yesterday by tfee Jfrnepioa, -whiph vessel lost her anchor and chain of? that pbpt. The weather i 8 still bad, and the landslips oh the Masterton railway are more serious than was at first supposed. Mr. Hutchinson addressed his city constituents last night. He condemned the policy and administration of the present Ministry, .especially in regard to! the selection of commissions. He urged retre.nchnjent in salaries, from the Governor's downwards., ai>d e4pop3,ted a progressive land tax. A y ot ,f R? fapb* of confidence as passed unanimously.'

GHRISTGHUHCH. ' ' March 22. The Star t,o-pigh]fc gay? jn . consequence of public attentiQif foepp tiffiim iff th e Hprarata railway job fa thfi telegram's last weeli), ' the Iriewfc M. .John Hall communicated with upop the subject by telegraph, and the honl geptler man has in reply intimated that he has no objection to a reference of the whole question to the Railway Commission now sitting. £n the libel case Stead v. Otago Witness, none of the defendants exeepfe Mr.

Fenwick, managing director, showed up. The case was, .against them, and Mr. for trial. sjlj/ | Wf The ,^B^feiCg^ra^^n'v lyear 7d'in g||j£ ; m AfPsj jthe £ Mi £#£ jfarid Sfeiccarftd]'4dM.the|Bi | f ' TheJEgsiiraacq williclos£he£#on >ThufsfSj^'eV|psig unt&v.Tuekday mor'faing for the* % Easter-holidays. ' l -.v' - The north branches of the Waimakariri and Eyre Rivers were flooded yesterday, reported. "" Tse7^l|o(ffier~Saxon r ffom the Thamesahd"%Kicli got ashore at the North Spit of , the^E^powh3g^PtWt^iir4^»J3^-ed 3 "during" the night, "butliy s'ome able meani'lgojit'on op--lies. Part of her cargo of timber has: been landed. Representatives of the. South British and New Zealand Offices 1 were down yesterday to decide what steps should be taken. The vessel is a good deal strained and is making a quantity of water. She is well inside the river and out of the power of the sea, except at high water, jwhen the easterly roll comes right in upon her over the bar. The timber is insured in the New Zealand Office for Ll7O. The schooner is insured for L 750 in the South British, and is valued at L 1350. She was built in Auckland. TIMARU. March 22. The weather is very wet and unsettled. The first vessel to load direct for Home is expected to arrive to-morrow. The race privileges realised L 823, or nearly LgOO mpr§ th&n last year. NELSON. March 22. , Mr. William Stuart, photographer, who has recently been living at Motueka, was missed on Friday last, and a search was made and continued till this morning, when his body was discovered near the cemetery. It appears that he wrote to his mother on Friday last intimating that he intended to destroy himself. An inquest is to b§ hgld shortly.