TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1234, 1 April 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. March 31. The Chronicle states that Sir G. Grey is so ill that his attendance at the next session is extremely doubtful. From the Ist April next, the following new lighthouse dues are to be levied : Vessels other than intercolonial and trading as ooasters, 6d per ton ; intercolonial trading vessels, 4d ; coasting, nil. At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon, Mr. Jonas Woodward was elected chairman, and Mr. J. E. Nathan, deputy ohairman. The report congratulated the Chamber on the establishment of a Harbor Board, but urged the necessity of endowments being given by the Government. One hundred and nine members paid subscriptions last year, and ten new subscribers were elected. The balance sheet showed a credit balance of LB4 ; At the meeting of the Education Board the Inspector's report for the year showed that 40 schools were established, the average attendance being 5520, and that the accommodation was insufficient. DUNEDIN. March 31. : Henry Fell has been committed for trial for forgery, and William Matheson for larceny. ; The vital statistics for the district of Dunedin for the past month are : Births, 155 ; deaths, 61; marriages, 34. For the quarter's statistics : Births, 465 ; deaths, 172 ; marriages, 105. April 1. Butler was committed for tria,l for murder. He begged the public and Press not to be influenced by the prejudice attempted to be created against him, and reserved his defence. He charges Inspector Mallard with attempting to influence the public prejudicially, and made a long statement on the subject,

AUCKLAND. March 31. I The Cityoorf r New York sailed for San Francisco at 8 o'clock a.m., with about 60 passengers. Bishop Selwyn arrived from Sydney by the mail steamer. ; - I Through some unexplained cause not a single member of Pastor Chiniquy's committee was on the wharf to see him off by the mail steamer. There are also amongst the passengers for San Francisco the Rev. Bishop Redwood; Messrs Grant and Foster," the Lancashire delegates, and a number of Mormon converts, en route from the south to Salt Lake City; and Sir Arthur Kennedy and daughter. The consular case, Stevenson y. Salmon, was heard to-day at Russell, before Mr. E. M. Williams, R.M., and Mr. Marsden Clark, J.P. No receipts being produced by Stevenson from Salmon as to his ever receiving : .thaseal,. eto., no proof was therefore forthcoming that these articles were the property of the American eminent. Plaintiff was'non-suited with costs. The Bench informed plaintiff that a letter from defendent to the Melbourne consul ought not to have been produced, it being marked private. - Mr. J. C. Morrin's (grocer) estate has been "assigned to trustees. The' liabilities are L7OOO.

CORISTCHTJRCB, March 31. Of the horses imported from Mr. Sumuel Gardiner's establishment in Victoria, and offered at auction to-day, only two were sold. One, a chestnut colt, by The Pe'er, fell to Mr. Vallan.ce, at 100 guineas. A brown colt by Tubal Cain out of Ace of Hearts, was purchased by Mr. G. W. H. Lee, of the Warren, for 200 Guineas. Swan did 113 miles within two minutes of ten o'clock, walking strongly to the last, and appearing quite fresh when all was over. There were several bets of LSO or so on his ability to do 112 miles. If he had been pushed by a competitor he would probably' have done another mile qv two..

April 1

A bailiff, whilst searching the premises yesterday of a well-known saddler at Kaiapoi, 'found a large stock of goods secreted under the shop floor. About thirty Volunteers wearing the Naval Brigade uniform "collected between two and three o'clock, on Wednesday morning in front -!of the Carleton Hotel, on the Papanui Road, and demanded drink. The landlord refused to supply them, and sent a servant man for the police'. The Navals pitched the messenger back over the fence, and threatened to break open the .front door. The landlord proceeded to the back yard and rang a large dinner bell vigorously and sTiouted fire mightily. The " Jacks " cleared.

The vital statistics in Christchurch and district for the month ending March 31 are—Births, IG4 ; marriages, 53 ; deaths, 79.

WANGANUI. April 1. dominations for the "Wanganui Derby for I§B3 will close on Friday, April §nd. NAPIER. April J. Several dead bodies have been found in the rivers- during the last few days, and no doubt they were those" of men who were trying to cross during the late floods. The damage done by the floods is now ascertained to be light in Ha wke's Bay and Wairoa Counties, but it will take about LSOOO to put the roads and bridges in the Waipawa County into their old state of thorough repair. Private losses were not nearly so great, Mr, Farmer, of Hastings, was the heaviest loser in stock, 1500 of his sheep being drowned. It will probably be a month before coaches can come through the bush road. The natives at Wairoa are indulging in threats of murdering each other. Their dispute refers to some land, but it is not likely to go beyond blank cartridge. Information has been laid on behalf of Ward, junr., of Gisborne, against Rapata and Tucker (interpreter) for malicious prosecution and conspiracy. The case arises out of the recent prosecution of Ward, in which, after four days hearing at Gisborne, the Resideut Magistrate dismissed the charges of conspiracy brought against Ward and Cooper, but commented strongly on thgir conduct, and advised Ward to be careful in future not to be misled by clients.