TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1242, 10 April 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(per peess association.) WELLINGTON. April 10. Mr. Parris and the Chief Surveyor have roughly defined the native reserves on the Waimate Plains. The chiefs, when told.by Mr, Parris, made no comment, and were very friendly. So far things are working satisfactorily. It is reported that the Government are going to'employ the local native police, who have interests on the plains, to assist as guides in cutting the bush road from Stratford to Opunake. If true this will lead to complications, The ma-jority do not desire to interfere with European working parties, but are determined to shoot down any Maori owners of the disputed land employed by the Government. All the natives were, warned of this, last year." 1 ' ' ' r s

Mr. Travers renewed his application yesterday for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up -from Duriedin'one of the native prisoners. His Honor-granted a rule nisi. It :is understood /that-the : . of; j.thß legal questions relative to the confiscated lands will be raised on thisrule. At a meeting yesterday of• thebourne Exhibition Commissioners, Dr. Hector was appointed executive commissioner. It was r esol ved' to'ask the local committees; which acted -last ye'ar,.\to.-- act. again for the coining .exhibition,: jvhich, will b'e opened on October Ist. At a meeting of the' City Council last night re the rec.ent...resolutions..passed ;by/ the Fire Bngadesj a Committee was appointed to'coiifer with the 'Brigades, ana it J^asf-.-resolybd:'to <go -on-paying"the Brigades as usual until the : Comnjittee come to a decision. ... A. man named David Cairns' died at the Lunatic Asylum to-day: ''An'in'(|iiest%ili beheld pn'Monday,,. ... , ~,, Information' was';'receitfed in town this' moirning of "the death of GoyerriinWrit photographer it ...the;" Hot Springs, where he was on.a visit for the benefit,of his health. . . - 1,, , DUNEDIN. V . ; ■ ; < April 9. No declarations of -insolvency have beenfiled in Duneditf. since:3lst : Martifr.3T The divorce case—Herbert Ferguson v. Jane. Ferguson' • artd:r: co-respondent—is down for hearing on Monday. ;i .■ ■ .'UiM .•• The quarterly attendance returns which have .been ,• coin piled 1 by- th 6-0 fcago 1 Edtfcation Board show that . the number of childre&'dir'tKe roll''at'

the! thejend; .of, the quarter" 18j83i, consisting of 9638 boya and 0196 girls. v. Thejayerage,attencl-; ancje for the quarter was 7972 boys and 76QO'total : ofl'5;472,' which is ,an increase of $35. .oyer-the. previous 'quarter * arid 1633 over ihe'corresponding quarter of "'last year. The number { ofteachers; employed',-by '.the Board was 222 males,;and ,154 females—total 376, besides 17 teachers of sewing. One new School was 'dpeheil' duririg' the quarter." There attpnfiance at nearly'all the" schools in the <listrict, but in and around Dunedin this was most fiotfceaßle. " ; j April 10. The,. Civil.. Ser/ice,: : .Cpmmissiqji.. ,plqsed ; their sittings. herej.to-dayi. CalcU j well, liog'aft (Inspector Telegraphs); jPloyd (Inspector of ' Jlailway iTelegraphs), .-.Oom* misbioner .Weldon .were examined.; i t - ; A short sharpshock of- earthquake' was felt] at all" Ofago' ■ stations - 'at 9;42'-this' moaning; Its direction -was S.S:E. ; - ,' - _ r ■' i CHRISJTCHURCH. • * April Fjive, staphs jof th,e property ,of a fanp§r ao at? i Forks,, w&rjs destroyed on Thurs-' .day' evening. -.They are'Osupjjosed to be insured in the South-British, for what amduritiis n^'kii6wn. ; ' ; ' ' *' \ f The small birds are likely to have a. war. of extermination ghostly. v Th'ife the 5 attendance of representatives from

Farmers' Clubs and Sparrow Clubs to consider what steps should be taken for the abatement of the small birds nuisanco. 4 April 10. A railway to Sumner is being agitated. A Committee has been formed, and a preliminary meeting was held yesterday tp report the subject, with a view to constructing the line under the District Railways Act. A shepherd named M'Kay met with a sitting "oh a limestone ridge, the stone gave way, and ..befell .Jprty,.feet., - It..is,feared..thatJiis injuries will prove fatal. StaritpnjijaKa-S.) was -charged, at -the -Magistrate's - Court- this attempted /sgicidff: A;constable deposed to pulling, her out of the river. She declared-she would drown herself. A..'-married daughter Isaid she wpuld take charge of-the- accused, and she was discharged'.- ; I The number of bags -of grain carried on ■'•-'Wednesday : 'ari&~ oh -'the Christphurch r .isection ■ of railways ,was 29,000. : ;At' a public iheetirig in the Avon Road Bpard district last night, held to consider the drainage; rate,- ;a v member of- the Drainage B t o.ard spoke strongly.. . the, manner in which the business- of the Board was conducted. «•-*"»- '■ '"' AUCKLAND. ' ''' :! | Mortality'among fish along the coast is increasing. ,The.:th,eory, that, this ...is.jat.-. tributable to the eruption of White Island is' doußtW,' because" dedd fish are found at too great a distance from' there.- »> ' The Thames Yolunteerswill ,be asked to visit Auckland'on the Queen's Birthday, fort the purposes of a review. ■A- copy of- the- Salt Lake Tribune received;/, .here: strongly: denounced the Mormon eldjlrs who : visited ■3STew' Zealand..It, says that one is anexpelled Mason, the next an Atheist, and'the last' a fraud.

NEW PLYMOUTH.. • v i ■ -j' • : April 10/■ • •A deputation waited upon the Minister' for Public Works this morning in reference to the-construction of'a railway froin Stratford to Hawera. ' Mr. Hulke' urged that it was very desirable that the work should be pushed" forward as- rapidly as possible as part of the road was almost impassable during - the winter months. Hjs Honor, Mr. Olliver,'- stated that the Government-wouldcomplete, - the 'work with, all expedition, aiid intimated , ,th.at' th,e delay whicli had occurred already was solely due t'o the fadt th'at' the settlets' 1 of the district ha&;raised-a dispute as to'thedirection £ff the linej and-it was ; only in, consequence of his recent visit to .Hawera that the Government would be enabled- to come to a, decision', upon: the matter. . The work w ; Quld consequently be undertaken' inimediately. I HOKITIKA; -, ; - April 9. jThe very heavy.,' Weather that has set in prevented the;. Albion .from being tendered arid she has-rproceeded: on her,voyage to Nelson, returning "here on Sunday. The Chrjstchurch coach .'due on "Wednesday, last, has not, arrived,, being stuck up at the Taipo through a flood in the river. ,