TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1244, 13 April 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

—, « (per peess association.) WELLINGTON. April 12. .Fronj an aualysis of the water taken from the reservoir, Dr. Hector reports that it is a vast improvement on that tested ip April 1879. A private telegram received hpre states that the Newcastle miners have consented to the reduction in the getting price proposed by the owners, and that on and after to-day a reduction of 4s per tori will be made in the price: of coal at the pit's mouth. April 13....... At a meeting of the jpire Brigades last night, it was resolved to extend the time of locking up their "sheds until Monday next, prioi- to which time a conference between the Insurance Companies, the City Council, and. the Fire Brigades will be held. DUNEDIM. ' " "

April. 12. • are now 233: children in the Industrial School, of vhom 98 belong "to the Church of England, (jfi tp.the Presbyterian, 61 to the Roman (3atholjc, to the ;\Vcsleyan,. J. to the Congregational, and 1 to the Primitive Slethodjst.

A case of small-pox has been reported from Forbury, near Dunedin. • • ■ ■ . ■ April 13. In ; the divorce, suit, Ferguson v. Ferguson and Prenderville; the jury answered all the issues irv favor of. the.petitioner. The respondent apd correspondent were unrepresented. , The jury; before ; the., evidence was exhausted, that they were satisfied that the plaintiff-had made out his. case., CHRISTCHURCH. April 12.

The case Bracken v. Darrell .-will be .carried though it cannot be heard for some months. Mir." Bracjcgn writes tq the newspapers accusing the " bijngling lq,vv r yers of misconducting" his cage. At the. inquest on the body of the man who was killed on the railway yesterday, a verdict of accidental death was returned, with a rider, considering that there was not sufficient protection for passengers on the platform;, ; and that there should be a lower bar. His wis Walter Clark, and lie had. been g. and tailop of the 75th Regiment." He was single, and 3§ years old. April 13. Puriflg the yiqlept. thunderstorm a£ 4.shburton on Saturday, five hofsg§ b.e|opg : ing to a farmer named Sweeney at §eafiel<j were killed by lightning, The horseg. were seen together on Saturday evening in a pa.ddock on the farm, and were found lying dead side,by side on Sunday morning, They bore no marks of violence.Qne bite of grass in its mouth, indicating that dea'tH roust hay.e bgen instantaneous, It is stated that the head office of the Union Steamship. Company will shortly.be removed to Christchurch.

Madame Cafandini had a crowded attendance at her benefit concert last night.

s"he Bicycle Club holds th© championship matches on Saturday next in Hagley Park. The principal item is a twenty-, mile race. Mr. Bracket! writes to the morning papers that he intends to take proceedings against those who bungled his case— Bracken v. Darrell The case of Morris v. Shayler connected with the drawing up of a will, set down to be tried in the Supreme Court this morning, was withdrawn by mutual consent. Graves, charged with larceny at Sandridge, was committed for trial at the Magistrates' Court this morning. The service kt St. Michael's Church, at which the Bishop of Nelson was to preach the sermon, was postponed until to-morrowj in consequence of the non arrival of the Rotomahana. AUCKLAND. April 12. John Munden was found dead in a closet at Powell's boarding-house, Vic-toria-street. He was addicted to drink, although of good education. He was 70 years of age, and is believed to have no relations in the Colony. The cause of death was a fit of apoplexy. Cambridge has been declared an infected district, owing to the spread-of pleuro-pneumonia, and the cattle sold at sale last week vrere killed by orders from the Cattle Board. Some were brought from Burke's farm and others from the run.

April 13. The Rotorua has arrived at Russell from Sydney she left Sydney on the eighth. Mr. Oliver in replying to a deputation said the subject of the construction of new lines had been left to the Railway Commission. The balance of the five million loan was ; insufficient to complete the railways already commenced. Further intelligence from Waikato confirms the belief that Tawhiao and the King Natives are responsible for the action of Te Whiti..

In consequence of the regulation enforced by ; the Shipwrights' Association the shipowners of the port at a • meeting resolved not to . employ any shipwright belonging to the Association. Judge Richmond sentenced the Fijian convicted of an indecent assault on a little girl to ten years with two whippings ; Tidmarsh, for attempting a similar offence on a married woman at Parnell, six years with two whippings ; and a youth named Brien, for the same offence at Onehunga. to three months with two whippings.

NAPIER. April 12. The bar recently formed across the harbor still remains, but there is a channel with 11 feet of water, . It is proposed to run put a groin at an angle of 45. degs. from the present works. Dr. Heotor, in passing through here yesterday, denied that there was any truth in the report that the New South Wales Government had offered him an appointment. If it is offered, he will refuse it. GREYMOUTH. April 12. The Albion took away from this port 60310zs of gold. The total amount of money collected for the Irish Relief Fund here was L7OO 2s. INVERCARGILL.

The inquest on the body of J. Wilson, the prisoner who died recently in gaol, was resumed to-day. Mr. Fraser, Governor of the Gaol, was recalled, and deposed that deceased was allowed the usual ration for prisoners pretending illness. He denied that prisoner's bedding had been removed for punishment: Nathan Potter, a prisoner, gave evidence showing that deceased repeatedly complained of being ill. During this he was put down as a malingerer, though. he never complained of the gaol officials ill-treating him. Witness had no idea that deceased was very bad. Dr. Button, the gaol surgeon, deposed that on March 6th deceased complained of pain, in the phest. Witness examined him carefully, and found nothing wrong, He continued to complain, and, on the 17th, witness again examined him, but found nothing the matter with him. He then entered in the books that he was perfectly fit for work. On the 27th another examination took, place, and stillfiuding him all right, he entered him as a malingprer, f hat was the last time he saw deceased before his death, which occurred on the 6th April. Dr. Hannan, who made the post mortem examination, said deceased died from breast pang, symptoms of which were exceedingly hard to detect. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased died of angina pectoris.