TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1251, 21 April 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. April 20. The action in the Supreme Court to set aside the sale of the tramway is not likely to conclude before tormorrow night. The coal mine and property connected with it, belonging to the Wellington company, were put up to auction torday and purchased by Captain Williams for L 4750. Arthur Sketchley is announced to appear as Falstaff in scenes from "Henry 1V.," on; Friday night. He will be assisted by amateurs. The tender of Alex. Reese of L 2294 has beep accepted fpr the erection of a new railway station. The body of George Cooley, one of the men drowned in Wairarapa Lake, was found to-day. April 21. Sir Fr Pt Pell and Sir W. Fox, the Native Commissioners are here, and will remain for a few days. It ,is not known if it is intended to take any evidence. An information has been laid against a butcher named Devereau for setting fire to his house on February 4. The case will be heard on Friday. DUNEDIN. April 20. Mr. Montagu Pym yesterday sold the Ohou station in the Mackenzie country of 60,000 acres leasehold, 250 acres freehold pre-emptive, with 14,838 sheep, for L 6500. Lieutenant Colonel Stavely has called a meeting of captains of corps in the Dunedin district for to-morrow to investigate the charges against the volunteers who took part in the late review. It is not known yet what course the Crown intend to take re the other charges of murder against Butler. April 21. In the case of M'Kenzie v. Smith the rule for a new trial has been made absolute, with costs. Notice of appeal has been given. In the matter of Larnach and Others v. Mackenzie, the rule was also made absolute, wjth qqsf:s. The minor charges against Butler are to be taken to-morrow. With regard to Mitton's casej after the. act of incorporation of 1 the Athenaeum,Judge Johnston said as there was no beneficial interest to any person, he did not know why he was brought down to try the case. Mr. Haggitt replied that he had urged that viewbefore but Judge Williams had thought otherwise. Mitton was acquitted on the charge of embezzlement. -

CHRISTCHURCH. April 20. The Civil Service Commission to-day-examined Messrs. Seager, Superintendant of the Sunnyside Asylum ; Harrup, Government storekeeper ; and Baker, Chief Surveyor. It is stated that the plant of the Sun newspaper has been sold to the proprietors of the Echo, the eveningpaper just started. The price is stated at L4OQO. William Major, for alleged arson at Mount Thomas, in company with Jervis Wilson, was committed for trial at Rangiora to-day. Bail was allowed in LSOO, and two sureties of L 250 each. The Ellesmere races came. off to-day; The Cup was won by Mr. Lunn's Marie Antoinette easily, and tjie Hurdle Race by Venture. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received cable advice from London stating that the Comus has been unable to find any traces of the missing Knowsley Hall at the Crozets.; also of the arrival of the Hurunui and Waipa at London. ; . April 21.

■ The Canterbury 'Prices Current publishes the following extract from the annijal report of the Canterbury Marine Underwriters' Association premiums are being charged in England for risks by vessels loading and discharging at Timaru and Oamaru. Information as to the nature of the risks, encountered /by vessels visiting tliese parts was forwarded to the Australian and : New Zealand Underwriters' Association, and by recent advices we learn that steps, have, been taken by that Association to circulate the information amongst. JJngljsh companies and members of Lloyds in the hopp that a more extended knowledge of the subject may result in a more adequate rate of premium being charged." A man named Francott, while working on board the Rotorua yesterday, was struck by two sacks of barley, which slipped put of the sling. He sustained injuries to his back. At Doyleston, on Tuesday morning, 400 sacks of grain belonging to Mr. Turner Bell, a farmer, were tptaljy ponsumed by firp. cause is It is a hpavy to the owner as. he was uninsured, The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary, Messrs. Ford, Bell, and Qo,, sold yesterday four quarter-acre sections at Sumner, two at LGO and two at L 72 10s each.

The Canterbury Liberal Reform Association yesterday resolved to petition the Government to bring in a Redistribution of Seats Bill op the basis of population next segsion, ant] tp take effect parly as possible after th.e rising of Parliament. AUCKLAND, April 20. Ann Hogan and Mary Welsh were committed for trial, in connection with the robbery of Lls from the Crown Hotel. At the Harbor Board meeting a letter was read from the Lyttelton Harbor Board, offering to dispose of its plant, and j also q, letter fronj the Minister of Justice, endorsing the rider of the jury on the inquest of Blostone, who wag killed in the dock. '• The barque Wellington, bound from Kaipara to Melbourne, put back in a leaky "state. She had seven feet of water in her hold, the pumps did not reduce it. The leak started in a gale. The Southern Cross will be placed in the Fiji trade. Goi#p}aipts made by the colliers that the Union Company's vessels convey beyond their requirements, from Russell to other places, and sell it. News has been received here that the prospectus of the Waikato Land Association was issupd before the departure of. the njaii, to settle the Piako lauds. The capital is L 600,000, in L2O sharps. The directors are Mr. Thomas Russell, Sir James JTergusson, and Mr. Muii'lf!!. Tfir-efy tlifi-isiMiJ MfreS- M!V in a Ml M' | Op. j-jji f r« i»«ii ;j.l tn i.p ali; ' i-. |;i ri.fi ii:>r pint--!>ase <■(" litntl. j i' itku Usni'tJ is tw Ik- fiiM'lfs.l !li r H manage ! :i:»!<-•- farms, and io is pgppuUrfl ihftt tliy j suliciiie will bring half a miliiou of money into Auckland. !

April 21. The Hon. Mr. Oliver returned -here | from the Thames early this morningj ab'd I south Penguin onFridiv. The trial'of jJv-' C. Young -on andther licharge is .proceeding I-- Stealing lead |£r6m roofs of buildings is i a prevalent crin|ehere> i ; V'" " RAPIER. - .v/: April 21.' At the meeting of the Education Board yesterday a. summary of the School attendance"was'fead, showing the y following Jjgures for 'the ending March 31st :—1,579 males" and ' 1,413 females; -total-2,992.' The avefage attendance was 2,244. During the:corresppnding quarter of "last year the average'attendance was 1687. _ At the Harbor Board meeting yesterday the following resolutions were passed : " That the arrangements made by the pilot for taking off the San Francisco mails to the Rotorua on the 24th ultimo were faulty, and showed a want of forethought aiid energy." " That in future the postmaster, if an emergency arises for using the ilife-boats, should corowunioate with the Chairman or Secretary of the Harbor Board." Three children, aged 10, 7, and 5, were brought before the R.M. this morning, charged with. being neglected children. The father of the children is an old offender, and their mother died while the father was in gaol. The ohildren have been kept by Nuns since then. They were ordered to be sent to the Nelson Industrial School.

GRAHAMSTOWN. April 20. The Hon. Mr. Oliver arrives from the Upper Thames this afternoon, and leaves by steamer to-night for Auckland. He goes south by. the: Penguin to-morrow. The members of a deputation about the railway are waiting the arrival. of . the Minister. Much dissatisfaction is expressed at his short stay on the-Thames. TIMARU. April 21. It is announced by advertisement that if sufficient inducement offers a first-class vessel will leave Timarii for Cape' Town direct at the end of the month. Within two days over 20 passages have" been applied for, chiefly by well-to-do working men. Tate, who was sentenced to. two floggings for indecent assault, received his first punishment at.the : gaol yesterday. The case brought by a married woman named Grant against Jonathan Allpress for kissing her against her will } because she could not pay what she' owed, was dismissed, as no corroborative evidence was produced.- ; _ Surprise apd dissatisfaction i§ generally expressed at the delay that has -taken place in dealing with the memorial praying for the release of the bankrupt Sims, on the ground that Judge Ward should have accepted the verdict twice returned by the jury as a verdict of acquittal. The memorial, which was numerously arid influentially signed was despatched tp : his Excellency _ about six weeks ago, and the feeling is prevalent that Sims, who has now completed half his sentenoe, has been wrongly imprisoned. A seal about ten feet long, was seen sporting about in the water at the end of the breakwater this morning." Several boats were manned, and went in pursuit, but the stranger escaped. INVERCARGILLApril 20. A man named Flynn was arrested today for fraudulent bankruptcy, having, it is alleged, concealed some L9O odd from his creditors.