TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1293, 29 May 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

- WELLINGTON. "May 28. i- In the Court of Appeal to-day judgment 'was given in the case Brigham v. Chambers, allowing theiappeal, with costs, and in CI eve ana Iving, discharging rule for leave cu appeal. - Mr. Singleton Rochfort again applied on behalf of Mr. Bray, of Auckland, for leave to be appeal in forma pauperis against' the decision of Judge Gillies, at Auckland, refusing the application. It was refused.

At the inquiry to day as to the origin of "th'e" recent . fire at Mrs. Alexander's: boarding-house, an open verdict was] returned, there being no evidence to show how the fire originated. DUNEDIN. May 29. Mr. P. C. Neills, Beaumont Station, consisting of 70,000 acres of leasehold land, with 20,000 sheep, has been sold to Mr. Alex. Brown of Green Island. The price has been withheld. The Escort brought down 4000oz. of gold. A man named Lockhart had a difference with his wife on Thursday night and struck her. The woman died suddenly. An inquest will be held on Monday. CHRISTCHURCH. May 28. The Chamber of Commerce has declined to" act upon, a petition sent from Auckland to be signed and forwarded to the United States Government. At the same time the Chamber has referred to its committee the question as to the advisability of moving in the direction of securing an abatement of the United States import duty on . wool. The Acclimation Society have come to the conclusion that the fish recently caught at the mouth of the Waimakariri is real salmon trout, and have decided to request the Government to obtain legislation this session for the prevention of netting at the mouths of rivers.

The Mfiyor has received Bome L9O towards the establishment of a soup kitchen in Christchurch.

May 29. The volunteers were inspected by General Davidson last night. There was a good muster. : A meeting will shortly be held at Rangiora, to protest against the .property tax..

Yesterday 6000 bushels of first-class oats were sold by auction at 8d per bushel, deliverable on a farm, near an up-country railway terminus. AUCKLAND. May 28. Tawhaio, Maori King, is reported ill. He is suffering from consumption, and is losing much blood. Rewi will remain at Hikurangi.

Mr. Stewart, engineer, has arranged Aiith the natives for the construction of the Rotorua road.

Win. Cain, for assaulting a.female in Queen-street, was fined L 5 and costs, or undergo one mont's imprisonment. A son of Purukutu, Sullivan, at Waikato, some few years ago, attended the Cambridge meeting. He got drunk, stripped, and threatened to kill and eat the Europeans. He was locked up by the police. NAPIER. May 28. William Collins, a groom in a livery stables, attempted to commit suicide this morning. He went to the stables at 8 o'clock, but instead of attending to his work he entered the office, where there were two guns. He loaded one of them, placed the muzzle under his chin, and pulled the trigger. His jaws,. tongue, and nose were completely blown away, but the brain was uninjured. The report of the gun alarmed his fellow-workmen, who conveyed the man to the hospital. Collins, who has been drinking hard lately, has a wife and three children. The doctors entertain hopes of saving his life. KUMARA. May 28. A crowded meeting of miners was held at Dillmanstown last night, in consequence of the contractors for the Kumara sludge channel reducing the wages to 9s per day. The meeting was very orderly, although strong opinions were'expressed against the reduction. The following resolution vvas carried unanimously, " Owing to the exceptional nature of the weather and the cost of living in the district, it is the opinion of the meeting that the reduction in the current rate of wages which has lately taken place at one of the public works here is unjustifiable and most injurious to the inhabitants." HAMILTON". May 29. The Waikato Times denies, on the authority of the New Zealand Herald, the statement that Rewi made a speech saying that' he withdrew his lands from the control of the king, also the Herald's statement that Rewi will not take possession of the house built for him by the Government at Kihi-kihi, until the Crown grant be handed to him.