TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1296, 2 June 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(pee pbess association,) WELLINGTON. June 1. Stephen Stockbridge, who was killed to-day by falling off a dray, was 35 years of age, and was in the employ of Mr. Fitchett, to whose farm he was taking a load of grain. An inquest will be held ta-morrow. DUNEDIN. June 2. The Registrar of the University has received the following telegram re the missing University examination papers : " Papers reached England early in March. Examiner's reports sent to London by April 8, but had to be returned for explanation. Expect them out by next mail." CHRISTCHURCH. June 1. Forty-seven nominations were received to-night for the Waterloo Cup, seventeen of them bejng from Christchurch, eleven from Oamaru, and seven from Dunedin. The draws takes place on Juue 14. AUCKLAND. June 1. The City of New York arrived ar 1 a.m. She .left San Francisco on May 10th at noon. _ At the meeting of the Jtlarbor Board, the Engineer reported that the amount of damage done to the wharf by the City of Sydney was L2BO. Captain Deaborn accounts for the accident through the steamer not having sufßcient water. Captain Burgess writes to the Board to erect a light on Mordon Island. REEFTON. June 1. Mr. Richard Reeves addressed a meeting of electors yesterday evening. He urged the prosecution of railway communication between the East and West Coasts via Waimea as easily constructed, and the opening up of a valuable country, the completion of the Nelson-Reefton road, and bridging the rivers. He condemned the property tax. He defended the Grey Ministry, and said they were not responsible for the depression and decreased revenue, WANGANUI. June 1. Fresh weights for the Wanganui Steeplechase will be published, as the handicapper overlooked the fact that the races were to be run under the Grand National rules, which provide that the lowest weight shall not be below 10 stone. INVERCARGILL. June 1. At the Licensing Court to-day, one new application was granted. Two licenses of hotels in town were refused renewals, on the ground of insufficiency of accommodation, and the Bench requested the police to notify to the holders of licenses that the wooden hotels in the principal thoroughfares must be built in less inflammable materials, otherwise there was a probability of the licenses being refused at next sitting of the Court. This has caused quite a flutter amongst the publicans. Bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers, etc., are looking forward to lively times. Two of the largest hotels in town—the Prince of Wales and the Southland Club —are of wood, while many others in populous neighborhoods are of the same material.