TELEGRAMS

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1299, 7 June 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

«■ WELLINGTON. June 7. Mr, Nees, manager of the Lydia Bay saw mill, Havelock. was a passenger by the schooner Colleen Bawu, which is supposed to be lost. The' publicans will hold a meeting this afternoon to discuss the Licensing Bill now before Parliament. CHRISTCHURCH. June 7. A meeting of the unemployed was held in Cathedral Square this morning. About 250 were present. A committee was appointed to petition the American Govern--ment to help them from here to America. A committee was ako instructed to communicate with other large centres of population in New Zealand urging the unemployed there to sign similar petitions. Charles Cooper, residing near Oxford, announces that he has invented an inexpensive plan of converting wire binding reaping machines into twine binders. Mr. James Blair, farmer, Lincoln, fell down dead while walking along the road on Saturday evening. Two hotels (Morton's and the White Hart) were raided by the police on Saturday night, and informations for gambling have been laid.

An influential meeting of Tattei'sals Club was held on Saturday night. Rales were approved of, and it was announced that 52 members had already subscribed, and would be recognised by the Canterbury Jockey Club. TIMARU. June 7. The sale of the privileges for the South Canterbury steeplechases realised Lllß. Beadle, the young man who was arrested a few days ago in Dunedin for stealing a watch from an acquaintance at Timaru named Glen, was discharged, as it appeared- that he had merely taken charge of the watch while Glen was drunk.