TELEGRAMS

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1317, 26 June 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

(per pkess association.) DUNEDIN. June 26. The lease of the Barewood run has been sold for L 2975 to Mr. David Proudfoot At the City Council meeting on Tuesday, motions were tabled for the erection of a morgue and for increasing the Mayor's salary to L4OO. Mr. H. Prince has received a cablegram from Mr. Clibborn, Secretary to the Australian Jockey Club, stating that Mata's weight for Hawkesbury Handicap is Bst 121b, and for the Sydney Metropolitan, Bat 101b. The largest meeting of teachers ever held in Dunedin took place to-day, when a resolution was passed condemning the Teachers' Pension Bill. A city firm has received a cablegram from America advising a rise in the price of kerosene of from 15 to 20 per cent. At noon to-day, Scott had walked 68 miles, having only rested 21 minutes. CHRISTCHURCH. June 25. In the case of Loes' Trustees v. Bank of New South Wales, the former, who are the Trustees of a bankrupt estate at Leeston, claimed L 138195, the value of certain stock, &c., improperly seized by the bank, who had' a mortgage. LllO was also claimed as damages. The case rested upon the point whether the goods passed to the Trustees were included in the mortgage of stock given in 1876, previous to Loes' bankruptcy. Judgment was given today by Judge Ward for L 265 ss, with interest.

A man was brought up at Lyfctelton today who had given himself up to the police at Akaroa as one of the Kelly gang. He was found to be insane.

The largest yield of-wheat that has ever been reported here, and which is also believed to be the largest ever known anywhere, has been obtained by Robert Blake, of Lincoln. He raised 192 bushels from 1-J acres, or 120 bushels to -the acre. - The land is improved swamp land. AUCKLAND. June 25. Afc a meeting of the North Auckland Cattle Board held to-day, the Inspector informed the Board that pleuro-pneumonia still continued. M- Larehen, a French colonist from New Caledonia, and a party of Communists have taken a block of land near Henderson, for vine culture. ASHBURTON. June 25. There.is great excitement in the township over the wholesale spreading about the streets of poisoned bread and butter. Twenty valuable dogs are already dead, and it is. feared that young children may pick up the dosed food, eat it, and die. The police are active, but have been un- ( successful. Large rewards are offered for the conviction of the guilty party. .The police are raiding the brothels. Two have already been scoured out, and the rest are to be set upon as soon as possible, -