TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 3 July 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

WELLINGTON,

July 2. At a meeting of the unemployed, a committee was appointed. to ■ obtain the necessary information required by the Premier. The date of the trial of the Maori prisoners is postponed till 26th July. DUNEDIN. July 2. Some rich gold discoveries are reported from the'forks between Lakes Wanaka and Hawea. The sinking is from five feet, and nuggets of four ounces have been found. The "ground must : be limited owing to the nature of the country, A number of Cromwell residents have gone out .prospecting, . . . ' CHRISTCHURCH. • . - July 2. The Agricultural and Pastoral Association intend to offer at their next show, a special prize for butter. The best specimens will be shipped to England, and the prize .given contingent on its . reaching Home in good condition. The object, of the Association is to encourage farmers to make, butter of good' keeping qualities;. . July 3, The Sunday School TJnion Centenary closed yesterday, It was a great success throughout. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, John Felts Bandy was committed for trial for stealing a gold watch, the property of a fellow-passenger by the s.s. Norfolk., ; AUCKLAND. July 3. The barque Bertie, bound from Rockhainpton to London with a cargo of wool and tallow; put in here in a leaky state. The case of Lawlor, butcher, charged with bigamy, came before the Police Court this morning. He has been committed'for trial.

GRAHAMSTOWN. July §. A man named. Francis James Shine died last eyening in the Hospital from injuries received while prospecting at Hope Creek; An inquest will be held. TIMARU. , July 3. An amusing foot-race of 100 yards between • the landlord of the Grosvenor Hotel and a veterinary §urgean, bath weighing oyer eighteen stone, for LlO a side, resulted in .the latter winning by a stride. Henry Davis, an unemployed, after walking overland from Weka Pass to Nelson arid back to Timaru, had to break a tobacconist's window in order to obtain admission to the gaol. The Bench gave him 14 days. Dr. Murdoch was rendered insensible by falling from liis horse last evening while crossing the railway line. The steady fall of rain during the past few days'has'filled the wells and tanks in town just as a water famine was beginning to cause complaints.