TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 10 July 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER TRESS ASSOCIATION.) DUNEDIN. fTuly 9Mr. W. D. Stewart:, M. H. R., will leave for Wellington on Saturday, An influential deputation of merchants and grocers, introduced by Mr. James Rattray, waited on Mr. Stewart in reference to the proposed abolition of the bottle license. They urged the great injustice which would be inflicted upon those who had vested interests, and the inconvenience which would be suffered by the community, who had hithprto been ablq obtain liquor from groGers. Mr. Stewart saicl he was in favor of the present system being contiuned in those Counties in which the Councils did not object. The Brnce Herald is responsible for the statement that Ned Kelly was shearing at Mr. Dillon Bell's station near Invercargill in the season of 1876, and passed by the name of Bill West. He was wanted in Yictoria at that time for horse-stealing. CHRISTOHURCH. July 10. The total number of unemployed who have applied to the Government for work is 220, and of this number 190 have already been provided for. The' Orangemen intend celebrating the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne on Monday next by.a procession through the town, public sports in Anderson's paddock, and a dinner- in the eyening,. and due preparations are being' made to prevent a breach of the peace. The weather is qnusually fine and.hot. AUCKLAND. July 9. At a meeting of publicans and brewers, the latter agreed not to supply any publicans with beer who sold under 6d inside and 5d outside the house, and agreed to enter into a bond, under a penalty of LpOO. to fulfil the engagement. It is stated. thst an Aucklan.d.rgentle- • man ?/ -largely intereste'd in the coasting trade, has in view the formation of a new line of first-class coasting steamers, with head-quarters at Auckland. By last mail advices were received of substantial offers of capital from a well-known Clyde firm, as well as prices and quotations for building a fleet of steamers suitable for the trade it is proposed to take up. The prices named are very ipodorate, owing to the • cheapness of iron and the lowncss of wages. A meeting will be called of those interested in the shipping' and commerce .of the port, with the view of enlisting local capital and enterprise. The tender of the Auckland Steam Shipping Company for, a - monthly service to Levuka, Fiji, has been accepted at L 2500 a year, conditionally on the Fafrlia? inentary vote. t TIMARU. ; . : July 9. The brig Emily met with a terrible gale on the 19th and 20th inst. Abbut- noon on the former date, a.heavy .sea struck her, throwing her on 'Her beam ends and smashing the bulwarks, the jollv boat,, the main and foi'e hatches,' and washing away all spars oh deck. A sailor named Cassidy was; washed overboard, but the fyack-wash of the sea saved him, as he

caught hold of and was hauled on board by a rope thrown him. There is not the slightest foundation for the statement recently telegraphed dn the evening papers that' considerable damage bias bee%caUsed£tp a portion of the breakwater by its' beiiig proppod •up -with bags filled with concrete. The breakwater is. placed on a Hard, rocky bottom, and bags of concrete are only put ;in to fill up holes in the rock, so as to prevent scour. The statement that the blocks are being laid on sand is equally untrue, and calculated to create a very erroneous impression. The plain and indisputable fact is, that the harbor works" are ah unqualified success, and the breakwater now extends in solid length over 600 feet. GISBOKNE. July 9. It is expected that boring operations will shortly commence at the oil springs. Mi\ Clarke, the representative of Sydney capitalists, has been here some time, and has despatched an engineer to the ground.