TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 15 July 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. July 14. A bankruptcy order was mada for the Superintendent of the Wellington Police to deliver up 20 diamond rings seized from F. Gleich, alias Fisher, when arrested for fraudulent bankruptcy at Adelaide. July 15. The Cit}' Council intend to resume stone-breaking to afford employment to a large number of men, The Government will probably send a further detachment of men to Pat.ea. DUNEDIN. July 15. In the case of Alves v. the Dunedin Corporation, a claim for damages for land taken for the Silverstream waterworks, the Court awarded the plaintiff L 2600 and costs. The costs amount to nearly L4OOO. The Corporation offered LI2OO before the case came on. CHRISTOHUPvCH. July 15. The Kaiapoi Woollen Factory Conpany held their half-yearly meeting yesterday, the report showed a balance of L 2649 for the half-year. It was resolved to extend the capital to LIOO.OOO in L 25 shares, as the present machinery' is quite incapable of supplying the demand. The Supreme Court was occupied yesterday with a case Saupdeps v. Delamaine, for L7OO, the amount of an tion bill accepted by the defendant fpr the late W. F. Neilson'. A verdict was given for the plaintiff. Jane Eliza Leathwick, a widow, 56 years of age, has conVnlitted suicide ,by taking'rat poison. Straightened circumstances are believed to be the oause of the act. • The weather continues unseasonably fine and dry. LYTTELTON. July 15. The crew of the barque Annabella, that put in here in distress, have reported to the Collector of Customs that she is unseaworthy. The reshipnipnt of the barque's cargo has been stopped, pending an investigation of the matter. CHARLESTON. July 14. The Croninviilp diggings are turning out well. Thp lftst party washed up gild made L2O per week each wan for four weeks' work, More ground is available j for sluicing. TIMARU. July 13. Cleared—Himalaya, for London, with 15,000 sacks grain.. Ten vessels are here loading produce for colonial and Home'ports.