TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 23 July 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. . ; July 23. His Excellency's two racehorses are to be prepared for tj)p November meeting at Christchurch. Mr. Barnes' house in Dixon-street was broken into laSt night. " Nothing was abstracted. The burglar, wap discovered, qnd decamped through the' door. The police have _ the description of the man, and he is expected to be arrested today. : Later. A man named Charles Nicholson has been arrested for the Dixon-street burglary, DUNEDIN. July 23. William S. Goodison, a cattle : dealer, has been sentenced to. 28 days' imprisonment, without the option of a fine, for assaulting a Moss with a loaded whip. . : :: At half-past nine o'clock this morning a little girl named M'Cutcheon, aged five and a-half years, while, goipg.to school, was run over by a tramcar at South Kensington. : The. LSO.O reward'in connection with the Atlienaaiim Arson case has been distributed as follows :—Burtenshaw, L6O ; the late Martin's representatives,' LSO ; Abraham, LSO; Sykes, L3O; Mallard, L 45 ; Detective Neil, L 4 5; Mrs. Coffey, L2O. . Reductions in the police force have been commenced in the Dunedin district, which has been reduced by nine constables. Third-class sergeants have been reduced to the graiie of first-class constables, , CHRISTCHURCH. ■ > ■ July 22. This afternoon a very successful charge was fired at the Lyttelton Dock Works. The charge contained' 2950 lbs : powder. It was the most snccessful mine yet- fired on the works. An accident to one of the workmen occurred shortly afterwards. Several went up to a ledge to send down a quantity of clay, and while so engaged some slipped apd fell on to a man named Alfred Nurse and broke his thigh, He was attended'to by Dr. Rouse, The accident is greatly regretted, as. the contractors take every care to prevent injury to the men, and in this instance no indications of danger .could be noticed. , It; has been determined to give the Committee of the exhibition a complimentary banquet. ' ' ; AUCKLAND. i ■' • " 'July 22. '-"In the last 48 hours inches of rain have fallen/ ■ July 23. Mr. Evans, Superintendent of Railways of New South Wales, who arrived recently in Auckland and. visits the south to inspect its tramways and "on private business, took his departure for. Wellington last night-by the Arawata. It is possible th it, should Sir Henry Parkes consent and Mr. Evans- time and inclination permit, the Government may avail themselves of his presence to obtain a report from him on the management of our railways. The evidence of Mr. Barstow, R.M., is being taken this morning at the Industrial Home inquiry.

' NEW PLYMOUTH. ' July 22. A serious accident occurred, in the bush six.. : miles inland of Wairuku. A Pole named. Rogutski. was; bush-felling, with others when a tree fell on him, causing injuries, ,to ; his back t and head. The poor •fellow hkd to be carried six miles on,a stretcher, and in some places had to be hoisted up almost perpendicularly, so difficult was it to get out of the bush. . TIMAB/C. - July 22. At, Waimate R.M. Court to-day, William Talbot and Eugene Ford were charged /with presenting r a. revolver at William Steele on July 11. " This is the sticking-up case, the particulars of which were telegraphed 1 last week.' Talbot was discharged with a caution, and Ford was committed for trial. •'' : The weather is very unsettled.