TELEGRAMS.

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

TELEGRAMS.

(PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, August 2. A man named Vause, a saddler, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of threatening to shoot his wife. On being searched, 44 bullets were found on him, and concealed in the back portion of the outer case of his watch was a small packet of strychnine. One hundred and fifteen births and 31 deaths were registered during July ; 23 marriage certificates were issued during the same period. The Customs revenue for the month amounted to L 12,453 3s lOd, showing a decrease of L 3500 on the corresponding month of last year. August 3. The man Yan~o, was arrested yesterday for threatening to shoot his wife, was charged at the Resident Magistrate's C-.)!irt this morning with lunacy. He had admitted the act was due to excessive drinking. He was remanded until Thursday for medical examination. DUKE DIN. August 2. Mr. Stevens, formerly chief officer on bo ',rd the s.s. Wakatipu, who was severely injured some time ago on board that vessel whilst she was at Sydney, died at his residence here to-day from the effects of the injuries then received. August 3. During the past week the Benevolent Association has distributed relief to 95 persons, making 479 since the Soup K-:ch*n was :>p<sm'd. T>n.-ing Jyly 114 w.sssis -»f a i>f 25,473 < onteyeci "•« port of Lytteltori, The new City Council Chambers were opened by a banquet last night.

CHRISTCHURCH.

August 2. A meeting of the unemployed was held to-day, at which petitions to the President of the United States q.nd the Governor were read. The meeting ended by quarrelling amongst themselves, A ease was heard to?day, at the Resident Magistrates Court, in which the Rev. Mr! Wilkes, master of the Lower Beathcote School, was summoned for beating a pupil severely. It turned out that the nick-name of " Rule Britannia " had been bestowed on the rev. gentleman, and the larrikins of the district, who are gaining quite a reputation for outrageous apts, used to annoy him by whistling and singing the tune as much as possible. In this instance the boy had gone into his garden and sang the air with his sister, and next day Mr, Wilkes gave hirrj a severe thrashing ia school. T'he mother of the boy took the case into court, and the Magistrate said that the master had done perfectly right, and read the mischievous lads of the place a lesson. The ship Loch Aire, from Lo.ndon, arrived at Lyttelton last night, 89 days out. She brings 36 passengers, all well, and a very valuable Clydesdale entire for Mr. R. Wilkin. Two entires were shipped in London, but Lucksall died on the passage. The other is named Chancellor. The Lyttelton dock is 82 feet wide, noi 4.6 as has been stated. It is 46 feet q,t the bpttcip. The entrance is 63 feet wiide.

AUCKLAND. August 2. Tho cutter Fanny has been wrecked at Kawau. No live 3 were lost. A ferocious assault upon Constable Deen was made by a man named Hogan, at Panmure. A warrant is out for Hogan's arrest. NAPIER. August 2. By a fire this evening, the dwellinghouse of Edmund Sutton, of the firm of Wardrop and Co., was completely destroyed. The damage amounts to L3OOO. Insurances : LSOO in the Imperial on the building, L3OO in the New Zealand on the furniture. The origin of the fi?e is wrapped in mystery. The only persons in the house at the time were four children, the eldest being 13. All were saved, though one had a narrow escape, being dragged from under the bed where he had crouched, by Mrs. Denzhly.

BALCLUTHA. August 2. Messrs. M'Kenzie, Thomson, and Co.'s store was broken., into between Saturday night and Sunday morning. The burglar gained admittance by removing the glass and frame of a back window. The desk had been searched, and the lock of the safe had also been tried, but without effect. Nothing is missed out of the stoye.' JJfte police q,re investigatipg the matter.