TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 5 August 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON August 4. The nautical inquiry into the cirQumst;uices connected with the reoent aociclent to the barque Malay has been adjourned to enable the magistrate, assessor, and counsel to visit the scene of the accident. August 5. A young wan named John Blair, forinen ly clerk ;« Timaru, was arrested this morning on a charge of embezziing L 5 15s, the monies of Government. He was remanded for a week,

pTINEDIN. August 5. Mfessrs. Gargills, Gibbs, and Co's. cablegram, dated London, August 8, says the market is dull, and without any demand. The pext series but one will commence on November 23. Messrs. Simpson, R.M., and Strode have been appointed Commissioners of Inquiry into the Look-out Point Industrial School. Eliza Martin, who was accidentally shot by her son at Mullocky Gully, died in the Hospital this afternoon. CHRISTCHURCH. August 4. Mr. George Evans, the commissioner appointed by the New South Wales Government to examine and report upon the street tramways in New Zealand, arrived i in Christqhurch yesterday, and was conI ducted over the different lines this morning by Mr. J. E. Brown. He expressed I the highest approbation of the lines and rolling stock, particularly the latter, which he said was the best he had ever met with. The Anna Bella case ig creating ipterest here, ijer crew refuse to' gq to «ea in her, adhering to their statement that she is unseaworthy. The Government deoline to order a court of survey to be held on her, and the vessel has been towed out from the wharf, and is lying in the stream ready for sea. August 5. The weather lately has been more seasonable, and the reports from districts are very favorable. TIMARU. August 4. The Borough Council to-night appointed Messrs. Dobson and Son engineers to the Waterworks. NAPIER, August 4. ! JSartsutgky, gun maker, was to-day qharged' at"the Resident Magistrates Court with a. breach of the Arms Act in selling a large quantity of ammunition without permit. He was remanded, pending the preferment of other charges of selling to the natives. The evidence showed an extraordinary lax observance of the Arms Act. The widow of Sergeant Kelsall, who was killed at the rifle butts two years ago, to-day received notice from Wellington that unless payment was made of the policy of life insurance on her husband's, life, it woulid lapse. The policy wss paid over twelve mp;ntjis ago, August 5. J At the Gas Company's annual meeting to-day a dividend was declared equal to 12J per cent. L 928 were carried to the reserve fund.