TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 7 September 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(yßft }?RMpS AaSppiATjfQF,) WELLINGTON. September 6The new Property Assessment Schedule will not be issued until the end of the present week. It is believed that the time for returning the schedules will be extended till the end of October. The Government have called on all gentlemen on the roll of J.P.'s who have beep to tender theip resignations. At the Hospital inquiry this afternoon, a report was drawn out, to be submitted to the Colonial Secretary, recommending that immediate aeUon be taken in reference to reorganising the staff. It is probable that the result will be made known in the course of a day or two. September f. The Rangatira, wrecked at New Plymouth, is uninsured. Dr. Lemon has received the following cable from Adelaide A diver has examined the bottom of the Sorata, and reports that a small hole exists on the port side. The cargo is being got out of the after hold. It is all more or less damaged. The wind is increasing,

CHEISTeHURCH. September 6. An information was laid against a cabman by the Tramway Company to-day, for obstructing the line opposite the railway station. This arose out of the dispute last week. After a lengthy hearing, the R.M. decided that the company, having followed neither the deposited plan nor the Order in Council, the portion of line in question (about two ehains where the rails cross the south belt), was not authorised within the meaning of the Act, and consequently there could be no obstruction. Mr. Cowlishaw gave notice to appeal on general grounds. September 7. The I?en(3volent Association is in g,n awkward position. The funds are exhausted, and the Association. owes over LSO. A final appeal is to be made to the public. If it fails the Association will break up,

AUCKLAND. September G. Arrived James A. Stewart, from Oamaru.

September 6. During the passage of the ship City of Sparta to this port she came across a derelict boat which had belonged to the steamer America, wrecked some months ago. Captain M'Kenzie has retired from the contest for the Waikaia seat. Arrived—Lyttelton, ship, from Glasgow. About 150 persons attended a meeting of railway employes to r nighfc, when the new spaip pf pg.y was discussed. A majority of three-fourths expressed themselves in favor of a strike, but there appeared to be a great wapt of organic tion,

KUMARA. September 6. A complimentary banquet was given here on Friday night to Mr. R. J. Seddon, M.H.Ji., on his return from Parliament. Sixty pergons were present, the Mayor in the Ghair ? The mining community was strongly represented, and the speeches made were in no way political.

GREYMOUTH. September 6. The amalgam taken from the top plates only of the Golden Fleece Extended, for the two weeks ending Saturday, 4th inst., was 5710z5. 40dwts.

TIMARU. September 6. At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, John Pound, recently arrested in Aupkland op a of wife desertion, and now doing sentence for. that and wilful damage to property, was committed for trial at the Supreme Court for burglary committed at Timaru Post Office about two months since. The Timaru School Committee to-night resolved to request parents of children to pay Is per head per month towards incidental expenses, provided the total amount paid by any parent does not exceed 2s 6d. If thi3 is not done, the (Committee cannot carry on, owing to the reduction of the grant by the Board. The school has over onp thousand pupils,

HOKITIEA. September (3. I The body of the missing man Palmer w&s found morning on the beach ! porth of thp Teremakaq Rjypr, Palmer js the schoolmaster from Canterbury who arriyed here by eoq.ch on August f, and was missed suddenly on the night of Tuesr day, August 10. Jt is believed that de= ceaged committed suicide. The' Supreme Court sittings . were opened to-day by Mr. Justice Williams; Stephen Spencer, cook and Bailor on board the Spray, was accidentally drowned when attempting to proceed from the wharf to the vessel. An-inquest was held to-day, and a verdict returned of "Accidental death." 7: <: v■ <