TELEGRAMS.

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

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. October 5. The Hannah Broomfield is a total wreck. The cargo was said by auction to-day for L 65, DUNEDIN. October 5. Twenty-five of the Maori prisoners, including William King, the well-known chief, left this morning en route for Taranalci, where they will be liberated. Arrived—BarqueLurline, from London. A four-roomed cottage at Maori Hill was burnt this morning. The house was occupied and owned by Mr. Cowan. It was insured in the National Company for L3io i loss, L 20.0 above that. , . 'Alexander Weiler was convicted of obtaining money by false pretences. The Crown abandoned the other charges. ' CHRISTCHUJICH. October 4* ■ The net beer duty received her© during the last four months, after all deductions have been made, was L 8345 103 Bd. : A nevp system of wood paying was submitted to the City Council to-night by Mr, Smith, of Wellington. Explanatory models are being used. It is estimated 'to cost 10s shillings per yard, and to last 20 years. The Works Committee is to report on the subject. The Council.have postponed the vexed tramway question f6r another week. The Company have sent in an answer to the report of the Committee, : it\, which they explain that the deviations from the authorised plans wes,e made solely for the convenience and safety of the public. . The Customs revenue,collected at Lytt'elton for the month of September is L 16,197 Us IQd, The quarterly returns are qot yet wade out, This morning one of the men working fpr Talbot and M'Clatchie, stevedores, in Lyttejton, at the reduced rate of pay, 10s per day, was set on by several of those who recently refused to accept the reduction, and was roughly handled. Summonses have been issued against those who took part in the assault^the matter will be fully gone ista the Resident Magistrate's Go.ur-c, " The cricket season was opened on Saturday, when there was some capital batting for the opening day ; so good in fact as to presage a more than usually interesting season. The usual pass examination of the terbury College began to-day. The honors examination takes the week after next. 1 ■ ' " •* . October 5. The . Cathedral Commission sent an order Home by the last mail for an organ for the Cathedral, to cost LISOO. It is expected here in June next. AUCKLAND, October 4. At a football match, New Zealand v. the World, Toke, of the World, received a kick in the ribs, which knocked him down, and he had to be helped from the field ; and Henderson, captain of the New Zealand team, received a gash over his eye an inch and a half in length. The Rev. Upton Davis, Baptist Minister of Dunedin, gave one of his talks .on "Out of Work," last evening in the Theatre Royal. The place was crowded, and the pa,ssagpa were also filled. The o.ut-put or coal at Kawakawa for September was 500,Q tons. At the Supreme Court criminal sessions, G. W, King, oharged with selling arms to the natives, received one day's imprisonment, as the judge thought the prisoner, being a new arrival, did not know the law respecting arms. The Mayor has received a reply to. the memorial against the removal of Mr. Lusher from t'ne charge of the Telegraph The list of dis* pissed through' retrenchment will be kept sq as to give employment if opportunity occurs,, Government oannot comply with the Request, ifor reinstatement of Mr. Lusher at Auckland. • , ,

! Latest news from Samoa by the Edith ! to the 4th ult., states ■ that Sir Arthur . Gordon' has issued a proclamation pro-. . hibitingWalter Hunt from b§fog within ! the Samoan Islands . foA*. a, period of two year? 9,n groped that his presence is ' dangerous to. the peace and good order of the Western Pacific Islands. The prohibition wa?.issued on the information of < sis .persons. Several villages on Sava ; have been burnt by contending factions, . iri'd news was received that Tanamai ' Tanga were burning right and left in Roua; not content with destroying the property of their the King 1 party hay@ great havoc on the i cif Mr. Prank Cornwall So and around Faso.' Tootaj Jpaisto, Touta and ag.ents \vho were tiipe, ago appointed by the consuls on behalf of their respective Governments to assist Mali : Toa in framing laws for the better government of his people, have in the meantime suspended their functions. ; October 5. Joe, the New Hebrides native, has been ; sentenced to death for wilful murder. " Joe, the New Hebrides native, charged with wilfuL murder, .pleaded-guilty at the | Supreme Court this.mcarnijig. Before the jury was empannelled Mr. Justice Richmond explained through an interpreter (Thurston, a brother of the Colonial Secretary of Fiji) that he could withdraw ' the plea if he liked when the. jury ~was i empannelled.; ■ When this was done the : prisoner again pleaded guilty, making a : statement to the. effect that he was under ■ the,influence ofdrink', and that i boys irritated him. He wg§ to. ! death, Ckptaiti Steele, the agent for Messrs, : poster, offers 30,s api stcse for a black of 17,5.09 acres of land at Te Aroha, The;Board : .o{fera ito'-asll. at with'conditions regarding residenoe and improvements." Captain Steele offers to introduce forty-five Lincolnshire farmers as t a first instalment, and to follow with- more. The Waste-.Land Board fixed the high price owing to the auriferous, character of the land. A. compromise will probably be'effected. "• Mr. Hislop, Under-Secretary for Edu4 cation, is inspecting the schools, • Numerous cases of. wife beating are 'coding «p at the |*<)lioe Court. • WESTPORT. "■'t i.: - . October 5. • The , United Alpine Lyell amalgam, melted last night, yielded 750 ounces o| gold for a'month's work. :: ■ . ' , j October 4. < Mr, ' B. A. the astronomer, accompanied, by his" i.\R. S. Smythe, arrived this jnorning Tasmania. He opens hera to-morrow nighty and.!«wills aycourser of i Jfeotures.. ' ■ a 11. 1 ' •" ' ' ' ' t • o""!

LYTTELTOK October 4. Sailed—Be ward, schooner, for Oamaru. ' . GBAHAMSTOWN. i October 5. A number are out prospecting in the Te Arohoa district, but, beyond finding some loose quartz showing gold, nothing has been discovered. The local bodies have claimed from the Government L 22,000 said to have been ,paid ; to natives illegally since the abolition of the provinces. Mr. M'Cullough, Editor of the Star, offers a prize for the best plans utilising the waste water from the pumps, water engine, etc., to, improve the sanitary condition of the town. Colonel Fraser,. late. Warden, is-a candidate for the mayoralty. A petition has been forwarded to the Government complaining of the hospital management, also the manner, etc., in which Dr. Skye made the late investigar tion.