TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 13 October 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. October 12. It is stated that a strong party of men, organised under an experienced leader, have started for the Torawhiti district, to give it a fair trial under the most approved principles of working and saving iiiie gold. October 13. Three boys of ages ranging from 14 to 1G left their homes on Saturday morning, taking with them a horse, arms, and ammunition. Nothing has been heard of them since, but it is supposed that they are in the Wairarapa district. The police are making enquiries. . The lunatic who escaped from the , asylum yesterday is still at large. ' DUNEDIN. October 12. At the Sussex Hotel last night, Mr.'E. Wilson, late of the railway department, was presented with a gold medal and a purse of fifty sovereigns in acknowledgment of the part he took in the recent agitation re reduced pay. A deputation will wait on Mr. Oliver on his arrival here to protest against the sinaUness of the sum allocated for school buildings in Otago. October 13. The Te Anau snoke the barque Lutterworth, from London to Auckland, off the Solanders. By the Cygnet from Auckland news comes or the drowning of the master of : the cutter John Owens. The Weatherstones Cement Company has washed up 133 ounces of gold for four weeks' crushing, making 667 ounces for 90 days. The Company has paid a divi--2s 9d per scrip. The Star says that, consequent on the police changes coming into force on the Ist of November', the Colony will be divided into 11 police districts, each ii: charge of an there "«'i}i be six djstv-iots, namely, three in Otago, two in Canterbury, and one in Westland. Commissioner Weldon has charge of the Dunedin district, extending from" Lawrence to Oamaru j Inapeotor Hiokson takea the Otago goldflelds j Inspector Thompson, Southland. Commissioner Brotham has charge of the central Canterbury, Inspector Moore, of Lawrence, taking Timaru and Ashbnrton. It has been suggested that LIOO offered by the Government in connection with the Kyeburn murder should be diyidod amongst the principal witnes.ses, other than thp Dolice. CHRISTOHURCH. October 12. A man- ejected from the White Hart Hotel last night used a knife upon the landlord and night porter, inflicting flesh wounds. He was brought up at the Court to-day, but the case was remanded. A letter having appeared in one of the papers referring to the rumored change of Magistrates, and reflecting on Mr. Beswick's capacity and impartiality to sit at Rangiora, a number of the bar and residents torday took occasion at the Rangiora Resident Magistrate's Court to disavow any sympathy with the opinions expressed. Mr. Beswick was sitting on the Bench. About 10 last night, the shop of Sainuel Stewart, pawnbroker, whigh ja paptpf his dweliingvhouse, was broken into by the shutters and front window being smashed. Five' gold watches and a gold brooch, which were hanging in the window, valued at about L6O, were stolen. The .thieves decamped before they could be seen, but information was speedily given to the police. About ten minutes to 12, Qqpgtable £) ougan, 0 ugan, who was, on duty in Oxford r terrace West, near Montrealstreet, heard a woman qajling for the polioe, Ho went round to .the back of Messrs. Medley and Walker's premises,. and found the kitchen windaw.of Medley's house had been broken, and that three coats hanging in the kitohen had been stolen. From what he gathered he went to an outhouse near at hand, and found three men apparently sleeping in the loft. One of the stolen coats wan found near them, and he arrested the three on a charge of burglariously entering the dwelling named. After leaving the men at the depot he returned to the premises, where he found a biscuittin containing the watcjies. and, brooch, The men wgre. tirpught i\p $t the Bo}ice Court th}s morning and reminded till Monday.' Captain Barry attempted to give a lecture at the Gaiety Theatre to-night, but the audience interrupted him and pelted him witli eggs till ho was forced to retreat, AUCKLAND. October 12. Sailed—Reliance, ketch, for Qamaru ; Roma, schooner, for liaipara, to load timber for Oamaru. l - Lord Abbott Aloock, the Rev. M. Fox, and some lay brothers belonging to the Dominican order, have come by the Australia to found an establishment in con- -■ noction with the order in Auckland. i .*; October 131 His Honor Judge Gillies and Mr. G. S,

•Graham, Manager of the Colonial Insurance ' Coin pany, were passengers by'the Surat which arrived in Australia oh "September the 24fch. , A pawnbroker applied to the Resident Magistrate, under section 37 of the Pawnbroker's Act, for compensation for stolen goods. He being compelled to surrender, the Magistrate declined the application. A larse quantity of trout ova is being visrributed in the country districts. The Auckland Meat Preserving Company is rapidly extending operations. Shipments are principally made to the country sawmills, gum fields, and the South Sea Islands. Their prices are 30 per cent, below the imported article. The plant : is capable of turning out 6000 tons (?) weekly. ; The Auckland Society of Arts will hold its annual exhibition in March. TIMARU. October 13. A girl named Greaves, or Green, aged 17, was charged to-day with a larceny of L 4 belonging to a widow lady in Timaru. The accused, who was formerly an inmate of the Christchurch Orphanage, represented herself as a governess, and repaid the widow's hospitality by stealing the money during her absence, and decamping to Dunedin. As the girl refused to plead, she was remanded till Saturday.