TELEGRAMS.

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

TELEGRAMS.

(PES PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

WELLINGTON. November 4. .The "whole of the Okatoiwa village and suburban allotments on Waimate Plains are;. soid. -Qr:sy three lots competed for, a::d aet-iy ail real-sui .. . advauce'on th« <;once. Resident Magiairdie* hav« been officially warned to be very careful m making committals to the Caversham or Burnham Industrial Schools, as both are very crowded. DUNEDIN. - - ' * November 5. All Lee, was executed at 8 o'clock this morning. 'He was visited during the night by Bishop Neville and the Rev. Mr. Byng, and Mr. Torrance (Gaol Chaplain). He expressed thankfulness for having religious consolation so frequently administered to him. On the scaffold, immediately before the white cap was put on him, the Gaol Chaplain asked him whether he wished to say anything, and if he killed Mrs. 1 He answered firmly, "me no killee Missee Young." He was exceedingly calm throughout. Death was instantaneous,

CHRISTCHURCH. November 4. On eight mornings last month the thermometer on the grass registered below zero, while the rainfall lias been in excess of that in the same mouth for the previous five yeqrs. The Rangiora Show was held to-day, and was well attended. There was fine weather and good exhibits. The arrangements were much better than usual. No breeder from outside the Province exhibited anything. NAPIER, Sfoveciber 4. A fire broke out at half-past twelve last night in a cottage at the top end of Hastings-street, opposite Swan's brewery. The flames communicated with the buildings on either side. Owing to the draining works having cut up the road, the steam fire-engine was delayed, and the manual engine, though soon on the spot, was unequal to keep the fire down. Three dwellings occupied by Redstone, Cole, and Davidson were destroyed. The insurances are all jn the Union, and are L2OO on Redstone's, L2OO oil Cole's L 25 on Cole's workshop, and L 25 on Cole's tools. Davidson's policy had lapsed. GISBORNE. November 4. An inquiry into the stranding of the Lnchnagar, before Mr. Price, R. M., Mr. Clayton, Nautical Assessor, and Mr. Johnson, Collector of Customs, was neid yesterday, and lasted from 10 a.m. to 7 p. in. The following decision was arrived at :—The cause of the stranding of the Lochnagar was a heavy gale from the south-east, with a heavy breaking sea. The heaviest part of tl}9 gfiJ o caused a chopping sea. The vessel pitched and rolled heavily, and snapped her chains, which are light. The only means of saving the vessel was by beaching her. We are of oninjoii the master ought not to fyaye ha 4 the vyhoie of the sails under when in an "open roadstead, yet from the evidence it appears that from the heaviness of the gale and the lightness of the ship, sails would have been of little use, as it would not have been safe for the vessel to put to sea with so little ballast and cargo as she had on board in the heavy gale that was blowing at the time, the barometer not indicating the approach of suqh heavy weather. Had the vessel been provided with coil springs there is a probability that the chains would not have snapped. There was no attempt to ease the chain by substituting a warp in the absence of a spring. With this exception we consider the master, uncfeF the Jrcumstances, acted to' the best qf hi? judgment tq saye the ship.

TIMARTT. Noyember 4The Harbor Board to-day resolved to reduce the landing and shipping charges at their service by 25 per cent. This decision has been come to through the improved facilities afforded to shipping by vessels being able to lie safely at the breakwater in all weather. INVERC^GILL. ifovember 4. To-day 14 men, comprising nearly the whole of the working staff of the Jayer* cargilj railway workshops, received official intimation that for retrenchment sake their services would be dispensed with. This, of course, praotioally mean 3 the closing of the workshop here, NELSON. November 4. 4-t the inquest on the fire of the stacks burnt at ijope 011 the 23rd ult., the verdict returned was to the effect that the fire was wilfully raised by some persons unknown. The barley stapk W33 injured in the Royal for L2OQ. A thousand bushels had been sold on delivery at §3 Bd, but the cost of delivery, according to the evidence, wpqld have been Gd P er bushel, and whilst the owner estimated the contents at J6OQ bushels, a man swore that one of the owners told him it might run "TOO bushels. The policy expired on 27th October, and the fire occurred on the 23rd. An important case was heard before the Resident Magistrate, Mr. Broad, when the Nelson Corporation sued Mr. Webster for half the qost of .poncretiug t}ie pavement fronting his premiges. A point was raised that the footpath was-iißt laid out and constructed aq provided under section 1202 of the Corporations Act, a grayel footpath having been merely re-placed by a concrete one. Judgment was given to-day in favor of Webster, the Resident' Magistrate stating that unless action was taken by the ratepayers under section 11.1, the Corporation must effect such an improvement out of the general funds.