TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 25 November 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

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"WELLINGTON. November. 24.

The steward of the ship Wairoa, which arrived .from London this mornings died during-.tEe passage from a stroke of paralysis. The officers of the German man-of-war Nautilus will be entertained at a dinner this evening by the German residents at Wellington. ' ' ' = . November 25. - A young man named Hai'try met with" a serious accident last night. , He jumped off the spritig-'b"6ard' ! a€ and struck -his head "on the bottom ' Hariry! was'ctaken to the Hospital/ and lies in a precarious condition. A charge has been laid against the captain and steward of the ship Wairoa for alleged smuggling.of a quantity of tobacco and cigars. The case will be heard this afternoon. • DUNEDIN. November 25. Lure arid Betrayer have been scratched for .the Dunediii: Cup, and Betrayer has also been scratched for the Jockey Club Handicap, A deputation from Port Chalmers waited upon the Hon. R. Oliver yesterday re the stoppage of the railway workshops at Port Chalmers. Mr. Oliver replied that owing to circumlocution and other causes the works are. at present carried on at a, dead loss. Recently some work had been done there-for 2£d per lb. for which was offered, and in another case, the Albion's shaft, 63d was charged when had been paid in Melbourne for the same work. The Government ought at once to oonsider the advisableness of leasing the workshops. Mr. Maoandrew, who was present, agreed with Mr. Oliver's suggestion. The Minister for Lands agrees to the postponement of the sale of the sections of defaulting deferred payjnent settlers till June to enable tli§m to. gather their crops. CHRISTCHURCH. November 24. With reference to some remarks by the Otago Daily Times about the loss caused by the working of the Mount Somers line, it was stated at a public meeting in Ashburlon yesterday that the line in question has not yet been opened. AUCKLAND. November 24. There i 3 a stampede from the Waikato to Te Aroha, which is draining the labor markets of Waikato, Forty people left Cambridge in one day, November 25. The Governor leaves for Wellington in the Hinemoa at 2 p. in. to-morrow, and expects to arrive at Wellington at 6 p.m. on Saturday. The state of the tide prevents the vessel leaving Manukau earlier than to-morrow. A proclamation has been issued re Patetere land, and appoints a sitting of the Land Court at Cambridge for January 25, at which one block of 240,000 acres will be adjudicated. The Qourt will also deal with lands at Hokianga, Whangarei, Thames, Taupo, Bay of Plenty, Tolago Bay, Otaki, Wanganui, and Patea, The Government have scheduled blocks of about onp million acres in area with regard to which they will proceed under the Native Land Act 1877, in order to set aside land equivalent to the Government advanoes, from the ; date of the order of the Court. The remainder of the lands will be opened to public competition. The chiefs Hanawua, Ngatiinaniopoto, and Te Ngakau were present during the expulsion of the ploughmen from Mr. Tole's land at Ngarnoko, but did not interfere, The natives now threaten depredations on Mr. M'Lean's land. NAPIER. . November 24. The Education Board, di.sgusted at having to take its accumulated savings on general account to supplement the building grant, is determined in future to spend any surplus in bonuses, so that economy may not in future be made, an excuse for injustice. Nothing certain is known ■as to whether or not Ministers have promised to find work for the Scandinavian unemployed at low rates of wages. Mr. Qrmond asks for the same fjimeessioiis for the English bush settlers. Considerable quantities of totaraare being now brought down by rail, and when the line is completed a few miles further, it will be in the centre of the finest totara forest in the Colony. November 25. The hotel at Te Aute was totally destroyed by fire last night. The building was insured for L3OO in the National and L3OO in the Union. The stock and furniture were insured for L 350 in the Union, of which the Standard, holds £i2oo. The clfiim of Mr. Solomon, AttorneyGeneral of Fiji, to several sections in Napier, reported some time back, has resulted in the engagement of all the lawyers here either for or against the claim. An investigation shows that Mr. Solomon conveyed the land twenty*one years ago to Mr. G. Sheddqn. The owners of the sectiong been consequently put to' considerable expense for nothing. KUMARA. November 25. There was great excitement over the Mayoralty election. O'Hagan was returned by a large majority. INVERCARGILL. Noveniber 24. , Mr. W. G- Fox, late police inspector, has been appointed clerk and treasurer to the Wallace County Council,