TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 1 December 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

{PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.) > DUNEDIN. December 1. ; The John Elder sailed from Plymouth E on November 27th for Melbourne with 303 passengers. ; CHRISTCHURCH. December 1. ( Messrs. Brown and Thornton have left , Christchurch to make a flying survey line of the railway to West Coast, Experts report very favorably on the cement made from the materials discovered at Oxford. AUCKLAND. November 30. The-ship Wharanui, which was to have gone south for a cargo, is now loading here for London. A boy named South, aged 12, had his arm torn off at a hoisting winch at Jagger and Parker's Sawmills. He was removed to the hospital, where his father is also lying ill. . . . December 1. The local manufacturers met last evening to consider the establishment of a co? operative store for the sale of their goods. The following were represented Cabi-net-makers, portmanteau-makers, metal workers, shoe-makers, cordial manufacturers, varnish-makers, brush-makers, and others. It was estimated that the expenses of a co-operative store in a main street would be 10 per cent, commission on the retail price, and 7J per cent, on the wholesale, The meeting then adjourned. Lieut. Bowen, who commanded H.M.S. Sandfly, and was killed, as reported ,in Reuter's telegrams, was appointed from H.M.S. Danse while in Auckland to succeed Lieut. Home, appointed Sergeant-at-Arms, at Auckland. Tattersall's Club has been recognised by the Racing Club. Gold has been struck in Waitoki Creek, three miles north of Te Aroha. WANGANUI. . December J. The nominations for the Wanganui Autumn races will plose at 9 o'clock to-night.