TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 535, 19 June 1880, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

TO THE “ MAIL." LAWYER REES AGAIN. Gisborne, 17tli. A petition to make Rees a bankrupt has been dismissed, with costs, by tho Registrar, on the ground that Rees had committed no act of bankruptcy. DISCOVERY OF HOT SPRINGS. Napier, 17th. While in Taupo country, last week, Dr Walker, of the Armed Constabulary, and Mr J. Vinor Brown, were shown by the natives hot springs and geysers of extraordinary beauty, unknown to Europeans. The country is very rough for the last few miles, travellers having to cut their way with bill-hooks through the dense scrub. EAST COAST COAL. Gisborne, 17 th. Coal recently discovered at Noise wood has been tested in houses there, and declared to be excellent for household pur" poses. HOMEWARD SHIPS. Christchurch, Friday. Since the 4th of January 42 vessels have been despatched from Lyttelton for the United Kingdom, representing in tonnage 46,819. Before the end of this month, six more, or 6106 tons, will leave. In addition, three vessels of 1398 tons have left for the Cape of Good Hope, making a total of 54,323 tons. PETITION TO UNSEAT. Grahamstown, Friday. A petition to unseat Mr Richardson for Christchurch, and replace Sir Geo. Grey, has received over 1000 signatures. GOLD SEEKERS. Palmerston North, Friday. For a considerable time party prospectors under the command of an experienced miner, Mr Rankin, have been searching for gold in gullies and creeks in the Tararua ranges. So far they have only found gold in non-payable quantities. Rankin believes, however, that a rich vein exists. On Wednesday, a meeting of the principal men of Palmerston, to thorougly test the matter, guaranteed to a storekeeper the payment of provisions for three months. The place where the search is being made is in a gorge 14 miles from Palmerston. ■ HOTEL BURNT DOWN. Grahamstown, Friday. Stephenson’s hotel was burnt down last night. The insurances amounted to £SOO. ELECTION AT OAMARU. Oamaru, 17th. The election of one'member to fill the vacancy has been very exciting, there being three candidates, one a Ministerialist, and two Liberals. A local journalist, Mr George Jones, is at the head of the poll, the numbers being ;—George Jones, 775 ; Reid, 666 ; Roberts, 136. There were 31 informal votes. POISON AND STARVATION. Dunedin, 16. The inquest on the man William England, who was found dead in the street apparently through poison, has resulted in a peculiar verdict. A- letter found on-the deceased was read, in which he stated his intention of committing suicide, having no money and no means of purchasing food. The jury found a verdict of suicide while suffering from temporary insanity, adding a rider urging on the Corporation the pressing necessity for erecting a Coroner’s Cour and Morgue. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. Christchurch, 17 th. The Committee of the Industrial Exhibition have already received 76 applications for space.

JURY LOCKED UP. v ~ ’ Napier. 17th. The jury, after being locked up all night ; in the case of Shaw, late Corporation clerk and collector, charged with arson, brought - in a verdict of - “ Guilty.” Prisoner pleaded guilty to embezzlement. He was . sentenced to four years for arson, and _ .three years for embezzlement; the sentence to run concurrently.

We undeustand that the Railway Commissioners who passed through this district a month ago are now returning to Wellington to consider their report upon Railways in the North Island. One Commissioner passed through Patca last night, having come from Opunako, and intending to sleep at Waverley. Chinese in Tasmania. —The influx of Chinese into the gold and tin mining district of Tasmania is exciting alarm. It has been suggested that restrictive measures should be adopted, There are from 2000 to 3000 Celestials scattered over the mines, and in some instances European miners have been discharged in order to make room for them. One case is mentioned in which a company have let their mine on tribute to a party of 70 Chinese, and the 40 Europeans previously employed have had to go elsewhere. Writing to one of the papers, a correspondent says that if something is not done at once, Tasmanians will “ in a few years find to their sorrow that their little island is full of pig-tails and half-castes.” At the Pakurangi Hunt Meeting several spills occurred, one of them entailing the death of a handsome mare owned by Miss Styak. When rising to jump iho horse slipped, and was pitched headlong over a fence, breaking its neck. Miss Styak luckily escaped unhurt.