TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 24 July 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

TO THE “ MAIL.”

(per united press association.) Constabulary Removed. Wellington.—The Opunaki Detachment of Armed Constabulary are in readiness to proceed to Wellington for artillery service, Mildew in Meat. London, 20th.—Further opening up of the Orient’s cargo shows that the meat is for the most part very lean. Ten per cent of the cargo has become mildewed during the voyage. For round carcases, full prices are being maintained. Fire Risks and Profits. Auckland.—The prospectus is published of the new Union Fire Insurance Company of New Zealand. It provides for a division of -profits of over 8 per cent, on paid-up capital between the shareholders and assured. Ten thousand shares have been taken up. Mutton in TinsAuckland.—The first production of the Kaipara Canning Company, 8000 cans, of preserved mutton, has been placed in the market, and all sold. Timber Prices. Auckland. Owing tq the reported failure of the log supplies, some timber companies have raised timber Is per hundred feet. New R- C. Bishop. Auckland.—Father Luck, just appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, is of the Benedictine order. ‘ Father Luck, priest in Waikato, is his brother. GOLD REEF STRUCK. Greyraouth.—A gold-bearing reef has been struck in working a miner’s claim at Langdon’s hill, Paparoa range. This is the third claim in which an auriforous reef has been struck, and is a different reef from any others, showing that there are several on the hill. No gold is visible to the eye in the sample brought to town, but it gave a good prospect when crushed. Colonial Hops. Auckland.—News from Home shows that the progress made in hop-growing in New Zealand is creating anxiety amongst English growers. International Shooting. Auckland.—The international rifle match on June 10th resulted thus : Scotland 1753, England 1784, Ireland 1546.

Dropped Dead. Mr Edward Walker, bootmaker, dropped dead at Onehunga yesterday. Coal in SouthlandInvercargill.—A seam of coal twelve feet thick has been found at Ohaira. Flood near InvercargillInvercargill.— Wyndham township has been flooded, Mimimahu and Mataura River being very high, the former over its banks. No serious damage has been done, although several houses were inundated to a depth of 18 inches. Fire atWaitara. Mr Gilmour’s store at Waitara was burned down on Saturday night. The store was insured for £2OO in the Union ; stock for £750 in the Northern, and £6OO in the Victorian. The cause of the fire is'unknown. Divorce Case. Dunedin.—A divorce case is to come before Judge Williams on the 31st instant, in which Mrs Campbell is the petitioner against her husband, a surveyor. The grounds are cruelty prior to separation, and adultery since, with respondent’s housekeeper, who is a widow. BISHOP REDWOOD ON SECULAR EDUCATION. Auckland.—St. Benedict’s Church, Newton, erected by the Order of Benedictines, was formally opened and consecrated on Saturday for worship. The church was crowded, about 2000 persons being present. Bishop Redwood in the course of his sermon made an onslaught on the secular education system. He said that 20 years hence the little pagans who were the outcome of it would be our rulers, or Premiers, Cabinet Ministers, and legislators, without hope and without God in the world, blotting out every semblance of Christian civilisation. It was with sorrow he learned that of the 1500 Catholic children in Auckland only 400 attended Catholic schools. The offertory was £412 at the morning service. The church cost £7OOO, and will take £3OOO additional to complete it. Operation on the Eye. Auckland.—Dr Schwavtzbach has just successfully performed an operation on an artisan from Marlborough, who, while hammering, got a fragment of metal in the ball of the eye, of which he lost the sight. The professor made an incision at the side of the eye and introduced a small electro-magnet into the organ. On withdrawing the instrument the splinter was found adhering to it, and the pain ceased almost instantaneously. The patient has recovered his sight. Sad Drowning Case, Balclutha.—A distressing and fatal accident occurred yesterday morning. Mr Feargus Ferguson, teller of the Colonial Bank, and Mr Robert King, of the National Bank, went to bathe in the river, which was flooded with snow water. They swam across, and on return Mr King was seized with cramp, and reached the bank with difficulty . He missed Ferguson shortly after parting with him, and he was not seen after. Ferguson is a young man, his father being a clergyman in Glagow. Hotel Burned. Balclutha.—Grant’s Temperance Hotel was burned down this morning. The fire is believed to have originated in the dining room. The building was insured for £BOO, and the furniture for £2OO.