TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 25 September 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

TO THE “ MAIL.” (PBE UNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION.) THE BURNT MAILB-N.Z. LETTERS Wellington Government have received the following telegram from the AgentGeneral relative to the burning of the mails on board the Alaska :—“ All New Bealand mails for London are sate, except a portion of the newspapers and books; but the mails for the country, including registered letters are partly burned. The exact loss is not yet known.” With regard to the mails destroyed on board the Alaska, the Secretary of the Rost Office furnishes the .following details : •—Home mails are practically made up in five sections. The first is the “London district ” mail, which comprises all: the deliveries of the London letter carriers and also the mails for the continent, which Ore sent on from London ; all these are supposed to be safe. The next division is the “ Liverpool ” one, comprising the mails for that city and all the offices circulating through that place, which io itself includes a large part of England. This batch, too, is believed to be safe, as also are the Irish and Scotch mails sent to Dublin and Glasgow respectively. This only leaves what is called the “Country ’ mail, which term includes the comparatively small portion of the United Kingdom not comprised in the other four divisions, and it is this portion which is supposed to have chiefly suffered.

RE-ORGANISING VOLUNTEERS. Wellington.—lt is understood that arrangements are in progress for the reorganisation of the Volunteer force, and that the various Naval Brigades throughout New Zealand are to be styled Royal Naval Artillery Corps, and are to be numbered in point of seniority. The maximum number of men in each company is to be fixed at 63, and the minimum at 43. All the corps are to be efficiently equipped, and will draw capitation at the rate now in vogue.

Horses Burned to Death. Baldutha.—A stable belonging to Jas. Bell, at Inchclutha, was burned on Sunday and a large quantity of harness and farm implements were destroyed, also four horses valued at £lB5. No insurance. Origin of fife unknown. Death of Native Chief. Feilding.-~A Maori chief named Takana Te Kawa, of the Ngatikawhata tribe; was buried yesterday with great ceremony. 400 Europeans present. A great feast is to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday Maoris from Waikato, Napier, and Otaki are now assembling, and food for 1000 is preparing. , Teachers’Holidays. Auckland.—Owing to the frequency of applications for leave of absence from duty on the part of the city school teachers, the School Committee a resolution 'recommending' the board to curtail salary during such absence from duty. SCHOONER ASHORE. Invercargill.;—Schooner Maid: of Otago drifted on to the beach at Riverton yesterday, through a sudden shifting of wind after crossing the bar. She lies high and dry at low water. The cargo has been removed. DivorceDunedin.— In the case of Winton y. Winton and Joseph Patrick, the decree nisi has been made absolute, with costa against the correspondent. POOTBALL-N.S.W. v. OTAGO. Dunedin.—The match came off this afternoon, 2,500 spectators on the ground, and the weather not favorable. Result was in favor of local team. Otago won by l goal and 2 tries, against nothing for N.S.W;