TELEGRAPHIC

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 30, 25 March 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

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[pkr pnrcas ausooiation Bikxitkim, March 2U. Our own oorrespondent of tbo Express, nt Havelock, wires tbis morning that considerable excitement is manifested at Havelock respecting Iho opening of a now tcrraoo at tbe Wakaramina, Tbo ground tsdoep. Another wcolc will bo required to test tho ground properly. The prospootors obtainod ono ouuco to tho tub of sieving. OaMjVIJI/, Maroh 23. Tho Boy. F. Coloman, Roman Catholic pastor of tho distriot, has handed tho lo!---towing telegrams to the Evening Mail, in wliich journal they appear :—'• Oamaru March 21st. To tho Rev. Father Honnohorry, Kumara, kindly reply by saying whether you denounced marriages bee twoeo CmUolics and Protestants us

adultery, as slated by tho Press A U enoy telegram. William Coleman." Tlio following telegram was received : " Kumars, March 22nd. To the Rev. Father Coloman, Oamaru. Tbo P-ess Agoney tele* j-rain, station that I havo denounced marriagos between Catholics aud Protestants as adultery, i. fulso. Signed, P. Honnobcrry." Wellington, March 23. Arrived-— Lanarkshire, from London, 103 days out, with a full oargo. March 24. At half-past fivo o'olock this morning a Ore broko out in Mrs tVloson'e lodging houso, Willis street. Tho flames got n good hold of tho insido boforo discovered. Somo of tho lodgers had great difllculty in esoaping ; two, who slopt in the upper part of Iho building, had to drop from tho window on to au outhouso ; another lodger was much out' und bruisod in making his esoapo. All of thorn lost their clothes, and several tl oir last week's wages. Tbe landlady bad £00 cash in a purao under her mattrass, which was also lost. The firo brigado oonttned tbo flro to that houso. Tho building wns insured for £600 m tho South British, nnd tbo furniture for £600 in tho Victoria, and JEGOOin the National. CirßisTCHUitcH, March 23. Tho Lyttelton Harbor Bonrd havo unanimously decided not to undctako to pay a pro rata shnro of tho expense of Sir John Coode's visit to New Zealand, ns suggested by tho Government. Tho Bonrd do not consider it necessary to consult. Coodo respecting tho harbor works.