TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1187, 25 October 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FKOM OUK OWN COIIItESPONDENT.) Duxedix, October 23. Mr Hannay liekl an enquiry into the railway accident to-day, but it is entirely a Departmental affair. A party of practical miners intend j getting up a public company to thoroughly prospect from lake Manij pouri, through the Fiord county to the West Coast. October 24. Solman and Co., of Hamburg, intend to extend their Australian line of I steamers to this colony, and are building eight new steamers of 29,400 tons. The Sorrento, the pioneer of the line, ! loads at Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, and i 'W ; llington, going Home via the t-uez Canal. Christciiurch, <ctober23. Mr Harris, ex superintendent of the fire brigade, was presented with a ' handsome piece of plate, and a purse jof 100 sovereigns, by the Insurance ! Association to-day. The hi on. Mr Rolleston will address ; his constituents early next month, at i Ashburton. At the Diocesan Synod to-day, a ! report on the Cathedral Services Maintenance was brought up, and showed that after making every reduction for the future that is possible, j without interforring with the efficiency lof the present services there is an ! annual defficienoy to meet of about £019. ; Auckland, October 24. ; A warm discussion occurred at a meeting of creditors in the estate of T. :M. Davies yesterday. Tt is alleged i the bankrupt got credit on the ! faith of being a relative of notable '■ clerical families, and lived at an extrai vagant rate, while his income as a commission a^ent only amounted to 1 about £'2 a week. Bishop Novell, of j Dunedin, is a creditor for £150. The ; meeting passed a resolution requiring the trustee to take legal advice, for the | purpose of ascertaining whether there i were any grounds for a criminal prosecution. Another sale of suburban land at the North Shore took place yesterday, and realised £8,000. Further blocks are being cut up in all directions. Stone Bros, have received information unofficially to the effect that the Government has decided to release the barque Gazelle, for which the firm are agents on certain conditions. The ! iineof £50 will have to be paid, in addition to all' the expenses. Wangaxui, 24. The half-yearly sitting of the Supreme Court opened yesterday } before Judge Richmond. The calendar was a light one, including three charges of larceny, one against a native for wounding, and one against another native for forgery. His Honor in his charge to the Grand Jury referred to forgery as a favorite offence among the natives, who presented a singular mixture o£ simplicity and art. The Grand Jury found true bills in all cases except the charge against the native, for cutting and wounding in which no indictment was piesented as the prisoner demanded a Maori jury, and means for such are not available, Wellington, 04. The R.M. yesterday, after a formal enquiry, committed Mr W. M. Lewis to tlie .A-shburdon Hall private lunatic asylum, Dunedin. The proceedings were conducted in private. MrH. A. Gordon has to-day been appointed Inspecting Manager of Mines under the Mines Dejmrtment, in accordance with the wish expressed by Parliament last session, and under the vote passed by the House. The Royal Commission to report on

the alternative routes proposed for the extension of the South Island railway to Cook Strait was formally appointed at to-day's meeting of the Executive Council. The members, as already stated, are the Hon. Dr Pollen, Mr Fulton, and Mr Thompson. The Commissioners are to commence their investigations at once. Colonel Reader, of the Defence Department, has issued to the officers commanding the various districts in the Colony a circular furnishing an outline of the proposed new Volunteer regulations.