TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1190, 1 November 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from our own cobrespoitoent.) CHufSTOHiRcn, 30. It has. been decided to form a bicycle alliance on th<|(> basis of the Bicycle Club in England. Kctmar , 31. I A two-roomed cottage in SftddonI street, occupied by **a woman of illfame, named Barbara Wcldori. was quickly burned to ihe ground at 2 o'clock this morning. ' The charred remains of the woman jwere found near the door leading to tlje street. A publican was fated £5 to-day for supplying liquor on? (Sunday to a man who said ho was a traveller but really lived only two milefe ; 4way. The keeper of air oyster saloon, whose discharged servant gave information to the police, was fined £10 for selling a bottle of porter without a license. fi To-day the CouuoilvVoted 100 guineas to Ex-Superintendent Harris of the Fire Brigade. The total amount of the Charity Sunday r jceipts banked is JS4SO, with j£2s still to come in. i Mr Weston has written to the Minister of Public Works asking that the surveys mado by Thornton and Brown, of the Reeftou line, and O'Oonor's Report thereon may be deposited in the Public " orks office Christchurch, with the surveys of the other proposed lines,*for the inspection of the public. This he did in consequence of the following udvt-rtisernunt in the Christchurch papers : — " Railway Commission Notice. Public W^ 1 "^ 5 < office, Wellington, 24fch October, 1882. Sundry official reports of surveys and other documents connected with the routes for extending the main trunk line of railway from Canterbury northwards, have been deposited for public inspection at the Public Works Oifice Christchurch. A topographical map now in preparation, will also be deposited for public inspection at the same place in a few days. John Knowles Under Secretary for Public Works." A requisition from Reefton that the Commissioners should examine the route has also beenWnt by Mr Weston to the Hon. W. Johnston. The Railway League bids fair to be the most influential body that has ever assembled in Christchurch. DtJNEDIN, 30. A number of gentlemen met at the tago Hotel this morning for the purpose of making a presentation to Major Be van, of the Dunedin police force, and a survivor of the Light Brigade, which made the well-known charge at Balaklaya. The Mayor made the presentation, which consisted of a very handsome silver cup bearing the following inscription: — " A tribute of respect and esteem to Major Bevan, from many Dunedin friends, to remind him of the 28th anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade." He also presented a silver neglegege and locket to Mrs Bevan. '1 he s.B. Rotomahana came into Port Chalmers to-day. Up to the time of her arrival in port there was no sign of any damage having been done to the vessel, which made no water. The passengers have forwarded a letter to the directors of the Company referring in very favourable terms to the conduct of Captain Webster after the accident jeeurred.