TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1191, 6 November 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPOXDEXT.) GisßOnN •■•, 3. Tho c outhprn Cross Petroleum Co. have decided to commence boring at once from the bottom of the shaft, the drill-hole to be 7| inches. The mine manager reports that oil is flowing into the shaft in small quantities. The electric light committee have decided to call for tenders in Kngland for the supply and delivery in Poverty Bay roadstead of the necessary plant and machinery to light the town of Gisborne. DruEniN, 3. The nominations of immigrants forwarded from here for October number 1121. Country papers state that during last week a gale of extraordinary violence was experienced on the Carrick Range. So great was the force of the wind that a dray and three horses were blown over, while a man was lifted clean off his feet, and hurled I into a neighbouring gully. The fifth meeting of the N.Z. Rifle Association opened this morning at Musselbovough, the Nelson and Canterbury matches occupied all day, and were concluded about 5.30. A. Ballinger, of Wellington won the former and along with the prize of LI 5 the cup, which now becomes his own property, ho hiiving been the winner of it at Nelson in 188L Harding, of Oamaru, won the Canterbury match (200 yards), with the splendid score of 48 out of a possible 50. Arthur Ballinger, of the Wellington City Rifles was the lucky winner of the elson ' \iatch for which he takes £15 and the >. elson citizens cup. The highest aggregates of the rifles so far are as follows :— Brookes, Dunedin, 142; Ballinger, 142; Harding, Oamaru, i44; Waugh, unedin, 141; Carbines : — F. Franco, Wellington, 143; W. Harries, Wellington, 142. A rather serious gas explosion oc- ! curred about nine to-night in the i-obert Burns Hotel, George street. The landlord had entered a room and the gas which was lying near the ceeling exploded with great force. The landlady (Mrs Sinclair) was hurt by the fragments of a door, and was thrown down some distance away, Mr Sinclair miraculously escaped. There was great damage done to the bottles in the bar. Arrived-the % emesis, Capt. Wodlege, 99 days from London. Wellington, November 4. The Mormon Elders seems to have been promulgating their pernicious doctrines very quietly in this city since the occasion of tli ? row at Speder's a.ll the other week. La*t evenir.g they hf -Id a meeting at a private residence in the neighbourhood of Te Arc. to which thoy invited a number of persons of both sexes, sixteen of whom,

including three or four females, accepted the invitation. The proceedings were conducted in a very serious spirit, and Elder Fair, who officiated, was subjected to a rather severe catechism regarding the principles of the selfstyled Later Pay Saints. Ci-i»'STCHURCH, November 3. At the inquest ou the man Perry, killed in an affray at Honorata, a verdict was returned exonorating Jones (not Hobb as telegraphed) from blame. The evidence showed that Perry was in an unhealthy condition, and the excitement combined with this had killed him. Auckland, 3. The M'Callum Opera Troupe opened to-night with "Tambour Major." There was an excellent house. At a public meeting last night it was decided to form an Association for the repeal of the Contageous Disease Act.