TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1192, 8 November 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from qub own coeeespondent.) Christi'hurch, 6. A meeting of representatives from the various public bodies, attended by numerous gentlemen, -who met by invitation of is Worship the Mayor, was held in the City Council Chambers, at 3 p.m. to-day. Several members of Parliament were also present. The 'following resolution was carried. li That \ i view of the large recourews on the West Coast, and of a steadily increasing population, the League is ofopiiiioDJ that the share of the loan allowed to- ] wards the trunk line north, should 1 ..-• I applied in the construction of the li:i-> ; from the Hurinui to the West Coast, jwkl that the Government be request -d to cause surveys to be made as ear!} ' as possible with a view to ascertain th.-i Jinst route, in that direction." \tl influential committee was ap- ,

pointed to carry out the object of the Leagui;. Scandal is buisy with the jiauie of a Pr,estbyterian pastor long resident in Christchurch, against whom certain serious charges have been made. There is a division in the Presbytery on the subject, and it is not known what the issue will be, Christchurch, 7. The Derby resulted as follows : — Cheviot, J ; Nonsense, 2 ; Leo, 3. ! unedin, 7. The weather to-day is fine, but a strong wind is blowing right across the range. The following are the highest aggregates for the carbine belt: — Weir, 'hames, 252; Allan, ' unedin, 244. .An engagement has been concluded by an agent in Dunedin on behalf of Mr Fox, proprietor of the National Police Gazette of New York, with Jem Mace, for a boxing exhibition throughout the United States, to begin in new York in the new year. The city and suburban tramways have freen thrown into a company, with a capital of £10,000, in one pound shares. Auckland, 6. f'ne hundred and thirty Maoris, with two war canoes arrived this evening by .the Waikato train from Mercer, to take part in the north shore regatta. Wellington, 7. The South Island Trunk Railway Route Commissioners are expected to proceed to Blenheim on Thursday. The Commissioners have telegraphed to Mr Foy, C.E., who made the oft quoted report on the railway route some time' back, requesting his attendance. Mr Thomas Turnbnll architect, has prepared the plans for the proposed alteration at the Parliament buildings, and these having be,en approved of, tenders are now invited for the extension. The other portions of the exterior buildings are to be re-built.