TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1296, 12 September 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

:. (fkom.ouk own oobuespondknt. ) Dune n in, 10. Messrs , Dargaville and , M'Donald, .. M.ti.'^,s!' frmyed 'herHjty-nifh^iA^tliT the object of eha lenging the two best players" at lawn tennis in Dunedin to a match. It will come off on Saturday. Auckland, 10. The chess tournament in aid of St. Andrew's Church building fund, at the Opera House drew a crowded audience. Ther^.were ovQr f \sPjiPßri'qwjara in spleiidicT clressesl winch cos!; £36\ The' Crimean jreterans from all parts of the Province, to. the number of 50, celebrated the fall of Sevastopol by a public diuuer. Westport, 11. The Grafton still lies where she first stranded on the flat at the North side of the river, a considerable distance inside the bar. -She is high and dry at low tide, but the surf causes her to roll a little at high water. In all cases when hawsers have hitherto been passed to her from other steamers they have parted. Other suitable appliances have now been telegraphed for to Wellington,, aud will arrive iji time for' .tfse during the spring tides, wlficlr commence to make- to-morrow. . Christchukoh, 10. Seventy -two men applied at Addington workshops to-day for work, b-.it from the scarcity of tools outy 27 <wpr.e?inplo3*§d; <Sjx of *th<|S© were^pt' A,Ol stone breaking, <h.{ 2/8 percribic* yard. The., remainder digging, drains at 4/6 a day. The applicants will get work to-morrow. A sample of Southern Cross petrolitnn, after being re.fmod was tested ylstoi-A&f'at thyfcdtopaiiysi difie^with* most satisfactory results, and is pronounced quite equal, if not superior, to the best American oil. , . . „. Nelsox, 11., '■■ ' r Adead"T)6dy, witKotit ? ¥ ; fte'titt/ \vas* found on the sands this morning, near the residence of MrOrceri, by one of his sons. The body is supposed to be that of one of the pilot crew drowned a few weeks ago. ' q n t/t t ab£UTio.r The windnigsl&f t 'ortheMfb.^tfnitetl Conrpaiyy bottomed at a l 'depth of 94ft. with excellent prospects. The drainage of the suai't is perfect, and the company, will commence io^open up the ground immediately. "Tffe watcr-balanco for lifting purposes is completed. The water was tapped in the company's tail- i race on Satu/lay night, and 20 to 30 j lidrtds''o 1 f -wafer 'tithn. atu ifsittit'o I ' lhe ■ taiP iace from the old working ground. It is expected that the' shaft "will be dry this evening. The Eoss No 2 Company has secured the services of Purvis as mining manager. He was formerly underground' I tma'nkger ! toi' ? the United Company. Purvis is confident ofgetting on the iiin of gold. Napier, 10. The first information laid in Napier under the compulsory clauses of the Edifcatidn ActVas'hpard 'at thfc Resident Magistrate's Court to-day.' ' ' A patieut ii! the Lunatic Asylum dreamed he bit oil' one little finger, and when he awoke he f< uad lie had actually acted his dream, the h'uger lying at the side of his bed. Pioss, 11. The Eoss United^ Company tripped a great body of 'water"~6u Saturday. It rushed like a mill-stream down the underground tail-race all Sunday. The men at work below had just time to escape' 1 with their lives. The mine is quite Safe. Inyercargill, 11. The inquest was resumed yesterday ! on the hody of the infant lately found ' $$ \Vo<stt!|nds, b/t! no '^d&SaJiIU evidence .wad iorthcommg, and the 'jury retiirned the following verdicV:— " That the body of the said male child was found m some water with marks of violence thereon, but how or by what means it came to its death is to the jurors unknown." Early on Sunday a fire was discovered in a vacant house' in Yarrow street, the. property of Mr Lawrence Finnerty. A constable got in by the window and- extinguished the flames. He found that a hole had been burnt clean through the flooring, and that near at hand was a heap of kerosene soaked scrim, .rags, and papers,.. The, investigation showed that through 'the floor of the porch behind, the house two small holes had also been burned, and the surmise is that with the object of making assurance doubly sure the intending incendiary had started the iire in several places. 1 Wellington, 11. Mr Rollestoh ' left by the Te Anau yesterday to visit his property hi Canterbury. - Mr Bryco 'also left Wellington -overland,, to join, his Innlly. f at s Wanganui. " ■ j ; Both lylintsters are expected to re turn to Wellington next "week. A boiler explosion took place in this city to-day, at 1 o'clock. No fatal results ensued. All the windows in the immediate vicinity wore smashed. .