TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1315, 26 October 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

* (from our own correspondent. ) Nelson, 22 The Governor's landing proved a great success, the weather being glorious, and the whole population appeared to have turned out to welcome Iris Excellency. The procession was of great length, and marched .from town to the foot of Church hill, and the hill was covered with people. Addresses from the Corporation, Oddfellows, and Foresters, were presented and acknowledged in terms which.

elicited cheer after cheer. His Excel- j ' lency expressed himself delighted with ' the reception. The Governor, with Misg Jervois and suite, will remain the guests of citizens at Sunnyside House. Oamaeu, 24. For, a considerable time back there has existed a growing dissatisfaction with the Education Board regarding the treatment of several schools in this district. The decision of the Oamaru. District High School Board has led to a public meeting being called for Monday next to discuss the matter. This will wake the second public meeting held within a fortnight to protest against the action of the Board. Dunedin, 24. The Eedmond's leave for luvercargill in the morning- The amount subscribed here will be about £400. The young ,'raah belonging to Willmott's Combination Company, who was shot accidentally at Balclulha yesterday, used the ftage name of Hey wood, but his real m n><! was Hall. He was buried here t i-day. The Rev. C. G. Byng performi d the ceremony at the grave, and in ited deceased's professional friends to St. Mathews in the evening, wheuj he preached a sermon in connection with the sad event. In the case fcf Dawson v. the Queen, in the Supreme Court to-day, in which plaintiff claimed £2000 for the destruction of his saw-mill by tire, caused by sparks from a passing engine, the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for £160. The case will probably go totbi Court of Appeal. A branch of the Irish National League was fdrined here to-day. The "libel action — Denniston v. the Otago Daily Times — commenced today. Messrs Siout and Ciooke are for the plaintiff, and Messrs Smith and Chapmaii for the defendant. The tender of Messrs' Fergus and Blair, of Dhnedin, for £94,074, for the construction of the Mersey-Delo-raine Bailway, has been accepted by the Tasrnanian Government. Invehcargill, 24. A man named Charles Sims committed suicide in East Invercargill by discharging a gun into his mouth, Deceased came to Southland by the ship Western Monarch in 1879, aud had been as surface man on the railway3\ti)l laid up with disease. V v Chkistchtjkch, 24. The sixth aiinual meeting of the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory was held today. The directors' report has already been published. Eeferring to the Gulcher eleofcric light, now in use at the factory, the Chairman said it was a great saving in the cost of lighting and labor. It was working splendidly, and compared with the outlay for kerosene the actual cost of the whole machinery would be defrayed in one year. The retiring directors Messrs Allan and Blaekwell, were re-elected. Mr Isaac Wilson has been re-elected Chair .nan of Directors. Wellington, 25. Mr Bryoe will probably stai-fc on his visit to the Native King Country in about ten days time. As to the Cabinet's intention respecting the appointment of official assignees in bankruptcy, it has been further determined to iix the assignees' salary at £550 per annum. In each case the appointee is to pay the expenses lin connection with providing the reiuired security for " not less than £2000."...