TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1328, 26 November 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from our own correspondent. ) DUNED)N, 23. The Sumnwhill estate, at Kaitangata, the property of the late Mr Rutherford, M.H.R. for Bruce, was oQered at auction to-day. The best offer was £9,100, but the reserve was £9,500. It is stated that the four principal Oarnaru breeders — the Hon. M. Holmes, Messrs Jobn Reid, E. Menlove, and the New Zealand Company, have mutually agreed not to show any stock at Christchurch for at least 3 years. v; 1 • The annual meeting of the Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company was held to-day, at which the report and balance-sheet w<d adopted. A 1C per cent dividend was declared, and in addition £2000 was carried to the reservesftpd, awM> 1 384 carried -forward. T;he Hdri. Mathew/HolniHsbnd'Mr JR.. Gillies, the retiring directors, were reelected. CbRI TOFUTICH, 23. The Canterbury Show was very sueful, 8000 people being present. , ;. .^Che that the Rev.J. C, Cuniraings died this morning; is untrue, Napier, 23. The Rev. Mr Shurrifs, aPresbyterian minister, stationed a Waipukurau, H^awk^g.Bay, and; now on a visit tc Wellington^ committed suicide bj hanging, i During the same day another minister, the Rev. Mr Luke, Wesleyan, died of consumption. The news of the suicide of the Rev. Mr ShurrifSj &% Wellington, received >here, ,'hiis ocjeasipned widespread grief, as he was most highly respected. About % months ago, after an illness his brain gave way. - "£tj_ was feared he would . deVelope suicidal rnauia, and when, here he was watched night and day. "It was hoped his affliction would be only temporary, and in ordei to support his family in the meantime a subscription was smarted, pv§r .£3OC raised up to the present date. At the inquest to-day on Shnrrifs a verdict of " temporary insanity " was returned. Considerable excitement is beginning to be felt over the Mayoralty election. The candidates are Hutchison, M.H.R, and George Fisher, Hansard reporter. Both men have held the chair several times. Captain Rose, local manager of the New Zealand Shipping Qoinpany, has received ai telegram giving the following information about the Company's direct steamers: — The British King, which left Plymouth for Wellington, on the sth November, arrived at Teneriffe on the 10th iust. The Tongariro, which left Plymouth for Otago and Canterbury, at midnight on the 20th October, arrived on the 20th inst. v She reports " all well." Lyttklton, 24. The Takapuna's maiden trip from Wellington to Lyttelton was an excellent one under the circumstances, though somewhat disappointing as to the actual time made. Even this, however, was very good, namely 13 hours ten minutes from wharf to wharf. JEhef |atfevrj'^alf? was .done against a severe H.W. gate and heavy sea, with rain and very thick weather.