TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1486, 22 December 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(puom ouk own ookrkspohuknt. ) ' Weli^gton, 20. v . „ X rumor is euvrot t hi the Suuth that should Sir Dillon Ee.li from any I cause resign Uieoilicn of Ag^nt (General, the position would l»« offered to the present Colonial Secretary, the 'Han-. Mr Buukley. Tin; Hon. the Premier, will pro'iably addrosß the electors of Duneclin during the ftr|fcf/^He^; -in -j^i^ary. H^ is expedSnd *W iwturti 'to. iWeiltiigfc&ii oil the 7tb. DUNEDIN, 19. Sir Dillon Bell in a letter to the Dui.ediu Chamber of Commerce acknowledging the motion they passed askirig the late Government tSTfrfftmue hie services aB Agent-Geueral, and concludes as follows "I should not omit to say that such kindness is appreciated by me, all the more wheii

I contrast it with the discouragement and discredit which in the House of Representatives last June some hon. members evidently thought; were -the right reward to be exteV/dedCto ua6 for the work that I have defcj." &#. ':■:■■ Oamaru/19. Shortly after 2 this afternoon a tire was discovered in the forehold of the ship Marl borough, which has nearly completed the loading of frozen meat for London. By means of the ships engines and hose the fire was quickly extinguished. A quantity of frozen meat was damaged, bat the vessel suffered very little injury. On a careful investigation being made it was iound that only about 40 of the sheep had been injured, and some of these very slightly. Only about 20 have been rendered useless. The fire was confined to a portion of one of the wooden divisions, which in some unaccountable way took fare, and it was only those sheep which were close to this division that were injured. A careful scrutiny has been made of the mutton, bin as the temperature of ; the chamber notwithstanding the fire, apparently only smouldered kept about 18 degrees below freezing, all that was not in actual contact with the tire suffered no injury whate\er. The damage is covered by insurance.