TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue I, 1 November 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

(I'Elt PRESS AGENCY.) CuuisTciiuitcn. At tho Dio'cosan Synod this afternoon a sulwfc coiuuiittuo was appointed to consider what steps should ■ ho taken to establish a memorial to ; Bishop Selwyn. The viirkns speaks ! ci's paid a very high tribute of respect j and esteem to tho memory of the lato j Bishop. i A little fellow, seven years of age, has been setenced to twelve lashes with a cat-o'-ninestails for stealing two fowls. I A pair-oared race on tho Avon ! between four ladies connected with the dramatic profession took place yesterday, and creatoJ great interest. Tho distance was half»a»milo, the stakes a lady's hat. Two of the ladies wero known as the " light " crow, and two as the " hoavios " The The betting was iv favor of tho latter, but the little ones got away with a good start, and won by about four lengths amidst the cheers of a largo nuuibor of spectators. Auckland. A fire occured at 6 o'clojk this morning at the offices of Messrs. Hughes and George, solicitors, a brick buildiug in Shortland-street. The fire is supposed to have originated in tho clerk's room. Tho cause is unknown. Mr Baker, architect, who occupied olKces under tho same loot', last all his plans ; the building was owned by Mr 3 Rattray, draper The Bank of New Zealand's halfyearly meeting was continued to-day. The £25,000 was cxrriod to the resorvo fund, making it now £350,000. I Power was taken to issue new shaves. I so as to make tho pavd-up capital I £1,000,000, but it is not intended to I issue ttieso shares beforo March next. | The directors' report was adopted by I tho mooting.

The Hoard of Education office has been burglariously entered and £75 stolen from the safe. There is no cluo to the perpetrator.