To-day's Despatches.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 32, 13 March 1883, Page 2

To-day's Despatches.

("BY TELEGRAPH:.). .,...,,. -;::..,-^ *^w ra CH^-?P-.-.?-?.?^^S?SCI'ATICN.j Auckland, This 'Day.'"" Typhoid fever' h|rettingf prevalent; in soihft pafts of the" suburbs. ( The schooner Queen was struck jby, lightning off Norfolk Island, but sustained but little i damage. : JNapier, ThisDay.J An old lady named Foster, who committed suicide' at Waipukurau .on I Saturday, leaves, £23^000 to the Chdrch' of England' and a^w 1 charities. \ King "Tawhiao is /somewhere about Napier, but h'obn? i seerris to know or care exactly where : ho isi ' : ; ' : ; is- W^ELLINQTON, This D&f. A heavy buster ; set in again Sunday night,' and : ° very ' heavy rain poured in continuous torrents until next "mornirig. The fedes ' were unusually ; highy ;i ; ..r:::-. =.!"■; : .... -- | ,15 j,- . ■•■"Dtnrißijijj, This Day. : \ The 19 ew ' ZBalan'd c . . Refrigerating ■ Company ; will recbm mencb freezing 'bperat?6ns;bri Wednesday, to 'far'faish a ! carg6;for the stearaer'Pehstantbn,'whjch ; , will : ' ? leav> f abbiit 'end. h bf 4p^ wfth ' betWeeii 9DOO and 10,000 6arcaßes. ii; - : -;'\ •■■ ;: ' ' ; -" ;: i ; - ] - . ' CfißiS'tbHujßCH, This Day. A public meetih^, addressed by several ladies^ was ' h'el-d last .evening in ; the Sydenhaih Odd Fellows Hall. Resahi-. tions w^re passed protecting against the action 6F the Licensing Committee in encouraging £he erection of additional hotels, also appointing a committep to collect subscriptions and employ counsel and organise against an increase of licensed hon's66 in the , borough.