To-day's Despatches.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 114, 21 April 1883, Page 2

To-day's Despatches.

(By Telegraph.) (united pbess association.) Ahaura, This Day. E. Shaw has been addressing meetings at the various to.vnshipsand has received rotes of confidence at each; [We don't care a stawif E. Shaw keeps on addressing meetings tiil the end of his natural life. j We trust he will survive the ordeal* Edt.M.S,] ....... ... . Uhbistchurch, This Day A At the Working Men's Political As* sociation's meeting there was a large attendance last nUht to discuss M*jor Atkinson's Insurance scheme. The meeting passed a resolution condemning the scheme, and adopted one of their own. j Dunedin, This Day. The police have made a raid on the hotels and procured samples of spirits for analysis. Auckland, This Day. i The funeral of tne late Mr Edward Costel'a, who <?avesuoh munificent rej quests to the public and charitable institutions of Auckland, took place today. The Mayor and City Councillors and the children of the Parnell Orphan Home, were prasent, also a nnmber of old settlers. The . business places were closed, and the shipping flag half-mast At the half-yearly meeting of shareholders ot the Bank of New Zealand, . held to-da*-, a dividend of 15 per cent, for the half-year was declared . Wellington, This Day. The Hawoa which arrived from the North yesterday, brought down the Maori convict and ex- prophet Mahuki and" seven of his fellow ruffians, who were sentenced to short terms of imprisou« ment for brutal outrages on Govertff ment surveyors, and for highway rolS>bevy, &<i. They Have been removed to Wellington Gaol, where they will serve their time. Other Native prisoners were left at Nelson m passing, and will be detained m durance there. The Government has commuted the sentence of death, passed at the last sitting of the Supreme Court at Christ* church, on a native named Ratima Jacob who murdered his wife at Kaikoura to imprisonment for life. The Government have received information that the motion respecting the renewal of the Frisco Mail service, had not yet been reached by the N.S.W. Parliament.