To-day's Despatches.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 128, 7 May 1883, Page 2

To-da y's Despatches.

£BY TBIiBGKAPH.T (united press association.) Wellington, This Day. The sky was too cloudy to observe the ec l ipse of the sun. It has been decided that Parliament vill be called together for the despatch of business on June 14th. The eclipse was clearly yisible at Castlepoint and WhangHrei. Chbistchurch, This Day* The Shipping Company have cable , advices of the arrival of the British King lat Rio on May 2 ; all well. The frozen meat was m prime order. The Company j have chartered »he magnificpnt Cunard steamer Catalonia, 4841 tons. She was bui't on the Cly-leand is of great speed. It is proposed to form a society for employing no servants not having a I written reference. : The guard, Francies Bailey,^ and the manager of the station at Lake Coleridge, been avr'sted on a warrant from n amaru. The Secretary of the Harbonr Board received advice from the Aaent-G neral that the opening of the dock will be illustrated io the London The weather this morning was very cloudy, but the eclipse was visible for five minutes at 8.80 when half the disc appeared to be covered. The effect as seen between the break m the clouds was very fine. No sun ' spots were noticeable. It is stated that Captain Hume, with the visiting Justices, has been conduct" ing an inquiry m Lyttelton Goal into , serious charges against aa official. The ) inquiry was held with closed doors. Upward of six hundred people aearch-d tha Port Hills systematically [ pesterday for the body of the boy I illy. They returne.d without success. The weather was fine and the search thorough. About fifty of the Salvation Army walked the streets yesterday singing hymns. : Dunedin, This Day. The slip at Purakanui was cleared away m time for this morning's train io pass as usual. The Labour Council will ask the Colonial Secretery to appoipt an 'in* ( spector of machinery to see that all machinery the workshop is properly guarded. _JLj _ Mr M. W. Green has prepared a Bill to read m conjunction with the Education Act Empowering 1 Committees to appoint a special period during school hours not exceeding thirty minHtas during Bible reading shall be given under the supervision of the State teacher. Also for including lessons on morality and virtue, but no denomination or religious teaching to be given to any child whose parents object to attend . Ministers may also give concurrent religious instruction. Teachers committing a breach hereof shall, if convicted, be dismissed. the solar eclipse was totally invisible here owing to cloudy weather. Reefton, This Day, At the nominations for the Inanga- | hua election today, Messrs Shaw and Wakefield wre nominated. A show of j hands, as officially deoJared, gave Shaw [seventy, and Wakefield thirty-two. A | poll was demanded. Auckland, This Day. j ' The Auckland auctioneers, at the request of 300 farmers, have agreed to give the American system of selling stock at per pound, live weight, a fair trial. At the inquest on the body of Professor Walker a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. Professor Sample, of America, horse educator, lectures at the Theatre Royal to-night on the management of horses. Nelson, This Day. Dv Irvine, a prominent medical man of this sity, died this morning. He leaves a large circle of friends, and was highly respected.