TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 134, 14 May 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION. ) Hawera, May 12.. A public meeting last evening passed a resolution approving the opening a subscription list to aid m sending Mr Courtney Home to promote immigration to this district. Auckland, May 12. The co'onial Secretary has cabled to the A.gent-Greneral to appoint a succestor to Professor Walker, from applications already m hand if desirable. The body of a man named Alison, a bush man, has been found at the foot of a cliff, r>ear Mechanic's Bay, he having evidently fallen over trite the harbor. He has been m town for the last month, and drinking heavily. On receiving a petition from the natives praying for a cotnmution of the sentence m the case of Mikaere to Papa, His Excellency stated, but for the petition coming from Maoris for the pardon o F a Maori, he would not have received it, as, to do so, was contrary to all legal precedent. A jury having, after a regular tria', found a man guilty, th it man is presumed, m the eye of the law, to be actually the man who committed the deed, whatever may be th ft donbt m the minds of individuals, and the only grounds for the reversal oi sentence is th« arising of new evidence which would upset that on which the verdict was founded. When such is the case, the condemned man has a regular course prescribed by law. open to him for procedure. His Excellency stated, however, he would lay the petition before the Council m Wellington on his return there, wir,h a view of hiving themattftr inquire! into. The prospectus of th« Auckland Farmers Cooperative Society is published with a capital of £100,000. It is proposed to erect flour mills and stores m the city, and to supply bikers, storekeepers, &c. One object of the new venture is to make advances to farmers at the beginning of the season. A shipment of ostriches is expected; by the steamer Westmeath as a nucleus of an ostrich farm to be commenced at the Bombay settlement, nearDrury. Mr Oo'stely's freehold estate is to be •at onc> sold by orier of the trustees. Itsvdu'is £30,000. The balance of the estato is m cash at different banks on fixed deposit. Greymodth, May 12. Twenty-five Chinamen were brought up Saturday afternoon for playing fanr tan the Court being densely packed with Chinamen and Europens. Thft alleged banker wag acquitted on the ground of m sufficent evidence. The keeper of the gambling house wa3 fined £ 1 0, with the alternative of one month's imprisonment. Two of their countrymen (cooks), who were apprehended amonast others; gay =» sufficent evidence to onable a conviction to be obtained . Twenty-three were fined 10s each and costs, the alternative being forty-eight hours' imprisonment. On a leading Chinaman guaranteeing that the money would be paid by ten tomorrow morning, all the prisoners were liberated. All tfieir gambling implements were confiscated. The town is full of Chinamen. The remains of deceased Chinamen will be sent to Dunedin per steamer. All the bodies are now lifted, and the bones prepared for transmission. Nelson, May 12. A case of attempted suicide is reported from Motueka. A wonaan named Rose swallowed a quantity of carbolic acid, bat assistance being rendered, she is recovering. No cause is assigned. Masterton, May 12. County East yesterday levied a county rate of £d m the £, and abolished tollgates.