To-day's Despatches.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 137, 17 May 1883, Page 2

To-day's Despatches.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) Auckland, This. Day., £3500 has b°en already collected for a Baptist Tabernacle, and a site costing £300 has been purchased. The baildn ing will cost about £8000. At a soiree ■ held yesternight" £800 ""was promisei?. * ; - ' John Gibbon, while fastening the steamer Lilly to the Riverhead wharf ( yesterday hsdhte foot tdrii off at the ankle.. The leg got m the bight of a warp and was against a pile. ' A '' The Hinemoa with the governor returned from a cruise m the Hauraki Gulf yesternight. Kawau was visited, and Sir G. Grey entertained His Excellepcy. . „•■"... .. r Tawliiao and a hundred mounted followers have left Alexandra on a visit to Tauranga. Two more accidents have occurred at Roe's sawmill, Ooehunga. . Andrew.. Cox had his hand cut off by a saw, and Arthur FT arman, the engine-driver; was severely scalded by an escape of steam. Alastertos, This. Day. A Scandinavian named Wadson w^ discovered m a whare at the head: of the Waingawa, close under the ranges, with his throat cat. A knife and scythe« stone were found beside him. He was last seen on Sunday. He was unmarried, and aged 24. The cause surmised is ill health and depression of spirits. ■""•" Greymodth, This Day. Mr Wakefield was accorded. a hearty receptionon his arrival here last night, and a hope expressed by his supporters that they might have another oppor- . tunitjyl to work for him and get him elected for the county. •v ■ ■ . " Mrs Hughes; of Parda was fined £25 for selling 'three hobblers of brandy without a ; license. - ■ v ■ Rain is much needed and the bar is getting low. Reefion, This Day. Mr Wakefield was entertained at a banquet la-»t night, about 170 being present. It was a very successful gathering. Mr Shaw is to.beban^ quoted to-night by his supporters. The j electioneering excitement/ is how sub— I Siding. \' ' . , v .,-y\.\::\ ■'■■'■■ ' ' : Blenheim, Thig Day. j : The steamer Lytteltnn, laden with flour and po/krd, for Wellington, struck a snag near the junction of the Waifau and Opawa rivers last night, On reaching the, flats, it was found ehe was making water rapidly. A considerable portion of the cargo hid to ba discharged, but it is believed - fully twothirds^is damaged by water. The cargo is consigned to Messrs Tarnball & Co., , Wellington, buc it is not known' if if isinsured. f Wellington, this Day. v The steamer British Qaeea sailed forLyttelton at 5 o'clock last evening. Christohurch, This Day. At the Blue Ribbon meeting 133 signed, making a total of 356." Timaeu, This.Dsy. Patrick Ryan , a fraudulent bankrupt found guilty at the March session of^the District Court, and whose sentence was* deferred, ; consequent on an appeal to the Supreme Court, surrendered to his bail at the District Court, yesterday. Judge Ward commented severely on : the wholesale frauds of which the pri-' soner had been guilty, and sentenced him to eight months' itnprisonmen vrifch hard labour, from March last ; equal to six months. Donedin, This Day. South, the station master at. Tapanui has been committed for trial for embez-v zlement on three charges. He reserved his defence. The other charges are being proceeded with. I A cablegram has been received from Mr Proud foot that his horse, Sir Mod~ red, arrived by tho ttmroto safely, after a severe passage. Of a lot of 50 draught horses shipped from Lyttelton, sixteen were killled on che passage. At the Kensington railway crossing this evening, about a mile out of the city, a buggy was run into by the train.' A lad named Owens was m it, and was badly injure j. The horse had to be killed. ... i ; Mr James Rutherford, M. fI.R. for Bruce, died to-day. He was m good health a week ago, but caught cold, which brought on congestion of the langs. , |