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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 143, 25 May 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

INTERPROVINCIAL

— i (WITSD PBESS ASSOCIATION.) Dunkdin, May 28. The Land Board to-day decided to hold an inquity on June 7ih regarding the purchases of deferred payment sections of Strafch-Taieri, and summon as witnesses the purchasers, ihose who acted for them, Smith and- Gellibrand, and others. The South Dunedin ratepayers will apply for an injunction, restraining the Council from completing the gaa con : tract. The West Coast Railway Commission towday examined, a' great length, Mr Blair, thb EnginepHn charge, and then inspectel the plans of the proposed routes. It having been stated by Councillors that Inspector Weld on was strongly m favor of having the Contagious Diseases Act m force, the Inspector has written tn the Mayor, that what he said m effect was, trmt he could strongly recommend enforcing the Act to prevent disease, »nd bad characters coming here from other places. A man supposed to be Bain, of Waitaki, fell of the north express south of the Otepopo tunnel to-day . The lra ; n stopped and the man was picked uo m anunconscicus state, having reci/ed severe injuries to his head. He was brought on to Palmerston, where he was left m s dying state. There was a lively meeting of the Sontti Dunedin Council last night. The Mayor, by, his casting vote refused to; receive certiin resolutions passed at a public meeting reflecting on his conduct. Thereupon, Councillor . Clarke began stonewalling, and the ~ business was brought to an abrupt termination. Auckland, May 23. Major Wilson, of Waikato,; an old pettier, died from cancer of "the j^w having sunk under an operation of the doctors for its removal. Governor's invitations to the Queen's ..Birthday Ball are 200 m excess- of the number given at any previous ball m Auckland. Inveroakgill, May 23. Atri meeting m Riverton of Harrington's sh nporters it transoired that there is evpry probability -of the sculling match with Hpafn coming off. Definite information will be forthcoming m a day ortflrb. •. .;.- An inquest' oh the " body of John Tomlinßon, who died^ froni- the effects of an inquiry to his knee by falling befgre^.rail.TCay waggon, was held to* day, when it was shown that his foot caught m the crossing, and he was thrown down. A verdictrof accidental death was four d, with a rider that none but railway servants should be alWed to inr/erfere~with7tbe trains. ' Deceased^ without bein tasked, went between the waggons ,_tp . uncouple- them, ■-:-/ He was a singleTnan, TwiTt contributed generously to the suppqrfc of the family of a brother, who fias' been long^ an inmate of the hpspital, and his death is generally regretted. * ' • " : TimArtt, May 28. The oewr ;' pa,sseri ger railway station was opened to-day for the first time. -It is said to bej second "to none -m tire cbnven'e ice and comfort of the travelU inffsDublic^ Hone Werahiko, one of the first prospectors at Te Arohs, died m the Hospital yesterday. The opening of the goldfields frrthe Northern District was greatly due ; to his efforts. .; The^ deceased was well-known and liked. Christchurch, May 23. About 17,000 eggs of the American brook trout have been already obtained; at-Opawa'. Orders for" a' large number of eggs of the American variety have -been received from the Tasmanian Sal-mon-Commissioners. The ceremony of installing', ibe Rev.* James Hill,"! of Lytteiton, a Grand Master of New Zealand and forming the Grand Jjodge of Canterbury .under the Scottish Constitution, was performed this afternoon m the^ajaterbury Masonic Hall, before a large assemblage of the fraternity. vßro. W. Caldwell, of Diinedic, the Grand Steward was the installing master, and a banquet was held iv the evening. t / The proprietors of Society have apologised to the Rev. Mr Cree, by advertisement, for reflecting on his character,; having ascertained that their information was untrue. I GiSBbRNE, May' 23. 21 A boy, aged sixteen months, son of xtfr Duncan Hepburn, a candidate for the Borough Council, 'was le'tyesterday for five minutes by his mother, who had been nursing him, and made his way into the garden, the gats, of which was accident-ally left . o pen. He - was afterwards found drowned- m a drain containing about six inches of. water. ; ' Mr : Islei, manager of . the South Pacific Petroleum Company, has just returned from the works.- He reports that the bore was down on Friday 160 feet, going well through soft sandstone. The use of pipes has been resumed | Opunakb, May 23. A meeting of basinets men was held last night m reference to starting a newspaper. Those present unanimous*' ly decided as to its desirable uess. The projector is Mr Galvin, formerly of Wellington, and afterwards of the Hawera Star. ; Bluff, May 23. The Opawa, -frozen -meat ship j -is still m port waiting for a steamer to tow her out. | The Kangaroo was expected from Westport, but telegrams have been received to the effect that she isbar« .bound there.