TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 185, 12 July 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(.UNITED tBESS ASSOCIATION. Dunedin, July 11. At the Supreme Court to«day, Joseph Louth was convicted of embezzling Government monies while employed as stationtrwuter at Tapaoui, was sentenced to thtee yeais' penal servitude. The learinq: of the charge of manslaughter a^ain^t Mr and Mrs Wain has been commenced. Christchubch, July 10. The Canterbury Frozen Meat Cotipany have chartered the whole of the irozen meat space m two of the Shaw, Savili, and Albion CompanVs «*hips, which are now being, fitted m London. The ships are expected m Lyttelton to load early next year. Auckland, July 10. Polling for the city loan of £200,000 took placfi to-day. For the loan, 589 •gainst 350; majority 239. About one* toaW.h of the ratepayers polled. At the inquest on Herbert Harris, killi-d by being run over by a baker's care, the jury desired to add a rider, | censuring the driver of the baker's cart ' for not having the wheel secured by a chain, but the Coroner pointed out that amounted to a verdict of manslaughter. A verdict ci accidental death was returned. ; The mailman, doe at Tokatea from Kennedy Bay, is still missing. Afc Cabhage Bay a man got jammed by a log, and several ot his ribs were broken. Hundreds of log 3at Kennedy Bay were taken to sea. A Ngatiwhatua chief is m town a* waiting the arrival of the fiev. Dr. McDonald, with the view of accompanying him to the Waikato. Owing to the more hnpeml prospect of aff a i r3 [ n 0 King couutry, the ecclesirstical authorities of the Koman Catholic Church contemplate^ re-establishing their Catho-lic-Maori m^ ss^ on « At the Police Cou r t to-day* two men, working m a mill at the Water of Leitb, were c uar gedwith spearing trout. They swore positively they ua d not done so, but Mr Dean, Ma n «ger of the Aclimatisation Soci efc s"j and Ranger Burt, swore they had seen them m the act, and they produced the trout. The Magistrate said his experience of Hanger Burt m previous cases was that he was a credible witness, and fined defend nts 508 each with costs. The pi'ttery employes at Milton'ha^e made a fair start at work. A. loan of £100 was placed at tlrir disposal by the local residents, which has enabled them to get their first kiln of ware ready, which contains about £200 wotth anil ihey have a second kiln ready for fir.ng,