TELEGRAPHICS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 187, 14 July 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHICS.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION. Timartj, July 12. One of tbe heaviest seas known for years was rolling m tbe roadstead last night, but the ship iiankitikei — the largest of the New Zealand Shipping Company's fleet — lay snu»ly underneath the breakwater. Auckland, July 12, Three hundred Orangemen marched through the streets to-day m celebration of the 12th July. "No disturbance of any kind took place. A monster meeting is to be held to-night. July 13. Thomas Russell, C.M.G-., was entertained at dinner by members of tbe Northern Club last night, prior to his depaiture lor England. He spoke very warmly on the -progress made by Auckland, and its future prospects. He believed the export of meat would work a change little dreamt of m the agricultural industry. Dunedin, July 12. It is rumored that, smarting under the heavy sentence passed on their comrades, the Skeleton Army intend making next Sunday a preconcerted and organised attack on the Salvation Army. July 13. Charlrs Baker, bushraan, of Lake Wanaka, committed suicide by shoot* ing himself m the head. Pate a, July 13. Work on the railway embankment across the swamp was stopped this morning, the pr prietors of the boilingtown works having served the contractor with an injunction. Boring iia i be«n carried on to a depth of 86 feet without finding bottom, and the ■general opinion is expressed that th • line should at once ba taken inland on to tb« cliff, to save time and make it a safe job,^ Hokitika., July 12. Mr Gibson, manager of the Ross United Company, obtained 7ozs ldwt of gold, the product of 14 'oads of wash, from 100 feet level to-day. She wash is 7tt 'hick. Some larger is almost certain to be found m the claims adjoining, m Ross No 2 to the north and Boss Extended on the South. Christchubch, July 12. A Conference of representatives of the Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, Free Mechodist, and Bible Christian Churches of New Zealand was opened yesterday to consider wh~t should be done to bring about a union of these Churches. Delegates from various parts of the colony were present, and io has been unanimously deciied that there is nothing m the doctrines held by the different Methodist Churches ot New Zealand to prevent the union, In the Divorce Court to-day, decrees ia Long v. Long and another, and m Jamieson v. Jamieson and another, were made absolute. A decree nisi was granted m Burmiester and another, loltv. Holt, through an informality, was dismissed. In the case m which a debtor sued for the amount of a promissory note, paid to a creditor who had accepted a composition of 5s iv the £, judgment was given to-day m favor of the debtor, with coats. Inveroa-^G/ILI, July 12. The Committee who have been interesting themselves m collecting subscriptions for ths distressed inhabitants of the Western Highlands and Hebrideshave made a second remittance to Scotland, making an aggregate tf £isl. Irom Southland. The Railway Department has been very successful m removing a la-ge goods shed adjoining the passenger station here. The operation has been the more troublesome m that it had to be moved first transversely, and th; n ioi giiulinaliy, necessitating a <loubl. -=et of way 8. Ihe ouilding is 200 ft by 50 t, and ia said to be tbe lar.eßt job of the kind the department h a 9 ever

tickled. 'ih.'Bh(!d will be convened into a bond. Nelson, July 12. An important case has b-mi decided by Judge Broad m the Dis rict Court. Air A. A. Scoife had enteed into an agr.-enient with the late Mr E. Buxton to coll cb all rents, interests, &., after his death, for a certain commission. The executors declined to abide by the agreement, and Mr Scoifo brought an .ction claiming £200. On behalf ot the executors it was contended the agreement was for an indefinite time, and terminable at any moment. His Honor, m a lengthly decision, gave judgment for plantiff for £125.