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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 215, 15 August 1883, Page 2

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INTERPROVINCIAL. (UNITKD PERSB ASSOCIATION.) .'■., : j Auckland; August 14. At the inauest on the body of Andrew Matthew Allen, the jury returned an open terdict of tl Found drowned, with- i otic marks of violence, but no evidence to show, bow the body came to be m the. water." The evidence left little doubt that the decease.! had committed suicide. ... la~the eviction -caerat' the Roman Catholic cemetery, m which Patrick Hennesy, -.--• Martagh Donoghue, and vlichael Casey 'were charged With" nnlawiully, and by v force, demolishing, a uonse m the occupation ; of Bridget I Walsh, the accused were committed for . trial, and released on bail . > .Ayoung^an, -Alexander Bradley, 4s-yearVold, is mis-ihg". He had been despondent and m ill health the last .few, days. It is believed that reading .about Allen'B case has put the idea of suicide into his headi .; [- The Australia, ; from Sydney, with the outward Frisco Mails, arrived h^re today. • . ir A lawyer's clerk is reported missing, with defalcations of £600. ■ : -- — .Wellington, August 14. The Commission of inquiry re the ship Oxford commenced taking the evitdgqce of the emmigrahtsvth&afternoon. The inquiry, it is believed, will extend over several days. (T'-' VlOfil Ddnedin, August 14. rThe divorce sun, Stewart v Stewart Drckson, will be heard at the Supreme .Court, before Mr Justice Wife liams^aod a:cqmmpn jury, to-morrow. ? bebrge v 'Kdbeitson (the Maori) has accepted^ Joseph. Strong's challenge; ftp, wrestle, Borcler style) for the'daledbnian" Society's belt, the championship, and £50 aside. {The match will take place six or seven weeks hence. • In ppenitjg & pew schoolroom at Roslyn Bishop Seville, speaking on the question of religious instruction, lamented the indifference r of the l«ty 3 ' hi this' matter, and showed that their halting opinions on' : tHis important subject bore their -own bad fruit, as thereby the hands of th 6 felergy T were weakened m the effort they made t> obtain State support to ;teac!iing religion.. -\ ~ _ , r r ,j of- their creditors, The. assets are set .down nt £11,000. anil tile liabilities at £§000- m offer by a * local firm ot for the estate has been- refused, and the debtor/are asked id assign their r^l. man of very Respectable appe^raace -waß- cleverly captured by Constable |P,haeX{on Saturday night m the act of robbing a till r-in.^. shop at the Cf por : t, ? r; Several.sbups suffered on Satur^sfy^ and a pipe and a pair of -old earriDgs have been idenufied. ; The man gives. r the uame of Charles Macintosh, but. several letters were found on him .addressed "J. Ai Paul t 'f and. some were m answer t to. applications for situation. He is believed to have come here on Thursday from Auckland or Napier. ; E^e has been remanded till Monday. iy • ■c -. \ ■<:./■ . ( ; /Napier, Angust 14. . A fire was discovered early this corning at Nelson's Meat Preserving Works Tomoano. tl A: strong gale was blowing, which kept the flames from the ; main buildings, and, with the aid of-a, large^ staff of hands and plenty of water,, the' destruction, was! confined to the engine house. Estimated damage, ,£250.. ; The establishment was insured for £7400^ m fourteen diiferent offices. , ■ r1 ,., u >'. ; ;■ JPar^fctQf the Apley estate^f^wge^ ;bj, if. G-iblin, consisting of 551Q aores; and, 8000 sheep, has been bought by Mr kelson for £28,400. , ;>s , ', A :- y ..Ohristchuroh, August 14. In the: -Resident Magistrate's, , Oourt . to.day, the city by-law enjoining drivers, of vehicles to pass corners of streets at a walking pace was declared janreasoii^. , able, and m, consequence "'SO informations have been withdrawn. ""The SnpTeme'Courc'was bcoopie'd^Slh day! with the action M J^acjfci^ against the Union Steamship Company for' £1000, for haying a foot crushed at the excursion on the Wakatipu to Akaroa m April last for the benefit of !he Lyttelton Sailors' Home. The defence is, that the accident was caused by thd passengers running out the staging before the ship was moored. The case was not concluded when the .Court rose;