SECOND EDITION

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 9, 8 December 1883, Page 3

SECOND EDITION

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. — ;oo; — (united press association.) .. Auckland, Dec mber 7. Peter Harper has been committed for tiial for stabbing a boarding keeper, Mrs Rogers, m the shoulder. An inquiry into the wreck of the barque India at Hokianga was held today? before -Mr Smith, Resident Magistrate, arid Captain Fraser, Nautical Aweuor. After hearing the evidence, the Court' reserved judgment till tomorrow. ■•-.,-,. , ' A sawmill at Kawakawa, owned by the Bay of Islands Coal Company has been burned down. The loss » *SOO. . The schooner Olive capsized off Mangapai during agnail. John Graydou, iheoww*, 5 and the crew managed to reach shoie m the boat. The Olive was blown out to sea. The vessel was worth £600. It is not known if she ■was insured. ■ . . _ Wellington, December 7. ; S. Neilson, of Masterton, has lodged r complaint before the Resident Magw- ' trate.against the Bornham Industrial School. He alleges that three of his children who recently left that school were discharged dirty and ill-clothed. A( the Appeal Conrt this afternoon an order was) made re-instating Mr State, of Canterbury, a barrister and solicitor of the. Supreme Court . Nelson, December 7. A small vessel painted green, of atout fifteen tons.Hipposed to be the Sotubem Cross, is ashore on Kelson side of the French Pass, and is a total wreck. Nothing is known as to the whereabouts of the crew, but the Southern Cross was owned by Mr Turner, who would bo m charge, with one man. He would have be on his Jway from the Sounds to Nelson, and may probably have returned home by boat. . Ambrose' Kicketts, boatbnil Jer, aged,. 76 years, wife found dead m his bed. At the inquest a verdict was returned/ that tbe cause of death was heart difc ease. The weather is cold, showery, and most unseasonable. -i Greimouth, Decelhber ;. Owing to- all the trucks and available storage being full, the cojd^ mines are at a standstill to-day. jj The Heath coal pit is now putting out U0 tons of coal daily. The want of miners limits operations. Over 150 men havq; found work at^Brnnnerton during the last few weeks. * Christchusch, December 7. The funeral, of the late Mr W. J. H. Hamilton took placejoday. There was a large attendance, including .members of the Diacesan Synod and Canterbury College Board of Governors. ;The most Re*, the Primate conducted the service. 'Tie New Zealand Shipping Company nave cabled that, the. Penstanton's ftjJien*meat Arrived in.gppil conditioner TnSDoric'is tftleavef London on" Dec. 13th for Auckland, Wellington,; and liytteltori, ahd'the" Fenstanton on Dec. 21st for Port Chalmers. ' DuirtiDiN, December 7. At the inquest oh the body of Townsend, ifc was proved thai he was m liquor and would have been taken otf the tram immediately it got to town. He fell over the splashboard, the forewhecls passing overbinr. A verdict of" Accidental death, accelerated by drink," was returned; y r ■ Daniel Wilkinson died suddenly on a tvamear kst night of heart disease. Deceased leaves a wife and nine children. He was seized with a fit as the Mornington tramcar was going up High Street, and died before medical assistance could be rendered. An inquest has been decided unnecessary. : A dep'ujbatipn, representing tbe Westport CW Oompany,. waited on the liopX'm Mitchelsoutthis afternoon, to ur&Q "tUe advisableness of carrying on Atthe work of improving Westport harm a speedier manner than it is being "prosecuted at .\., present. Mr Mitchelspn saidufche.. matter had come before him for the first time, and he could make no promise, but: he. had no doubt, when he returned to Wellington and.placed the. views of the deputation tefbre, Government, they, would agree to the expenditure of the money voted as ; ;