SECOND EDITION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 11, 11 December 1883, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. y :;. . ■ •• ■; » (UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.) Kelson, December 10. Yesterday a three roomed unoccupied house belonging to T. Harley, was destroyed; by fire. It had recently been used as a storeroom, and was uninsured. Hailey's watchman states that the building was locked on Saturday night, but the policeman who discovered the fire says the door was unlocked. The place contained some sacks of wheat and some casks. the wreck of the cutter Southern Cross, it appears that, the Wind, failing, she was carried on the rocks by the tide, aud a gale subsequently: springing up dashed her to . .pieces.; Turner and Harvey after saving all they could, went to Pelorua, where they live. ! Westpobt. December 10. A man 'named Joseph Stewart was found yesterday m an unoccupied building with his throat cut, and quite dead. The, coroner's jury returned a verdict of suicide while of unsound. mind, "from * the effects of drink. The deceased was a , weli-known, old Wcßt Coast miner. Christchurch, December 10. The bust of Garibaldi,: subscribed 'fdr by Italians, the majority of whom are . resident at Waimea and Lyell.was p«'es^nted by Mr A. Cracrnft Wilson, the Italian Consul, to-day to it* Canter-, bury/ Muuenml The bust is of white marble,- and is a highly finished work ;> : iocartt . It was- exn ibited m Romo this year, when selected for the subscribers. ! h .Thfeisctdptdr iß'Vincenzb, of Rome. Bsa; A-itiuniberof Christchurch members of -tHe Skeletbn^ Army proceeded to .'iSyttelton: with the object) of creating a disturbance at Salvation Army services. Being- refused iadmissiOn to the Salvation Hall; they, attacked the ' doorkeepers, but the latter, beings assisted * by people passing at the time,, and police shortly after coming up, the attafek was frustrated, and eleven of the Skeleton Army arrested. ; ■ " Early this morning a cottage occupied by Mrs Bassingth w»ice was des- ; '^yeitb'y fire. Insurance £200, m the ; Myeifpool, London, and Globe. , „ ' Ak MrBlJ ; Lee, member for Selwyn, has. been dangerously ill for the last v ' -weekend on Thursday was not expect ed to recover. A change for thej better has now taken place, and hopes aro\ entertained of bis recovery.. i, " io ' The Secretary of the Marine (Department telegraphs that Government "maintains stores on Campbell Island, and the Auckland 4 Islands. The Kekeo is down-there. The Stella eanrioc be ..ap^redv •■'■■■ • 1V; : . \'-'\ .' ;■; : conspiring to create i riot'anfd : disturbing the Salvation A rmy, at Lyfeteltoii, on Sunday, two ypnjig men , were fined £5 or six Weeks: Two toere i fined \£3 f br one 1 month, and* seven were £i..finedi#l^or fburteea days. y ! a>?£tik ttfternoen 'appHcatiOhs! were -.lojdf.^d at-thfr Wuste Lands office for a j-gol draining 'leaac, fot 15 years, oi 46% ■_■ acres on- the' east side of the dividing range, at the head-waters of the Wil- . berforce river. The company is to be styled tbe Christchurch Quartz Mining .'Company. -Tils stated that the North Greek Mining Company are to have a .trial crashing of half a ton ofiquar.i.z brought from Wilberforce. i y •.■■4 -\jii\ '.:-.'*' Dunedin, December^ 10. iS^jiTßekJarpenters and Joiners Society" have resolved to request the executive council />f*he English Sooiety m) Manchesier to" use every means m their V: power^ to prevent tray more-members of "tne swi^^yooming to the colony,; owing to the depressed state of the building . , ; tiade.. n , •••jv.i. ■■ ■- i>. . ' : ',' A' lieavy north-east gale has prevailed - aliday> ,■ .< „; , ; ■!, ;;•: : i: { r e Secreterj of St. Patrick's branch; i.^' of the New Zealand Hibernian- Catholic. h feenefiV Society was fined £1 at the '"Resident Magistrate's Court. for 'failing '"'iosupojy the Secretary of. the Parent t . Society with information required, by 1 the Registrar of the Friendly Societies. The .defence was,,. that the branoh did ; t. Jot S^h^to recognise : the NiZ.HiC.B.S. < ,^t lEJt,A-Qtß S., ias head centre.; Tlift /property m Armagh | street, '. burnt i^ijs morning, belonged to. the 'V ifev.s. { $ .Jtyudjey, of Auckland, who "" had anins\jFanpe,for.£4oo inthh Ltfni. don and, v Lancashire. Dr Doyle was thejessee, and bad insured thejbuild- , j^s,be;had i fßrected :for £400 in'the: ' sjime^pfftce. ,-, Mjrs . Bas3ingtliwail,e f the 99^pier, Jbad; insured: her funiture 1 ' and effects for £200 m the London, Liverpool,_and Globe. , ,: ■JRTeijjinotos. December 10. " ,/yb.e'Hqn,. Mx '. Bolleston will probably leave here for Kawhia on Friday ,<[ vt&ki ;i He, will be acoomp'aiiied by " thQ^uwfeyor-Genei-ali' and at Kawhia will meet JMTr Percy Smith, Assistant- <: gflryeypr of Juicklandj ; when a feuvvey > of land about to; be «old at itawhia wUI be completed. • Hawbra, DecJ 10. TfeTwißatlier . continues eold^ .^et, t; -,itftd unseasonable, i: ' ■ : .i>i.ij./iAWOKtASi), Decembe^ 10. H.M.S. Espeigle en route for Auck * land, called aj^ Russell to coal. ; ;J Dajii<>r3%ratigan f a thhd class .pas-' sej^ivbyJhe Triumph, who had baen .iirjoomiiany .with Dr ' M enzies^ of the J'/J^utapht at 'the- -HobMon 'Hotel, zfisH arrested tor stealing the I* flop's gold watpS and chain, i purse, r ■&&, of tlfift valueiof '£91, from feus j^pd-i-*o6m.?-^e p^Opjerty wai recovered by 'V>. the "from ' r< "Finnigpn, thei latterthatiirtbok it for a Wk.|