TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 19, 20 December 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

j [oNITKD PRESS >SSOCJATICI*O i Auckland, December 19. • Irobert Foresham, a drunkard, was . found dead m the police cell thin morn ing. Dr Hooper believes the cause to be apoplexy. An inquest will be held toj-morVow. -' X-Y • 'Seventeen Chinamen, recently env ployed as firemen on the Triumph, left by the Ringarooma to-day for, Sydney, , en route for Hong Kong, their passage money having been paid hither by the local agents of Shaw, Saville ancl Co. The retiring Mayor, Mr 3 . M: Clark, was banqueted by "the City ' Councillors, and presented with an illuminated addres3 on- retiring froih' office to-day. •i ■"- Wellingtov. December 18. . Messrs Rolleston and • Mitchelson re- • turned from the South today. Mr- : -Eiolleston will- leave towards the lend of the-^ week to 5 meet Mr Bryce at Kawhia. • ■ : < ■ ;Up wards of Llo,ooo property, tax . was paid to-day '■ Remittances ' not bearing the postmark; of 15th instant will be .charged With 10' ! per cent., penally, knd immediate summonses will .. be issued for all arrears. • ',-,,.,' i < "■' Chrtstchurch, December 18. James? Geen, son Of a fishmonger, was thrown from a cart and died from i the effects this afterrioon' 'The , Residenti „ Magistrate, ., Mr BeeT&aWJ ordered', fhe police to prose-; , ;cute' Jorhn Ctitler for perjury. At the Caledonian games the prizes presented this afternoon were liandi solne and valuable cups and medals; . Hariy. Thompson, the jockey; h»d his collar bone broken aud ? his,Jiead. injured. The bone has, bee# set and ;he is doing well. , „,/i , ,-,. / December 19. ■■'■-. ■■> The unemployed h,eld a meeting this . morning, and rqsolved to adhere to their to accept 4a 6d ; per day. ; While tlie Rev! F. E. Chambers was . riding through Rakaia to day his horse 'got entangled mi a leather rope and fell. The rev. gentleman siwtained a severe shock to his system and injured, his spine. ■ The Cathedral School held thefirst annual sports to-day, which were very <BUCCeSSfuI. , - v .. yy, Vi L As*hburton-, Dec. 19. . - The crops are* looking very promising throughoiit.thedistrict, although thtiy ave]^e.- i X, '\:y.x. -f-i "- -X:, y-y