SECOND EDITION

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 25, 28 December 1883, Page 3

SECOND EDITION

TELEGRAPHIC 7 MW^ _ " o ~~ (UNITED MESS ASSOCIATION.) : Auckland, Dec 27.. McMahon, an old:sßth man, formerly landlord of the Nottingham, Castle, was! foundr dead on* his verandah to day. The cause of death is believed to be heart disease. The .Interprdvincial match between Canterbury and Auckland is exciting .great interest. It commences to-mor-row. The betting is very even. Auckland's'greatest weakness at present is m bowling, i ... :< ■.■■■ y James iSovres died Suddenly at # the ¥ eclamation,, f: works) a<b ihe Calliope Point while drilling a hole for blasting yesterday.' ; • • '■''■ ' : ;' ' '.',„■.'' , The Hon: 'Mr Whitoiker 1 will probably deliver art addresss on '^Federation and'iAnrieXsttion.'' ■ M ."- ' ' J„ 'X*\ ., ■ Miss Ponieroy, opened at A^pott s Opera House ' last night" successtully with Romeo and "Juliet, to the largest audience ever, fathered within the walls. Numbers were turned away, rr a.. WEtLiNGTON:,' December 27. X Tho ' Horn Major Atkinson left, by train tiris afternoon' eti route for New Plymouth, where he. intends, spending o wl Anir*' * The cutter Margaret Scully,, owned and captained by Captain Hogarth, while discharging cargo at Ohau Bay, Terawhiti, was, driyen on the rocks and liecame a' total wreck. The crew were saved. There was no Insurance.. . .Captain -Hogarth estimates his loss at £300. Chbistchuroh, December^ ;. There pi about; 2000 spectators^: the i annual bicycle rac^;iff'' J l^<wi*^* Park/ ; The champion- mile. racfeWaSr wdri by F>R. Dunsfor*; -the m ;ttile; handicap by H. J. Jenkins; V , At the 4hon'esfc dri ■ tho body ot Charles Chmt)Bon3lled on the tramway on ChrUtW^y/ a^ dl s of Jtpcidental 'd&tfc.Kwaa'.. returned. Ihe jury expressed the, opinion that tramway guar^abbUW'Berdf mature age, and that a" separate~guard should ;X>e Allowed to *a^h car, on exc\i.rsio;n.d^ys. ■ -•' -' Dunedin, Dec. 2.7. ' At the inquest on the boy Rutheir-, ford; who : w.s killed by the train, .a. ■verdict of accidental death was returned. -. 'Sixteen thousand passengers were carried on the Dunedin trani cars. At the Hibernian- Society sports yesterday, great uxterest was taken m; the wrestling. William, Hudson threw both Tyson and the Maori, Robinson, j with the latter of whom he had a pro- 1 longed struggle.' A matcl^has been avraDged tor; tne Care^bnlkn'catliering between ponald BinnlS and%e'Ma6iri,. can. ; . •■ ... ( .. i; ., ,«« i .-.., ■.-..'>■■■ 'Mr' J." W. l ß?bm&on, architect, that he intends bringing 1 a libel action against ' the"' Evening Star for alleged, ; imM-op^ cqmmenron nis architectural dfa%ingti i now '.being^^^ exhibited at the C^rHstchtfrcn 1 Industrial Exhibitj^ft;-; dimages J kre^ing laid at £1000. There are 11 crimiiiial cases for trial next Supreme pouijt, but -.all ,| except two are'pilti-y offences._. The exceptions are Annie Whitely "for, manslaughter m overlaying bdVcnifd while intoxicate 1, and" Jphn , Newton for carnally abusing. : ' ' ' The' lf Salvatio tt Army have been I holdiiig;high festival for the last three days. 11 Contingents with brass bands have come up from Invetcargill, Christchurch, etc; They; batfXsort M camp meeting to-day at. the Caledonian grounds^, o^ being ptiesent. The movement wasbeguWin April last and the Army in-New Zealand now nuinbers ( r2Sip0 ■, tf) „persbßßF .who -are comn^4 e d<hy 35; salaried officers.' <