TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 71, 22 February 1884, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(united phess association.) ' Auckland, February 21. The heaviest piece of terra cottaworfc ever manufactm ed m the colony has been made at Newton Pottery Works. • The weight is two and a half tons. It is an adornment for the Salvation Army barracks, " t ■' ; '." • ''' The handsome new premises or the Bank of New South Wales was opened to-day for business. The costis £11,500, apart from the 1 cost of the land. i .: ijy Triumph has been thoroughly '"■ ' cleaned and is to/be docked soon. jMf Fraser intends to send Home' by jthe outwaid mail an order for the iron plates Tequired 1 to rebuild the fore part of *he vessel which was so seriously damAged as to require almost entire .re-- *•• hewal. ' ; Wellington, February 2L A despatch has beeen received by Mr Excellency the from tfce Secretory of State for the colonies intimating that the Queen will not bei advised to exercise Her Majesty's power at disallowance m respect of any of .the , Acts passed last session by.- the New Zealand Parliament, but that «onsideratipn of Sir George ; Grey's Confederation and Annexation Act had been reserved until the : proceedings of the Sydney Conference shall have been ; .considered by the Imperial Government. '...,..•.. . ■ • Mr Liardet, a Wellington fish monger, ' }>as placed m the market a largeguan,,tity of frozen fish, hares, and poultry, brought out by the British Queen. The /fish comprised plaice, whiting, and ced. . Ihe .prices' realised were, whiting Is each, and moderate-sized cod 7s 6d. ■The poultry »vere also got rid of at fair prices. They all appeared m fine condition^ "" The following are the tenders for the . Kopuaranga contract (formation only) of the Wellington-Napier railway :~ Accepted : T. H. Downes, Auckland, L 31.425. Declined: D. Henderson, Porirua, L 31,989; D. Glendinning, Napier, L 32,990 ; Alexander and MeFarlane, Wanganui, L 34.21 1; J. " Lockie, Wellington, L 48.864. Gbetmouth, February 20. *" At the Licensing Committee , elec- " iions to-day two Good Templar candidates were returned at (he head of the poll. Four of the old committee stood, and three were elected. The election -was conducted with extreme quietness. , , V ' "■;," Pitnedin, February 20. At the Education E>oard to-day there was a personal altercation between Mr McKenzie, M.H.R., and Mr Elder. : Mr Elder said, m reference to an accusation of personal motives, " All 1 can do is to give you the lie direct," to which ]Vtr. McKenz'e replied, " And I give you the lie. direct. If you would not Ye a low mean skunk jjpl^wouUl nofc say such a tiling." : -^ :