TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 134, 6 May 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

'I7NITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, May 8. The Society of Arts exhibition closed withapiofit over expenses, araouutug to £100, :m<l £400 worth of pictures have been sold. Dunedin, May 4. The Mornington Tiamway Company's debenture loan of LI 5,000 has been taken up by a local capataliyt. Chkistchurch, May 3. Edward Willcocks, who was run over b^y a I ruck ab Lyttel ton ßailway Station, died from his injuries last night. Sir George Grey is expected to arrive here on Thursday. The Workiug Men's Political Association have arranged for a reception and address at the Tuam-street Hull. Gisborne, May 4. The natives m this district are preparing petitions against the resumption of the Crown's pre-emptive right. Major Ropata received « great ovation nfc a large Maoi i wedding ; and, m replying to the toast of his health, he said,, though the Government had taken a pension from an old man, he I would remain loyally steadfast, knowing he had the approbation of all good ! iuropeans, and also of the Maoris, for his past services. | Auckland, May 4. The new steamer Thomas Russell arrived from London yesterday afternoon. The vessel is intended for the Waikato <."oal and Steam Navigation Company, and will be employed iv oarryiug coal on the West Coast. The passage from London occupied 127 days. The steamer left on December 23. Dunedin, May 3. Mr McKenzie, addressed his con-, stituenis tk Palmeraton last night His speech dealt chiefly with the land administration. With the territory at his disposal, Mr Rolleston, he said, should be able to settle the country faster than at the rate of a thousand per year. His liberality was instanced by the way m which, m defiance to the wishes of the public, he locked Otagu runs against settlement. The Ministry had allowed duinrnyism to flourish extensively m Otago, and had permitted Mr Stout . and the Press to fight that battle.