TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 103, 9 June 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

JVNITED iM*.K*J3 A^o(JIATtO v O AutV.ljiXD, Juntf 0: At n Committee meeting of tin.' Auckland fcMcket As.iotfiMioi), ?v letter wa^ feud from tin' Ailiini i;in ciicUeitclo, relative k> H pr >po-t'd tiuUch m Auckland, The se-mtaiy ; was instructed V> veply th t tiio : Auckland cricketers would be gad to play a match, but would not incur any responsibility m regard to expenses. At leap year i-e-union held m the Hall m aid of the building fund of b:. Thomas' Episcopalian Church, 1000 were present. The child Strong, who was misung at Aratapu, was found by th •• search party drowned at Boom's Aratapu .sawmills. Charles Anderson, a R issian or Bane, was lost overboard fc'u v cutter Fouv Sisters oft" Tiritiri. He was alone on deck and at the wh-e!. On the master coming on dock at 3 a.ua., j he found An.lerson missing 1 . Tin; ca>e of indecent assault against Captain Scotland, of the ship Crusader, has been remande 1 jfor a week, bail being allowed himself m £100, and sureties to the same amount. A Maori peiitiou is being signed j m Waikato against the proposed i Native Lands Bill for presentation to the Assembly. The first .signature is Rewi's. June ?. Major Green has laid an information against the Natives who assaulted him at Cambridge. • Io is reported here that the proprietor of one of the hotels io winch a license was Tefused intends to i-*suo a writ against ihe Licencing Com-mi.--sioueis for £3,000 damages. The city school committees have refused to endor.su Mr Stewart M.H.R.'s circular for alteration m the Education Act. Gis»')rne, June 6. Local politics are very active. Messrs Locke and Gannon have returned after a tour through the country district* Mr Kees leaves tomorrow for Tologa Bay. The Dominations take place on Monday, and the election the week after. Tlii? measles have broken out amongst the Maoris across the river. Mr Wilson writes to the Herald drawing attention to the danger, and hopes that Sir George Grey and other benevolent persons will endeavour to get medical attendance. Blenheim, June G. The proprietors of the Marl borough Express have been served with a writ t>y the directors of the Marlborough Freezing 1 Company for alleged libel. The claim is for' £2000. ■ i Dtjnedi."*, June 6. A case came before the Magistrate's Court to-day, m which a young man put m a claim of infancy. It \va« shown that he had bought some GS cords of wood, paid £5 on account, and, on being pressed for the rest, he { set up the above plea, as he wanted twelve days of being 21 years of age. The Magistrate said it w;is an unsatisfactory case, but he could do nothing but decide according to the law, which did not hold the defendant responsible. Mr William McLachlan, one of the hr.it settlers of Ofag", died on Monday. He arrived m Otago neaily 50 years ago, from Sydney m a whaler. His wife was the first white woman who landed m Otago. June 7. An infant child of Mrs Sterling, South Dunedin, wa^ severely burned while being washed on Wednesday evening. The child, diud yesterday. The matter was not reported to a doctor m the meantime. Oamaiut, June 6. Richard Giblin, with a number of aliases, was convicted at the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day of forgery, and committed to take his trial at the Supreme Court. The prisoner h*s, since his arrest, attempted to escape from custody, and m consequence bail was refused. CfiitiSTcnuKCir, June 6. Robert llcatou Rhodes' will was proved to-day. The property was sworn under £600,000. Mr Murphy, the secretary, was voted by the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, half the profit on "The New Zealand Shorthorn Herd Book," of which he is editor. The profit already amounts to £127. The association resolved io issue a herd book for other than shoiihorns. At Southbrook a man named Patrick caught his arm m a threshing machine, and it was so mangled as to necessitate amputation. June 7. A man named Rose was driving a dray laden with wire at Mount Hutt, when some of the wire fell otf, kocking him down, penetrating his abdomen, and drawing" out part of his intestines. He is m a dangerous condition. Timaru, June 6. A Political Reform Association was instituted here to night at a public meeting. Il is proposed to adopt the programme of a .similar organisation m Auckland, and to make the society, a sort of debating club for the discussion of political matters. Wellington, June 7. Tn the Divorce Court, Jane Mary Stanislaus O'Kearn is petitioner m a suit for a decree of nullify of her marriage with James Grattan Grey, reporter, of Wellington. Mr Shaw is counsel for the petitioner, and the case will be hoard at the nuxfc sittings of the Divorce Court. Gbeymouth, June 7. Nothing is known hem ot any rich quartz specimens from Cedar Creek, lloss,. as stated m yesterday's telegram from Ross.