TELEGRAM.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 167, 12 June 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAM.

JFK'ITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION.) • ; ' Auckland, June 10. A >j*irl tuiihed Elisabeth Jhekson,' aged 13, jwlio is stated tb'h'ave'sliown of mental . aberration" has been missing from lier Home since Friday. The police haveffoiinYl ho traces.' ' J ' v ' : The Graiton-road Licensing Comnjjfttee has granted their solitary jSublichouse an 1 1 o'clock license, the only wai'd irii Auckland eityi udfr'tfO o'clock. This was the ward m which Ihe tern i >era nee p Arty were defeated at the election^.-. ;•; ■• ; . :- • PiofessJor Aldis lectured b(?f'>re the Young: -Men's Christian Association on " The , matihQmatical , . and moial aspects of gambling," a .practice he . strongly denounced. Chhistchurch, June 10. IVjr'W 1 14. $as&el\, president of the Oatholic ''Tfitevnvy Association, Win^ about to leave Chvistohinoh for Wellington, was presented last night with a complimentary address. The Lyttolton Bonmgh Council will instruct their solicitor to defend the council aguinst. the loss of liceuse of the British Hotel, which is the pro- i pcrty of the boiough. The family of the late Robert ! Heaton Rtjodesj intend to build and endow a convalescent home near Christchnrch and to expend £10,000 m building and partial endowment. Some time before his death Rhodes handed £500 to trustees as an endowment to provide for religious nrinis--1 ration to the sick m hospitals, inmates of »aols, and asylums, and for ' the religious teaching of orphans or destitute children, whether m Stuto institutions or those of the Church, . A petition, praying that no alteration m the secular and compulsory clauses of the Education Act, be made i* being numerously signed m Christ chuVch. j

pany has had 26,000 „ „ ■ • . ' . applications fo r the first issue ot 24,000 10s shines. The Avon Licensing Committee refused tiivee applications for a publichouse m Richmond, where there are no hotels as yet. The Heathcote Conim tie refused the extension of hours to 11. Kumara, Jane 10. - There are now ninety.vix miners on strike .again., .The neiy regulations issued for the' use' of the sludge chan-lUßl-op.eoitaDLAre.too- oppressive, and would not eva le them tj earn move thania bare living, as the price of water for sluicing is 20s and 30s higher than m aiv^ other part of the colony/ JSvfeiy; jju^iness' i 8 f sfcagha^' ? m consequence, and unless the regulations are modified and water -cheapened, one of the best alluvial goldfijjlds m New, Zealand: huisVcollupse,; and miners seek a new field elsewhere. } i .-,-..— 4. , . Dr jMenzies/ *he~ popular resident medical officer at the hospital, has resigned, owing to urgent business requiring him to go to England. <- >■'■ ; DjjNEms, June 10. tvp^ I,%^^! i m ; Nioholls/f ft\M\ kkki liludanunJ^i 4 i verdict of temporary insanity, induced by drink, was returned. the directors of thf. .Kmtanf&fo coul mine accompaniM Jby I^Aj&ftin/ Gpv^rnment Irispe6tor, and othcj-s* lrfs^iecfced the mine to-day. They : blocked off all the portion m which fire.jnuy be burning, tftoTlgh none was actually seen, and men are put m, to get out coal agaia. ; -In the caseoPDdna»agiASsfc* i HotMs > ' ) which was an action for seduction, defendant made application 'to the voijdict set aside, on the ground 1/jiat he was an infant under 21 years of ! age at the time he wasjmed. The ijipplJdation argued before Mr Justice Williams, who decided this mornin« that he would not disturb the verdict "Thi il#g)lM.-Sjon^JilJfli-ifISJ; for contempt of Court against the Eypnin^; Star m connection with the equity; suit Cumpjbeli v.,,Kennetk, particulars of w«icfi f the SMi r recently published. Wellington',. June 11.. _ Nominations for the Ashburton seat have been fixed fat^the 25th June, and the election t&e&fihice on July 2nd. Ij " -ff -. -. . . ' ' ■ f . -.-"■ •» ' Greymout^, Junie 11. JAtr;ived, St. fcilda.^nd ; .s "The Manaw&iu Wan^m^ with live s|dck : has arriveU. The prices atlast?tlaiitle sales, seje low^. Heavy rain^sjiow.falling. . , The schopls Jiajje been . closed kn -I>W' charted m consequence of a report re dipth'eria^ -i$ ■•--.^ .",-. -.'a . . "aV „^ . ? ,;