TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 171, 17 June 1884, Page 2

TELE GRAMS.

[IJSITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) • • ; Auckland, June 16. A gumcligger ; ; named 'Logan afc» tempted suicide this morning by cutting his throat and stabbing himself m several places. Slight hopes arei entertained of his recovery. He had I eon drinking heavily : lately. ' ' The charge against Captain Scotland, of the Crusader, hus been dis.r missed." ' . ! -- • • >- , The schooner Result picked up an open boat off Garalli Island, 1 pont^in-J ing {w^o inch* who hud deserted from the scow. Tuakaka at .Mpngomii, bound for Sydney. They are supposed to have thought tho voyage tcfo risky m the scow. They were at sea twenty four hours without food or w^ter before- being picked up. The Doric came up the harbor this afternoon from the quarantine station, having landed the 1 sick children and their relatives there. She now lies m mid-stream off Qucen's-street wharf, flying the yellow flag. The Health "Officer. has boarded her. .She is now= a^i< ing' instructions from the au- j thorities at Wellington. It is reported that the Natives^ at Ohincmntu have at last agreed*" tp accept' tlie v bfEer; from the; 'Govern! ment of ss; per aero for 20,000 acrefc 'This land w to [ be ' handed over t6 the' 1 ' Tliamea-Rotorua railway company. , ■ ; -.'ii Nhw PL^TMotrf h, juiie'^ie:^' Calflcr, a member of the A.C. force, acting as Postm&stetf.at Parihafea, has been arrested qn a charge of embezzlement^ of Goveinmeht money. A girl named Lottie Ghirney attempted suicide m the Waitara river yesterday morning, but was rea-^ cued. J\ "Wellington, June 16. The Marine department 1 ha*s recciv,-, ed the following telegram from Aucklaiirl: — "The barque Andro Klas, , Dayid-jMurray;, v master, bound; fnonv.i Formosa to Aiiokland, which was tow-ed-to Manakau yesterday, had a crew of Malaya sick and dying* wifch drops v,' two being already dead. Dr Scott went to the ship last evening. The master liud been misled by an old chart, which shows Auckland on the west coast of New Zealand. ' Mosgiel, June 16. An inquest was held to day on the body of Alexander Todil, who was killed while crossing the railway line, The verdict was accidental death. No blame was attachable to anyone. The evidence showed that «leecasod had been drinking before the accident, but was capable of taking care of himself. - Port Chalmers, June 15. Arrived-^Ship Dunedin, Captain Whitson, from London, with fiTOO tons cargo and 44 passengers. She brinks an Organfor the Knox Preabyteriari; Church ' in Dunsdin, tho first m Qtago. ' : CHRiSTcnFRCH, June 16. The thiixi body found m the debris of Smith's house at Lfteston has been identified as that of William Thompson, who left tKe L^oston Flo fcel last night rather ; the worse for liquor. No duo has been obtained as to the cause of the fire.