TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 172, 18 June 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

press association.) Auckland, June 16. Edith Ellon Wornwn has been committed for trial on charge of bigamy m .marrying William BrinsYleu, painter, her husband Robert Dowso, a seaman, being 1 then alive. A number of the unemployed have accepted stonebreakiug from the City Council at 4s 6d per yard. . Chuistchukch, Juno 10. What is believed to bo an attempted arson occunvd last evening m JSydeuham. A passer-by noticed a blaze under a house, and drew out a bundle saturated with kerosene. ? Had not the discovery been made, "probably four cottages would have been burnt. The- police are making; inquiries. InvkmcakgilLj June 16. The Police Court was occupied -for several hours to-day with the case of Hatch v. Hayward, a charge of assault. The parties are rival manufacturers of dip, anl the plaintiff alleged that the defendant threw several pannikins of the fluid on him as the climax ot a quarrel which oceurml during a trial of Hay ward's dip. After hearing the evidence, the Conro fined Mr Hayward -Is, each party to pay his own costs. Dtjnedi?, June 16. Grothrie and Larnach's company was formally wound up to-day, the shareholders received » dividend at the rate of Is m -the £ for their £5 shares. The Harbor Board works at the Heads were formally initiated to-day, when the menihcrs of the board and other gentlemen visited the spot by steamer. The first blast was tired to procure stone wherewith to build, the main rhole for the improvement of the bar. A public meeting at Waikara has carried a resolution requesting the schools commissioners to reconsider their deter minai ion re the disposal of land, and to agree to one third being disposed of on the perpetual leasing system. Altogether 80 or 90 married men have been granted relief works as an ; outcome of the recent unemployed agitai ion, by the Government, Harbor Board, and City Council, Only jimmied mea have been taken on, as. it was considered the single men could go up country. Four shillings, and sixpence per day is the lowest wage paid. Oamau", June 16\ . At a largely attended public meeting held tonight, it was decided to form a political association. A meeting of the unemployed was held to- day, at which 75 were present. A deputation waited on the Mayor, who requested a list of the married out of employment tp.be sent into the council, which meets to-morrow to consider the subject. There will probably be three candidates for the Oainiaru seat at the next Parliamentary election, and two for the country. , . : GiSBORNE, June 17. The Supreme Court opened this morning before Judge Grillies, In 'his 'charge to the Grand l Jury he stated that the calendar was a comparatively light onp. He commented on the fact that t'^e Natives were sufficiently civilized when able to writo so well as to .forge cheques, for which one Native will be tried.