TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 174, 20 June 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

; (UNITED PRESS -ASSOCIATION.) I " Dunedhj, June 18. i At jl meeting of the committee of ;tKeis^M>y [tfnjiM it waai decided^ lirb^ni ' Medals to the'- Ofeago " repf<> sentatives iv the intercolonial team, and to communicate with the other i unions with fanef to, arranging for j some suitable * to "" Mr Sleigh for his management of the [arrangements. The union intend to I make application for affiliation to the | Rugby U nion of "England. j The Supreme Court to-day is occupied with the case of Wri«»ht v. j George rßMsellTateMm; of 1&250, for • thn publication (alleged to be libellous) lof a letter. .jDafendaiiii, a whool- | master, wrote the letter complained jof, a very extraordinary communica* jtion, to Miss Stewart, a teacher m ione of the city schools, warning her ; against marrying the plamtiiF. Dei fend ant said he had written it at the : re'qUe^/Qfi the girlV fmobher.- ilt ap-' ; pears 4nat *" Wright has 'married the' 'girl against the wishes of her parent", i r . Later. The Jitl/^l-Miibef^Me have returned a verdict of .250 and costs.

Blenheim, June 18, i At the police Court to-day, tho : Justices dismissed the charge of tros« ;pass m pursuit of game on Birch Hill •run brought against .John Brydon, of Eenwick, by MJr PoHavd, the Manlager of the New^J Zealand Loan. and iSlerfiai^bile Company7> The, defence was that haves were not game m Marlborough; the defandant had a legal iright ;--tj£) go along the track through the runj which,- though not ar surveyed road, was the only access from thu WaitgiiJESver. to-it&ei Wsiirau diggings j and that such track was within -a go) dneld. <N6tica of appeal was! given. ...'.._. VeijyfT heayy u raingr continue, and floods are; anticipated. .-,-

Cheistch'urch, June 18.

'■■ Two apprentices of the Jerque Exannhe'rV'WTineat G-i'ey mouth, partook - ;of some tinned jam~lyearing the Hojbart label. Nxft* liking the flavour } they did'iib^^ftfjfe •' rriu'ch 1 , ; but 'both jwererseizdd with' r sudileii l si'dknessi 'and We was so bad thrtt he had to be pat on shoi-e on arrival at tytteltbn. ■- .The hyttiptaDSs denote poisoning apparently tho result of tlie tinning iproceasi' 14 ""W' 1 " 1^" ,;--:^i •• .- . >.

\ Atcjeland, June 18. It is understood tbat jtnmotion has been commenced m the Y Supreme pourfc to rt^oYei^ora- John- Adams, | proprietor 4$ tire^."Swan Hbtel, the money said to have been eiitrusted to I him by Franks,- \y { hile tiie laiter was I under influence of liquor. Ti.e Irans* j aetro^ i^» question^vas- -the subject to^ the "lambing down," prosecution | diamisse^l* bypthe Magistrate 1 yesterday. Pmtnra, whottelbngs^tb Wanganui, is a nephev^, of, Major Geneitil Fi-unks, and the £260 deposit receipt uncle. ' ' """ | Thomas Poley;;a~;dischargftd. Salvation ' beensehcenced' to Uiree, . ano^jjb^, for" assaul ting Jane iFrerrch, 'Wnd 'foV JJ bWng no; Visible hieans o(^cM^ i:// ' h ;;' l ; At.the. inquest oiTTßemard Jones jury retitffieaW^rffibt'of 'teifipoiar/

"TBai^June 18.

j t .gh^.jppp§^nt isiu n here fo^.iieJasti.; thirty-six v iours .|ias.. had the,. effect., 0f ... overflowing,-, all the, creeks, pavticu* larly the Karaka, which has over* flowed its banks and flooded all the town m it^vicinity. The damage done so far n£s not been so gieat on the last o£ci3iQ^of^a_sigiilar flood ; bnt if much longer . it will be a seiious matter. The booni£ of.- the > SawniilL Company' Bate broken away, and' logs *" are drifting down the Kaueranga lo [he se# '^©iliJJtteir? passage -the/ Have stove m t^e^teanier iPatiki,. which jnras lying intl»e c stream. She now lies partly] sir]nnerged;// c , / r