TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 215, 6 August 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(united press association.) DuNEDitf, August 4. The annual meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held 10-night, the Mayor m the chair. There . has been a slight falliug off m subscriptions! for the year. Tt was decided to reduce the fee, for the juvenile societies to 6d yearly. Judge Williams was re-elect* ed president. Greymouth, August 4. A. man named John Hall, while bush-foiling near Mursden, was struck by a falling branch on the head, and knocked <lo,wn. He was found insensible at 9.30 on Satuidav night m the bush, and was brought into the hospital last night. He died this morning, without having recovered consciousness. Timaiu, August 4. The son of a farmer, named Colin Campbell, aged 10 years, was found drowned m a creek near his father's house, at Totara, this morning. An inquest will be held. The cause of death is supposed to be accidental. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company held a large sale of grain al Studholme J unction to-day. Milling wheat averaged 2s 8d to 3s, and oats Is 7£d to Is lid." Christchurch, August 4. A test case against a vegetable dealer, Mrs Davidson, charged with hawking without a license, w«s decided by Mr Beetham, R.M , against the City Council^ on the. ground, that the bye-law wa* v^iva litres, because if carried out it would be productive of very serious restraint of trade. AxioJtLANi), August 4. In tlie bronoh of promise caae, Maclfay v, Anderson, there wj*s no appearance of the defendant, and a verdict was given of £250. damages., At the meeting oE the Auokland Haoing. Club, the accounts showed a oredit balanoe of £1200. Wellington, August 5. A woman named Cecilia. Hogan, a cook at the Wellington Hotel, was found dead m her bedroom this morning. She was fully dressed, and an empty gin bottle beside her. She was addicted to intemperance. . Auckland, August 5. At a meeting of volunteers yesterday a resolution favoring the abolition of the New Zealand fiifle Association was carried, and it was decided Lo request the Defence Minister to devote monies to encourage local associations A repent avrival from England named J. Barlow' was killed by being thrown from a horse on the One ; hunga Road last night. He had been riding m company with a barmaid named Agnes Wybar. During the dense fog this morning, a mishap occurred to the steamer Hawea. The vessel l^fc tfye. Mann,kau, wharf; a.t eigbjt o'clock, and when sho had proceeded a mile and a-half down the harbour ran aground on a sand-bank, and remained fast, all attempts to back her proved futile. When the fog cleared, the vesse} was, discovereJ to l>e a considerable distance out of her course. The vessel is perfectly safe and uninjured. She will probably be kedged off to-night, a^4 sajl tpn}O|r"ow, ' '