TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 216, 7 August 1884, Page 2

TELE GRAMS .

/ (UNITED >RE§S ASSObIATIQN.) -, I ...' UelsoiN,. August : . George. Mponjight and^, aiioihev man havc^ beenjbut prospecting for tweu<.y-one days^between L&ke Botoiti .and the Motifpiko w&hoVt* ljaving been heard of, and grave fears are now entertained. ' Bsarch pavties : a're, out, hut no na^Vsiliiis yet been.m ceived. v? : ' .. Djjnedjn, August 5. Mr Bath crate, of Foochow; forwarded forty- eight* bamboo partWdges to the Olago Acclimatisation Society by the "JRimsui, but only one 'bird reached Sydney alive, and it was brought tin safely. The society has passed the following resolution:— 1 ,'Thai this, society: , views, with deep' . regreVtlie kteps f whigV tntf ; €faveft^ n)eji.t v h,as seen f)t to takp m connection with th.c introduction qf stoats and weasles,, and $lher vermin into this nduntry, "hitherto 'so 1 fi'^e: frbin noxious native animal*, as ft believes these animals will prove of little use m destroying rabbiiH,and'wil^ on the other hand, m all likelihood, destroy Maori hens and other native birds., aa well as domestic poultry. The Bingarooma, from Melbourne; was boarded by the Health Officer, and inspected before being allowed to ; come to the wharf. / Th^irteeii ©tago M.'sII.R., inclujjng fy.y $ifmp left for "Wellington tpda^. r jj[ , " •■• 4 ... August q v '.-.. In jGawson t. t% Queen, m which * (jjjie plainilfff, a, saw-miller, recovered LI,^QO danjawes fjtonj a special jury agtiinst th« Government -for- the destruction of his:sa\yrtnill§ byspar^ ail^ leged.to have been emitted by. a rail"--wayengine, JudgeVVilliarns granted a ne x * trial. j / The Port Chalmers ; Town Council held . -i special meeting 1 " last night ;to consider what steps ought to betaken J m reference to .quaranting Mouatt's liouse. 1 Tw o special constables were ? sworn m to kee,p the house under sujrveillance, and^ the^olotli|s which Mouatt left at the house are to be des^ypd, x :i, ; - ; - 5 ; "iNvBROVBorLii, Angusfc.^. ■,'■■>■■ ,-.; Three, slacks of wheat qontainirig L Wb't^ut ' 500 l nags were dsst roy bd ■ 'by fire on the farm of James Smith,, of. Waiataewa^ this morning . before 'day--■■"bfw^. .: ; . •■ ■-. .: „=:.. '.y • ' AppKLANp, Aijgug't §. • tphder yap accepted ' fpr tl^e er,ectj(m of- New Zealand Me^ft and gtdrijge : W*>&9 of W. iPbijcox aiid at ' f;^ ' . Jjast night a ln»ppej? ? named "Edward Johnson, was preciptated do^'B thp hold Qf thp ba^ue Pelharo, sustaining serlmis in^iiivifts.- H^ refused at t\\e hospitalto ppriui*-. amputatfon of his *«d tb§ pp§ratioij was, pps> aim, . • * a — _* .. . - » .. 1 • poned.