TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 227, 22 August 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED, PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, August 20. A baker's horse took fright at an approaching train at Parnell yesterday, and bolted across the rails. The cart was smashed to atoms, and the horse severely cut. The contents of the stomach of the infant of Miss Smith, discovered buried at Parnell, have been forwarded to Mr Pond, the district analyst, for analysis. The unfortunate accused now states that she was' outrageously assaulted by Wilson, who hushed the case up by promising her marriage. • ..: • Fraser has arranged for a number of artisans from. Dunedin to work on the repairs of the s.s. Triumph on the terms of lOs a day with passage free to Auckland and back. Judge Gillies declined to sanction the alteration of the lease of Mount St. Mary Convent property from 21 years, as \n trust deed, to 60 years, as patitioned. The necessary power will he sought by Act of Parliament. The New . Zealand Sugar Company have paid some £17,000 duty upon one entry alone, representing sugar m the hands of the company at present. The sum represents duty on some 4000 tons. CHRiSTCqURCB, August 20. Alexander Law, a passenger by the Rotamahana to Dunedin.from Auckland, where he had been staying for the benefit of his health, died of consumption while the steamer was at the wharf. The ships had their flags at half mast. The body was taken on to Dunedin. The barque Examiner, from Greymouth, having been reported to be overloaded, an enquiry is to be held at Lyttelton. A proposal to establish a butter factory at Doyleston after having been discussed and gone through the preparatory stage of the formation of a committee, has been abandoned. It is estimated that the capital required would be about £800. The company, if formed, would have given 3d per gallon for milk when butter was less than lOd, 3£d when less than Is, and 4d when over Is. The farmers, however, thought milk worth 4d all the year round and would not deliver it for less. At the half-yearly meeting af the Tramway Company, the profit and loss, account showed a surplus, of six months of £928, which w-as carried; forward ; the traffic is. keeping up despite bad tirqes, Dunediv, August 20. Mr John McMillan, of North Taieri, has died from tetanus, which supervened upon a wound m the right eye. He was driving a horse out of a paddock m tho dark, and ran against a post, a splinter from which penetrated his eye. Mr John Tobin, of the Kaitangata Fellmongery, was found dead m the creek at Kaitangata yesterday. He was an old settler of the district, and was highly respected. -• : R. R. Jones, a well-known estate agent at Milton, was found dead m his bed this morning. At Cromwell, a fire broke out yesterday on the premises occupied by Charles Colcough as an agent's office and dwells ing. Mrs Colcough was the only inmate, and had just time to eaoape. When the alarm was given the place was m flames, and before the fire was extinguished the building was entirely gutted. Bltjfp, August 20. The smartest shock of earthquake ever experienced here was felt at ten minutes to 1 p.m. to-day. A heavy report was first heard, resembling heavy charges of dynamite, then distant rumb- . Jing, accompanied by a severe shock. The vibration was distinctly felt by persons outside m the street. ■ Invekc vrgill, August 20. The tri-yearly sitting of the Supreme Court opened on Tuesday. There are fivo criminal cases, but none are serious. There are two divorce cases (the first tried here), one for seduction, and a large amount of civil business, including a claim against the Public Works Department for £1489, f° r compensation for land taken for the Seaward. Rush railway. :