TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 256, 25 September 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED PaESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, Sep|. 23; , Evans, » laboring man, employed on the «.s. Triumph, attempted suicide by cutting his throat, at a boardinghonse m Wyudham-street at 1 o'clock to-day. He came home lor dinner, went' up to his -bedroom, and was found a few minutes after with his ■throat cut. He has been sent to fjhe hospital, and is expected *to recover. He had not beeji drinking. . At Helensville, Cap'taia iff. 1 JE SHort sold the brigantine Nightingale* to C. W;. Langatone (late of W»Ukato), tor £950. : She leaves this week with a cargo of kanii Jogs for Dunedin, when her new owner intends utilising her m connection with the New Q-uineA trade. *, The Aucklaud Baby Show opened today. There wer«» 120 entries and a crowded attendance. ' r A number of grubs of the cbd(in moth wore gathered io-day< outside of the cases of lately imported American apples m the auction rooms 1 . H It is suggested that the Frait Growers' . Association should Wring the matter under the notice of ' Government to secure protective legislation' -this session. •'"■ : ■ : : Captain Etlie of tne^ ■ ; Waihora, was yesterday pivsented with an illuminated address, which had beeu prepared for him by the passengers who were placed m quarantine with the vessel on her last trip from Mel bourpe and sonthorn ports. ' A public indignation meeting 1 has been held at Cambridge to protest against the action of the Government m delaying from time to time the opening of the Cambridge flail way. •■••■n; ■-■ -Napier, Sept. 23. The Resident Magistrate's Court has been occupied two days m investigating a murderous assault- on Jack Lofiey, the, well known ! aupo guide, on 27th August. At night four men set upon him at Tarawdrri, and severely mj uved him. Owing to the darkness he could not identify his' assailants by sight, but from the voice he believed he recognised one of the men Sergeant Cleary of the Armed Constabulary. He charged Cleary with assault. The evidence given wUs s most contradictory, - At the end of the hearing the Resident- Magistrate said there was a strong case, of suspicion, bub thti identification of Cleary was not complete, and he therefore dismissed the information, 1 but re-, fused cosis to deary's counsel. He' committed for trial,- for. perjury a constable named Milson, and told Cleary 'that his evidence was so contradictory that it showed him to be utterly unV fit for a. police officer, and that he hoped he would not be allowed to remain m the force. Thames, Sept. 23. The Borough- Council has disregarded the proclamation extending the time for holding elections of coun cillors, and is proceeding on the principle that the regular elections having failed m two cases, the vacancies shall be considered extraordinary vacancies, and dealt with accordingly, ft has, however, been found that the status of Ihe whole council is open to question, seeing that alt have been declared elected by a Returning Officer who was not appointed severally for the different wards, and it is proposed to ask the Government to pass a Validation Act rectifying this technical blunder. , Chrjstchurch, Sept. 23. At the inquest aTljytteltdn to-day on the body of Milne C. Miller, carpenter ef the ship Wairoa, who died from "injuries caused by his hattd being caught between the dogs of a winch, the jury brought m a verdict of accidental death, and added a rider that all Buch running gear m machinery on board ships should be covered; over. ... Dunedin. Sept. 23. The rowing tournament was got off to-day. The -forenoon was "fine, and several heat's were got through; but about noon a change set m, and rain poured down all the afternoon. Still the affair was pushed to a conclusion. The winners were Reid and Grey's crew, with a surveyor's crenirseeorid/ The other competitors m the final heat were crews from Messrs Sparrow and Co.'s and the Otago Daily Times. : Timaw, Sept, 23. James Conolly, aged 70, cook at the Police Ba tricks, died suddenly at an early hour this morning. He had complained of internal pains, but was not supposed to be seriously ill. He was unable to rise from his bed this morning, and while being conveyed to ■ the hospital, died on the way. : Nelson, Sept. 23. At the inquest on Harry Silvers Cresswell no evidence throwing additional light on the melancholy affair was adduced, and no ' itfotive for the suicide appears. Ho was m good spirits shoitly before im death, and it is 'thought he met with an accident. The verdict returned wis'that he'died from eftects of a gnn «hofc wound, but there was no' iwrtdenee 's6* show ;by whom inflicted r i