LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 259, 29 September 1884, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(UHITJED PRESS i ASSOCIATION,) Auckland, Sept §7i, O'Donoghuf, master of the Waiekaraka sehobl, TWmes^ has been' dismissed by the Board of Education for : writing a letter the secretary . of the-A»:»yd,i which' the board considered offensive.'. • - ; This Day. A half-caste named Win Smith was committed for trial at Hgavuawuhia o:i a charge of indecent assault on a girl of 7 years of ago. ' Wellington, This Day. A man named Herbert Hawk was drowned while crossing the Waiohine river between Greytown and Masterton. He was driving a horse and carb across the river about 9 o'clock on Saturday night when he was swept away. The horse was found dead next morning with the cart attached. Hawk leaves a wife and four children. ■ Wellington, Sept. 27. His» Excellency the Governor .will preside at a meeting short lv to be held m reference to the formation of a Wellington society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. . The diaper who has to some extent been boycotted by the Wellington Early Closing Association, has decided to take proceedings against some of- those who took part m the demonstrations held recently. . Chbistchurch, Sept. 26. The meeting called to oppose the passage oi the Licensing Act Amendment Bill was .attended by about thirty persons. The weather Was rather inclement. Mr W. Cyrystal presided ♦ Resolutions were pasaed to the effect " that Mr Steward's Bill m uncalled for, that this meeting entirely disapproves of any scheme of compensation for the refusal of the renewal, of any license; and that the optional endorsement clauses would lessen the restraint which the law at present places around the trade, and would be fraught with terrible evil Co the community." - ' ' * Napikb, This Day. . Father Forrest died yesterday morning m his 80th year. He had lieen ailing for several years.