TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 264, 4 October 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITKD PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ATJGKI.AND, Oct. 2. A boy named James Edie, while gathering fevna on the bank of the Wai : kato, at Hamilton, slipped m and waß drowned. . Tlio extension of the Waikato railwayto Cambridge is to be opened on Wednesday next., At the Supreme Court to-day, Charles Palmer was sentenced to two years for forgery. •"•«.. One of the cases of murder, that of Te Meihann, a Maori, charged with killing a woman, did not come before the grand jury at the criminal Hussion, as accused was so manifestly insane, that lie had been committed to the Lunatic Asylum, on the order of the Colonial . Secretary. A man named Merritt has been arrestod on account of his extraordinary conduct m & public street. A loaded revolver was found on him and L 162. Drink- is believed to bo the excitiug cause. Chuistchurch, Oct. 2. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court open on Monday next. There are thirteen prisoners and nineteen cases. Sixty candidates liavo entered for the University examination m connection with Canterbury College, which will be held November 10th, 8 for M.A., 51 for 8.A., and 1 for L.L.B. GISBORNE, Oct. 2. Tenders were accepted last night by the directors of the Chosse Factory for building the factory. Altogether, the building, plant, and accessories will cost about 1/700. Since the sheep dipping regulations have been done away with, so far as this coast is coucerned, a large increase m the export of sheep has taken place. Nearly 1500 were suut away last month. Lambing has been very favorable, and shearing Ins commenced at several stations. A probability of members coming here has created a stir,: and they are certain to be well received if they should honor Poverty Bay with a vißit. Dunkdin, Oct. 2. The annual horse parade was held today. There was a splendid exhibition of Clydesdales. At the sale afterwards,, What's Wanted, an imported horse, brought 215 guineas, which was the highest price. : The Medical Association have written to the Benevolent Association Committee that an honorary medical serrice cannot lie undertaken, as they are of opinion . that it should be paid for. * Napier, Oct 2. Mr Harknr to-day offered for sale the Catholic Church property m Meanee m smnll sf-ctions. 300 acres realised about LI 5,000. The new church of St. Augustine was consecrated to-day, fifteen clergy taking part m the ceremony. A telegram from Wnipukuraii reports a serious shooting affray there. A man named Sylvester shot at Mr Chalmers, Railway Inspector, with a revolver, but missed him. Chalmerß closed, on his assailant, and several men going to his aid, Sylvester was secured and the revolver taken from him. 110 is now m custody. Messrs Greenwood and Son, Dentist Wangjnui, Registered under the Imperial Colonial Acts. Deutiptry m all its branches. Mr Greenwood brings with him nil the requisite apparatus for admiuititring Nitrous Oxide Gas for the painless extraction of tooth.— [advt.]