TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 144, 28 November 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED PaEBS ASSOCIATION.)

Auckland, Nor. 25. Gerrard, the labor agitator, has served a notice of action to-day u\\nn •jhc Resident Mugistrato, Mi' Both Smith (damages £500;, for unlawfully causing Gerrard to bo nrreMtod under and by virtue of a coi'Uhi warrant, and for incidental coats. The members of the Auckland Fire Brigade are vigorously practising for the forthcoming New Year demonstration at Ounedin. ■ Fiv» Auckland competitors m tfcje dillerent events^ and an emergency man, wiir be sent down; | Ai the meeting of the jHarbor Board, the Chairman stated' that he had been informed by the cpairman of the Frozen Meat Company that they would be able to send away four or five cargoes a year from '; Jluclcland. ; , . Dunedin, Noj. The engine of the Soutbj goods train, which left Dunedin.at 18.15, this morning, was thrown off the line, at Kensington through a stop-block i.icing m it» wrong position. Nothing ; serious £ c»couvred,; and the train was only delayed about twentjy - five' .minutes. : : ; : ;f,':!.' v;:. : '\iH. ;'(•■■• : -' ■ The eighth annual show • of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoml Association was highly successful today. The new ground at Tahuna Park, on which the Association, has spent £25,000, is considered the finest m the colony. The sheep and cattle were judged to day, and the horses, Ac, will be taken to-morrow. Except m metihos, the uompetitioa in 'all classes was capital. TheXJp-- . vernor will formally open the ground to-morrow. | The Special Committee of the Otago Trades and Labour Council appohited to consider the feasibility of holding a congress of trades niet last night. The reply from tirade organisations m all parts of the colbujy were highly satisfactory. It -has been definitely decided to hold the congress on Thursday, JanuaVy 8, and sue-, ceeding days m Danedin. Twentyfour delegates are promised aJ ready, and forty are expected! I Mastebton, Nor. 26. ' The Horticultural Show to-day, was a success. The poultry show annexed wus exceptionally good. There were over a hundred pens of poultry and pigeons exhibited. „ OAMA.BU, Nov. ■$$. '.',.- A young man named Reid,;av,scavenger, was killed by his.cart falling on him. , \: The 13-year old son of Mr McDonald, of Waitahuna, has been killed by a fall from a horse. ■