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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 18, 19 December 1884, Page 3

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(UNIXEp PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland. Ifec. l9. v'Regiiiafd Bernard Fitzpfttrick was conunitte.d f.or indecent assaxUt on a child of tender years, Bishop Selwyh was a passenger by thesiaaapouw for Sydney, <s« route for ;-. ••^^idv^than . laid the -foundation srt>\i6;t)f ; tbe : :fte w Jewish Synagogue, this ■afterroon-iu-theipfesenco of a large asseniblige. It will cost £4000. " Blact Rose is scratched for all t'rigagemoits for the Auckland Summer meeting Letter bj' the mail state that Mr Ashbury owner of tbo English yacht Cambria,intends visiting New Zealand at au earlr date, coining by way of Mexico. Hokitika, Dec. 18. A fatal ftcident, occurred to-day to a Maori- name} Rahaiaru. He was on a shooting expedition with tweothors, and camped \t Bluo Spur. He took the barrels out oilris gun, placed the nipple ends m the lirs, and blew into the top of one of the barrels, a charge m which exploded, killing him instantly. An inquest will be htld to-morrow. Dunedin, Dec. 18. At the Police Court to-day, White and Crowley were charged with the murder of Meldrum, at Nenthorn. Both prisoners were comuiitteed for trial. v A fatal accident occurred at Hamilton, Manitoko County, yesterday, a miner named McDomtM being kill by a fall of earth. He leaves a wife and six children. Wellington, Dec. 18. The Government are taking into "active consideration the question of New Zealand forests, and are arranging to have an exhaustive report made on the subject. Chief Justice Sir Jauics Preudergast and Lady Prendergast returned from England to-day. A peculiar question has cropped up m a bankruptcy case. There are only two | creditors m the estate, and represeuta- I tives" bf. both atteudod at a meetiug.j to-day. The Act distinctly states that three creditors must be present to form a quorum, but, as there are only two m. the estate, no business could bo transacted, and the meeting vras adjourned for legal opinion being taken . Yesterday afternoon tho second cabin 'steward of the steamer Coptic fell through a hatch iuto the' hold, a distance of twenty-five feet. Ho received internal injuuries, and this afternoon expired. The National Insurance Company have presented a cheque for £10 10s to Sub-Inspector Goodall, who was instrumental m obtaining a conviction against a man named Suiter, for attempting to burn down his premises at Hawera m May last.