TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 26, 31 December 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED PIIKSS ASSOCIATION.) CiiniSTCiiiJßCii, Dec. 29. At an inquest at Governor's Bay today on the body of Mrs Jessie McLeoil, which was exhumed m consequence of statements that Dr McDonald had not treated her properly, a verdict of death ' from flooding was returned, land that Dr [ McDonald showed an error of judgment m not removing the foetus on the day prior to the woman's death. Dunedin, Dec 29. There is little doubt t ft[r Ivens has been drowned m the cliee Stream. Ho was a deferred payment selector, aged 26 years, and single. Ho has no relatives m tho colony. i Millor and Srnills' tender for the I Deep stream contract of th.o Ofcago Central Railway is .£32,874. ; Sparrow's jtor the iron work of the Wirigatui Viaduct, is Both contracts are to bo completed by August, 1888. Gkeymouts, Dec. 29. The Greymouth Harbour Board tonight appointed Mr W. H. Scott engineer of the board, subject to the approval of the Government, There was 18 applications. . ' " Hokitika, Dec. 29. The engineer for the Humphrey's Gully Company reports that the works are progressing favorably. The distance to the drive m the long tunnel has been reduced to 56 chains, 20 links, and driving still continues m good ground. Auckland, Dec. 30. Mrs Banks, wife of a railway porter, residing' at Whangarei, attempted suicide by swallowing turpentine. She is likely to recover. "Wellington, Dec. 30. Mary Ann Gample, o domestic servant, attempted suicide by taking choral. She is m the Hospital m a critical condition.