TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 37, 14 January 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(united press association.): ; •: : . \ Auckland, Jan. 12. John Jame3, secretary to the, Auckland Grarnnier School Trust, has been found, dead m Mason's baths, where lie. had taken an air-bath. It is sup-, posed that Ire had a til. : .-.<•- Julius Deuraer, a French-Canadian sailor was found' ill at' bis lodgings aijd died shortly afterwards. A tnmblur withisediment of avseniu was found iv his room. '■ At the criminal sessions Ajbram Ridings was charged with indecent assault. The jury instructed by his., Honor, returned k verdict off not guilty. Jn discharging the prisoner,bis Honor said he had been found not guilty because the witntss had not offered any resistance. This* Ho>yever, did make hi* actions any less iudecent. Robert Eeid, for slabbing John Smith on board the. Lady Jww»; lyn, Wiis seotenoed to nine months' inijivisonment, WiUiam Wenlock, foil* embezzling property belonging to. the Sinsjer Machine Manufacturing Company received two years, ilobert , JEyet Franklyn, charged with .jieijury, is believed to hiive left the cblony. His bail bonds have been estreated, and a warrant issued {or his apprehension. jDunedin, Jan.' l 2. At the City Court Hans Hansen was qoinniitcd for trial for stabbing the second oilloer of tho barque - Scotia. The Government Insurance Aissocia-. .lion have bought the property known a* Wiso*B Corner, wliicli is i\ quarter- , acre section, with buildings m the heart of the city, for the sum £35,500. This is equal to .£538 per foot, frontage to Princess-street. | • ',