TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 38, 15 January 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

v '"- ' (criJrtEb paiiss AssociiTloif.) • * Grey^outh, Jan. 13* At the meeting of the Harbor Boards last -nigh^ -p. veaolutipn.was'i passed affirming that the Westport Colliery Company be compelled to comply with* the conditions of the lease >by t forking the mine, which ;has been lying idle for over twelve months, and that a copy of the resolution De forwarded to thi* Government. Four houses etc E^elvin Grove werej burnt down this morning. They wereinsured for 4730 m the Standard. I Thp jfitje , wax accide^ml. > t Qwiag'to^ ttie 'strong wind the" "buildings which were detached) could not be saved. • Tlie Fu blic Works ' Department has accepted the tender of Watson ajnd .Rhodes ior the«Taieri bridge contract ff>r£s72&, * .$ l: ■'/ -■ ' ." \j " 'j^Tlio stable ot Mr Barron,3l : H j1., ) was bnr.nt doyfn at Caveidham thi« mdrnin^.V' The insurance is J21'50 m the Colonial Office. f.. „ " '* ■""•' ■■-•->-*. Bi^SNißfeiM, Jan. 18./, i A thunderstorm with heuv\ r i|ain' ;antl hail broke over a the%towji this afternoon; The weather is ct»ld and inclement, and betokens v gloomy look out lor the farmers,' whoso splendid grain crops were ripening last; i , i ~ r '.-''. Jan. 13-. ■■!' • named MiLler attempted .suicide to-day by taking' arsenic. His cohdiiioii was discovered WtimtC"* aud he, .wax saved by remedies^'''"' ' w Cheistchurch, Jan. 13. .■ The. New Zealand Shipping Com-j . pany, haye leceived, the ;,fqljowing ,t«legram ; :-^-iJondon,:;januaKy. 12, — The .;*.!><; T&aikpura arriyed ,- all, well at Jtiio; . l, yesterday. Her , : . refrigerator ..worJtedi ,^atiHfactorily, and , the ; meat, :iis;in prime, condition. . : , ;,, . ; !