TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 39, 16 January 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

"' ' '(i/NiTBD 1 PRESS ASSOCIATION.) \ ■ ! Auckland, Jan. 14. ■:. .Ariilliiniiuated address aud parse ' of 165, so verigns; were presented to! Mr George Fraser m recognition of this yervicea iv connection : with, ithej re- . covery and repair of the steajueV' Triumph. i At the inquest jonSeaponJiilius DenmeiVa verdict was returned that. t he poisoned !hiniße,lfi bu,t ,j<o evidence 1 ' waa.jadduced as itp; his sanity or, other- ■ -Wise.;.;;. _.:, ...:;' „,- -„- -;.n:.Ul'' .."i^ '. , In the case pf ; J.anaeß;,' fotfnd. d»>»d iU Mason's bath, a verdict of serious apoplexy was,^turned, „;•.;, The !jSTew Zealand Timber Company, believing; their mills' ;were, iset; tire to, offer £IQO reward, for" .the discovery •of ,the incendiary. The naked hody of a man, apparently only .recently; drowned, w«s picked up by a waterman at Shelly JBi^ch, Poas6'nby, ; this !| Wdrniiig. ;iI It is ;juT yet un'ieeogtrised.'.i ;••., ;.;.'.' ; ' f . The rules >. of the . 'American Navy' prohibiting the acceptance ; Of < the Auckland Timber Coinp>inyV chd-quje bjr the men of: JJ)« . "U;S Ir«q ttdis for services of the late fire, the money has been devoted std.the Auckland Sailors' lloine,-at Captain Sj^rling's suggestion. , ' .. ' : : „....,;.. ...... Later. The body found at Shelly Bfeaeh this morning has been identified tin that of John Foreman, formerly gardener to the' City Council. : DuNEDnr, Jan. 14 fJ .,-.. A man named Mcdge ? who arrived . from phristchurchlasb Monday, died .suddenly at... .the; British Hoiel this, morning. Ifa went to bed about. 9 o'clock last evening, and on the ser« vant going to his room at 8 o'clock I this morning he was, found dead iq his bed. Dr Dezouch. pronounced, that deceased had diert from heart; disease, so the/'e will be no necessity t for an inquest. ;: .-. )l , J ... .. . ; : ,-. ., t ,,T \ ; The Presbyterian^ ; Synod is at pre?; sent holding its annual session^ the Be*. 'D. Ros?, of -Wakatipn r - being moderator. The reports on the jState of religion and temperance were considered to day, and m connection with the latter the synbd expressed its emphatic disapproval of allowing church property to be used iqr the existence «>f licensed houses for the sale of drink, strongly recommonding AheChurcU Property Board to prevent lessees from on hotel! business. ■ \,j; ,-f , :"; i . TheCFnidn Company ? j» nes aiteamer . Ohau, for carrying and refrigerating meat from outlying ports to the! chief ports of the colony, arrived m Glasgow to-day. She v "410 tons jrejiißter. She left on November 15. ! Hen! captain is Captain Morice, previously m the s.Si, Orient. ; vr.r , The monthly escort brought !down last night, gold to the total value of; £30,000. !-:,i: -. The house of Mr H. Marks* at Lawrence, was burnt down last night i The building was insured for j£l2s, and the effects for £75 yin the National. . ..'■._., ' ' Timaret, Jan. 14; On^ the occasion of his retiring from the editorship of the Timaru'^eraZd, M# Wakefield,. M.H,^,, '^ais today presented with« vfe'Vy ndndsome 1 souvenir by the employe's of theoh*i«el ;Mr WakefieJid ' leayes. for Australia, 1 via Dunedin, on a six tpnr tomorrow. He has been editor of the ? Merafy fo.i\ something like ten yeatrs.' Christchukch, Jan. .l 4, ' A ball will-be given o» board the ; s.s. Arawa at Lyttelton tomorrow : ';.nijrht.; _j\ ' ' ■. ' ■ The Kaiapoi regatta wax held today m wet weather. The cbajinpion fours was won by the K .Elaiapnij Club^ the/Union Club being second,, and,, Canterbury. Club toird. j Hokitika, Jan. 14. M ,The weather is magnificent; here, and tourists are arriving aud <|lepart- ■ ing by. Cobb and Co. 's coach ii^ great numbers. The driver" (Mr Davis) re- ■ jKjrts splendid w'eathei'l'rom fheßenley with risers low, and ,lhe road m capital order. Napier, Jani 14. „ , A telephone Exchange is about to be established here." '- .■''-■ ;.„;;. Th« second wool Rales of the : season, were held \ to day, • 1 1.^0. bales beinj; disposed of; /Messrs Hoadiey and Co. report a good attendance arid keen competition for all kinds; crossbred realized up to 8d; haf£V>reds, 'B|'d ;' merino, 9^d. No large representativ« clips wero offered. The Loan and Mercantile Agency report averas;6 rates. The top prices' made were —Merino, 9£d ; crossbred, B{d ; arid 1 lambs, 7^d. ■;,,..; '■;■-■ ;