TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 91, 21 March 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

' (UNITED PRES AJJSSOiJIA^IONiV ' ' ; Auckland, March 19. ; , In the case against Sheehan',' the , Resident Magistrate committed f the prisoner •< ; .to Mount IMen for !Vs:days,;pn the charge „ of mutder, intimating tua,t m ihe. naean- , time, a. , .writj>f haiieas corpus could" be taken out and he coiild then' bebrodghj; bejtbre £he'suptreme Court,^wheff- cause migHt be 'shown' Why he should not.be; remanded to Ireland 4b .fetand his s trial -Upon the charge of murder. ;, . . . . i P UNEbiNy March. lo.; j At) the.annual meeting t'p-day' of th|a r J ftW l< #ealand Drug Company^* divi-'' dend at the' rate of 7 per cent ; per; gnhum was agreed to, and £9396 was carriefd . forward. V,M> \wasv .oresoiyed. to open !a branch of the business m 'Sydney, from which quarter keep competition has re- " 'deiiily , sprung 1 up. 1 •' ! ' ' ' '* ' ' " • ■ '■' ■'. v ' f The Chamber oi Commerce^ to-day 'adopted; a' petition to Parliament urging 'the appoihtment of a Committee to con-;* -sider/lhe currency and .banking quefe." J^Apiß?,: March 9. ' ' After a lengthy discussion, the Educa- .' tiqn[ .^p&rji^eicided to accept an ext?a building grant ofi'lOOO, and to r^map m office until the Government formulate their proposals next session. A section of the Board were .for resigning, but the agreed* with' Mr 'Ormomf that l> tb throw "the mana^emeifrt'of-thi'-e^uo'a-tion of; this district. in,tp the hands of the Government would result m serious injury. ;., „r .. _.; . _ ,_ (j _.;^. „'; Mr . yblbracht, managing J dtt6cfeir of: Vollb'racht'a New tobacco Company, is now here inspecting growing crops, and^givuig instructions for saying ■them 1 ., 5 e declares thaijiHtawkes JJay is a 9ecp ( nd,, Connecticut m soil and climate, and th'at'hiß'n'eVer siw flndr 1 leat or larger crops m 'the Uhited' States. > ; Messrs 'Oriritind and Tannee, /Captain Russelly and others: have determiaftd to put : a large' area : under , tobacco. - , An experimental, crop, of a ,few f ,,acre's on Mr. .Qrmqnd s. estate has yielded 2000lbs per ""acre of exceptforiaily" : £ine ConMcticut'' leaf— an altogether exceptibtial crop; /] ''""■ •■ ■■■' CHialSTc'HtJkcfei Mrfrhh' 19.' '^ The" a'fiinukV meeiting bf the Canterl bury Agriculturaj. t ftnd Pastoral Assodiation was. held this evening, 'the coW 1 mitfee's ' redort -showed the ' income .for'the year, to be 4*2.737,, including £23 brought 'forward from Wsltyear; and the expenditure £2718. The members on the books numbered 324, exclusive; of 139 life members. The Hon. J. T. Bea(ddckjwaf elected ;Bresideat. ; It jjlvaS decided to purchase new 1 ' grdtihas ' near about 37 ; acres, at £2QO an "acre, from Mr J. Trigget, who haskgifeed tb' giVie" 'live acres* a&a ! free' gift. T,t is , 'Btiated ithat thejg^esent grpuuds^atJSyt^enham willseirior £6000. *' "• " '** J . MA'ideputa^ion' waited QftSir Julius Vogeljip-dftyjfcp: urge the necessity for the establiahment^of speoial asylums for inebriates. Sir Julius Vbgel said that at present the Government cpuld not jSnd any more ohantable institutions, but no doubt the iTew Charitable Aid Act would make .provision for giving power , to; the local authorities to establish-'the institutions reJerjreditiQ., •/, Invebcabqill, March ly. . I She' XiraoW Itodge j ' offices of | the c American _ Constitution of Oddfelldw'sV fiavihg finished, the Coiifereijce, iarej being entertained at a banquet this ejirening," whioh waS largely attended. I All the officials have been re-elected. . /;!/;