TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 97, 27 March 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(united press association.} Auckland^ Marcli2s. | The Governor and Major Eccfes left', i by special train at 1 to-day fofOnehun-' ga, and proceeds at pncelper,Hinemoa to to Wellington. ' - ' ONteHUHGA, March 25. y The Government 'steamer Hinemoa, with His Excellency the Governor, left for Wellington at 2.5 ' p.m. to-dayj'v • , •< Gisbobnb, March 25. The rowing contest between Gisborne and Napier crews Was won by Gisborna easily. - '■ ••:; ■ ':■■ ■>■■<■: ■■.:•! ; . Caktbbton, March 25. -TJiefe was a hirge' attendance i'yester- ' day at Mr T, Ray's sale, of, racehorses, but only'twb' colts were- sold. The reserves upon the others were not reached. An .'.inquest js.to ba held upon the fire\ which occurred yesterday morning. Booth and CoVlaVge. tjaw\uill which has been closed for some time, is again wprkihgi- •j•i - ; •■•!; ... ■•-. <•-.,.< /!■.>;. CHRLSTcnaiiCHi March 25. An offer has been Inade by a number of residents r of LytUltoa'. tdkorma Wtery of artillery iv that seaport. Acftse/ofcrobWy. with . Violence,' evfrC dently $he result of a concerted plan of action/the sufferer of which was a farmer living on Banks Peninsula, uaraed William Craw, cume before Mr Beetham, RM. to-day. Craw was "at the theatre, and afterwards -got; veryrdrpnk. iHev called a. cab* and asiced to -lie Viriventa' his hotel Lily Garland, a woman of ill-fame, followed 'him into the cab, and the cabman drove to 1 , her houfie. ''Three young men overpowered Craw and rob;bed him, of a> gold watch and chain; ; ivalued at £14 10s, : and £3 m money. 'Another young man' was acting the part of policeman, passing up and down outside the house. The .robbers dragged Craw out, and one y of them said to the Bhatn policeman, "m the Quetm's name, I give this man m charge." , Craw who was too drunk to resistj a short aistance f rom the house and left there. The affair happened between/ midnight and i a l .mi ! Constable L*wlor, who heard of it much later, had secured all five prisoners by 9 a.m. The . chief witness 1 against . them is. a ypuug woman who livt-d, with Lily Garland. They were remanded till Tuesday next. Dr Mottley^ an old lu<iian veteran, ditid.at Lyttelton oti Monday; WgeiJ 86 years. - ':' ■ ... "• -AmiA Timaru, March 25. A crowded meeting was held to-night to consider the best ; means of, providing defences for the port. " Resoldttons We're passed urging the Government to provido two guns, to be erecte.d at certain points, t6 defend the harbor, and a committee was appointed to interview Sir Julius Vbgel on his return from Dunedin, with the view of fully explaining matters to him, , r r ■ ;• - w ; / ~ '< ■