TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 100, 31 March 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

>■■ i . . ■■ . \m ..' • . ■ ,(ti NITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) •■ ■;•■-■'■■•'■ BkEyHEiJf, -'Mill'ch 30. Mi* Jane Palmer, formerly licensee of the Giovetown Hotel, was to-«lay fined 4&t*od £7 ;costß for selling liquor without ;a license. Mr Allen, Resident Magistrate, decided that the defendant's license having been cancelled, tljia court Ms^TJo power to review or overrule the decision of the licencing committee, nor to decide whether the license , was improperly or informally 'cancelled. Notice of appeal was given. The liquors seized iinderth^iwarrant wore ordered to be confiscated pursuant to the Act, which gives th« court no option, but the police are directed to retain them pending an appeal. ,-.i, . • ,- ,. / „ Christchurch, March 30. Their* was considerable excitement here on Saturday night respecting the Han lon-Beach boat race. The newspaper office* were beseiged by people waiting for news. A lot of money changed ' hands. " ..A' farmer named John Butler was Imllbil by the fall of a dray at Horora-a on Friday lait. ■*' !i - i ' v \,-"' p: '-:'--: - ; - ■ ..:■:. This. Day. ; ; .^ CJaJKi «Na< Ttfiloi 1 , " Whir> escaped from fshe i ; PpHoft'»^'Wa!iinf, ; while under arrest '.'for forgery, an : 4 Bubsequeritly re cap- " tured, ; had his left arih amputated being rpsult of the injuries tustained to bjs arm while hiding from the police. ■ : . MABTKRTOS, March 30>. Peter Johnston was to-day sentenced to a month's imprisonment, with a fine '■ of £10 or an additional month, for killing a home. He rode the animal until "it was unable to travel further ; then he urged it on with a sharp knife, and when it dropped he broke its head with a .atone. . . :.-,..;':' WpoDvniiE, This Day.. A third Association has been formed ! here to take up laud under the special settlement system.