TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 136, 14 May 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED FJIBSS ASSOCIATION.) Cu'h .s; rciiuKCH, Tuesday. At the Hireling of the Canterbury Society of Art* uits afternoon it was stated that ',!i.- recent '.Art Exhibition had been a A>tn>- ial success. The Acclimatisation i?oci«ty have decided to request other similar societies throughout the Colon}' to juiu with them m lueinorolissug the Government to grant an honorarium to Mr S. C. Farr for his exertions iti conuectiou with the introduction of salmon ova. A man named Joseph Capatick was committed for trial to day ova charge of breaking into a jeweller's shop and stealing a number of silver mug* am! a set of studd. He was also setitauued to twelve months' hard labor for two minor charges of larceny. • Ddnedin, Tuesday. At the Btat atory meutiug of. the City Council to pass the balance-sheet, the indebtedness was stated to be £7978 m«ro than last year. The Arawa having been thoroughly fumigated has been admitted to pratique. There is an increase m all the classes at the UuiTerßity this year. Napier, Tuesday. In the Resident Magistrate* Court today the Resident Magistrate gave judgment m the case of the Official Assignee v. Arthur Desmond. This was the case m which lite Oificial Assignee sued DoaItiomi tor £100, alleged to be tin* ou an [OU m tl»e bankrupt estate of W. Harker. The original I 0 U was for £237, 1 the amount «aid to have been paid by -Hjujlairfnr JQeHinond's expenses when he ooiitestea tlie HawKerTiiis}- "soat^TU riiPlast election. The items were disputed, ami the Official Assignee, to briu* the claim before the Resident Magistrate's Uourt, t>notl for £100 only. Desmond denied having signed the I 0 U. Tim Magistrate fount) that there was not eufficiont evidence to support the geuuiuenetis of the signature, aud on that point nonsuited the plaintiff, but ou the hill of particulars gtt'u judgment for the plaintiff for £40 with costs. Wellington, Thursday. Arrived, this morning, flauroto, from Sydney. Auckland, Wednesday. The Austrian war ship Saida was open to the public yesterday. Amongst tun i visitors were several prominent Maori | chiefs, between whom and the . captain | presents were paused. A native named Wireinu Ututongo was lying drunk on the Kawakawa Railway !aut evening when tho train from Opua run orer and killed him. Both arms and legs, and his back were broken.