TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 12, 12 June 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

*" C (UNIT'EI) PBKSB ASSOCIATION.) X'-ei < -t& Mastebtos, Wednesday. •'• 'TW'Wairarapa East County Council, u whidh i 'h i as- for .some thiie past been m " x cotn'fliu.nicati6n witli other County Counv cUs.ifi the souther a part of the North I»- - holding a conference at Wellingyion^pn local government, has decidedto „ .JjQid,^ special meeting to discuss the line to be pursued by the delegates. A desire was also expressed that the Local - Government Bill should be circulated. . *i : ' ■-•'■ ■ Blenheim, Wednesday. . The. floods m Blenheim have gone ' "36^. ind traffic m- the streets is 're', f^urn^;Th«; feather has apparently set . nflne. ,. . • / .■••■.,-•'"' ;.-=•". »■ Bunbdin, Thursday. 3 e Salutation, Hotel was destroyed ;.by,;jfiKL.tln> : evening. It is not known originated, Pierson, the landlord, being the only one m the house. In attempting to, jßaveiJiis cashbox which wai upstairsjie, was. severely burnt about the handstand face. • ti; • =:'.-, ; u Auckland, Thursday. - -.:.. The schooner Aurora has arrived from Noumea with 40,000 oranges. At the: court inquiry into the Herald an! Gairtoch collision, the cortificate of J Captain Savory, of the Herald, was suspended for three months, and he was ordered to pay the costs of all witnesses subpoenaed/ at his request. The other WftfiCates will be returned. Captain MiArthur and ihe crew of the Gairloch were acquitted of blame. At tlifiianhual meeting of the Mercan tile Association a flourishing balancesheet was presented.