TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 36, 10 July 1885, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

„ . •'. ."■..;: . . .:♦.'• ■: ' - (united pkess association.) Thursday. John Reany, of Bjnnedinj aooopted Michael Maher's challenge to , wrestle for £50 a-side, and the chainpiohship of Auckland. ; .At the criminal sessions, m the-Piora' Tv Waiwa stabbing case, Whakatane was discharged. s . .. | . .1 ;- ;>; '• ' 'A man named, Richard Buchanan has 'been arrested for breaking and; entering 'into the railway' statibtt at Otahuhu, and stealing therefrom £4. ! The damage to the ship i- Grasmere by the gale is estimated at £150 to £200. . '" CHBisTcnußcS, . Thursday. The muil taken by the R.M S. Aorangi ; ,waa the largest ever., despatched by a direct steamer. It included about 16,000 letters ; The heavy, rain of the Jast few days ; hasiiaused rather severe floods: at Kaiaroi, :Rangiora, and Nortl\,.C»ntorbury''' 'generally. The WaimkkaVi^i River has been m heavy fresh, and this morning J * the country around Kaiapoi presented. 'a' lamentable.appearance. The low land m ■ the, township being submerged, last night the train' from Rangiora to Oxford could not get 'through. At noon to-klay ; the , witer had subsided,- sufficiently to allow the train to pass. The southern approach to T the traffic bridge over the Ashley. ffiVer was washed- " away, , and; several Uwelling -houses ,at Rahgipra were, surrounded with water, The south of Christchurch, especially at. Meth yen, was also .flooded to-day, and traffic was suspended on the Methven-Rakaia ; Rail>way. -No very" serious damage has been done. . .W9ODVILLE, .Thursday; , h. The opening of tfce'Awapurua Bridge, : 6vier the Manawatu River, about' fbiir miles from Woodville, was celebratsd to-day, when about 600 people were' present. A procession was formed at.Woodyille shortly, before 11 o'clock, and . was headed by. the Napier ttarrispn Band,, f pi-: . ■lowed by the WopSviUe ßifle Vblunteers, and .representativfes of the' ! Qddf ellbws," ; F6i-dsters; ; and various local bodies. ' The -bridge was opened at noon.;»Sfr Beethtimchristened the* bridge,: and declared it open. Speeches weife made by i&x Beet- \ „ ham, M.H.R. for Wairarapa,;., Mr "Smith, M H.R. for Waipawa ; Mr Dillon, of the 1 Waipawa' County Council (H r McCardle. 'bf the^Wairarapa County Council ;~ancT Others;' The bridge is 1194 feet m length, . aiid of Howe truss pattern, and inblude's. 14 apahs : of 80 'cfaet, fpiir of 13 f^e't; . and; two span's of 11 fQet;; ! fTher.e are 10itim*( . ber piers on concrete, five on jiiles,- arid m pile piers, 620,000 ieet \ ot , timber. . jwas ; ' used m the'dohstructioh, and, 1,620 • y^irds of concrete. The total cost being "*22;000i ! ' ; i \v,y- ■■■•■ >■ :> ■> • --i ;l ! v :." . •-'•"*■"