TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 37, 11 July 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

■ „-> (UNITED; PRESS ASSOCIATIQN.3 '.>: ■■£ ! .' ... : . ;eURKTCHPRCH f . i -Prid,ay«. (The 'Kaiapoi Woollen Factory Cpmp&ny wag.fmed, JBI-. yesterday', "for. alkwyr-v ing 55 women to jremain. in a, workroom^l during area! timo.' 'Bever'al' other firms ,i .Were also fined for: breaches of the, Employ nient of Females Act; ■'''">■ "'■ ■'■ ]The reduction' of 25fper.'cent. : 'in>ihsur-i ance! premiums, made two years: ag"ri, is to b> disqontinue/l from Ist July -m all parts of Canterbury except m C.hrisjiv church. Eangiora, Lyttelton, Timaru,' and apart of Kaiapoi. ■The Selwyn County Council met on Thursday to , consider the.: Government proposals. . They resolved that the Local BfadiesfFinafice'' and Powers Bill, m their opinion, fails to 'meet the requirements' of; the country, and that it is inexpedient it [should be proceeded with,, and that the Coun ties Act . Amendment Bill • requires several alterations. -Re; hospital and .-charitable, aid., thjß Council vsrere of opinion wit£. some alteration of the details /it jvrill be^found to work satisfactorily. They, hdw^ver^ strongly urge the reconv mendation they .had pireyiously made on. .several' •occasions, ' that large "and supstantial endowments of "land ; should |>c made for the support df hospitals. t: r^ V' ; * v ?The 'Supreme Court ; was" 'occupied riekrly the wholei-.of ; [Thursday. . and part of lyesterday w,ith~ the. case of -John Eusseli. charged. wiLtli ; a, breach ,ojt the^Lair-^ ceny Ac£.' by' inducing Epnpen Ligh t, by of false pretences, -to sign a paper, afierwards to be converted into a valuable security. X The jury acquitted the prisoner. . ■ ...;' „: ■;;■•;'; Ernest Eowland Davis, alias Eeid, alias Oliver, was indicted for forgery and guttering. The accused had formerly -bejen connected m Dun^dih with " National " Sickand ßurial Associatidn, ' aridla'tterly had; started 'a .'" National Sick and Burial, Society of . his qWnin; ' GJiristehurch^.. "W^len' m .■^aimate'la i st : Octobe'rlihe^bad^^ put r ajfeAv pbiin'ds m- tb'e« OPdst Office .SavingCßank land had wlihdrkwn it except . one shiiiirig. '- He retained his jbank book, and came .on to Gnris'tchurch^Wliere heis;how€il^th| botfk ; :to jseVeral persons^ but instead 'of k b'al-; a'nce of is the figures, had. been altered added' so'rWto .^appfea'r thttt '• there 'iris j£3oo to his credit. : The name, J. iCajpstick, clerk i|i;tiie.,P^ostT Office,; Waiiiiiate, had been IbrgeH: tb: one* of the> false entries. He, wa^ fO|Mid guilty f of ut^terin^ to-uTKhtP ri 'Sentehc'e was fese'rvedc' *a6 ; ' Ihere'Wie '.other 'cha^esi pending 'a^a'inst him— one, of administering laudanum::to> a woman, and two jpthers/fbr breaches of the Friendly Societies A.ci. • A Conference of the City Council yith ? other' l'ocariiqdieswW and it was decidetf 'to •take measures'tb secure'ah alteration m the; Health"; 'A'cti' to ; enable 'these 'bodies to cqmbm'e as- j» Board .of : Health* for /GhristchurcK andsuburbs*,; .„; [[■;..- . ■■■ x ,<--- -,;•...•.:■. «:■•.-. „^.jv [v-U":;Ji;. ;;■;'■; j TiMAEU,. ; Friday, : ' >>• At th'9 'Harbor- Boardyesterday therevenue: for>;the!p'ast!six' months ishowed aiii increa^g of, ; piij-thp qpEresponding: of last. year.,. It -came >orit., that ; satisfactory ' 'arrangements have been -made,. between the Timaru iandTNaoier Bbatdsih' regara to Mil Gbo'daU's tser-^ vices as Engineer. _ ;• '^ ' -v, On the ad ; vifee -64 ttie m anagor" ' - bf i 4he .^Tew Zealand Loan and Mercantile j£g'ency Com^knf;, '^C^i4imittee|has # Been appointed m order to report "as to Tihe bes ; t steps to gotlthe"'pr€seht;bagli rate of insurance on vessels at Timaru reduced.- ■ :... ...>.:;;-v^V;.> ! The 'weather now shows signs of moderating,- and so^ far -no* serious^ damage is^repbrtedV ,/ : : ' <■-• r * V'J '- L " '.;' ■} I Dfnedin, Friday. The' Licensed Victuallers' Association hayefprwarded a^circular toTmembers on thb barmaid question, m which they say that many of the signatures to. tHe peti.tions against barmaids' are those of youhj»r peppl^incapible of jndgiri^ bf the* inefrits' oi the case, jjand if time permitted .they, coulct' forward counter petition j. signed by 'ratepayers, electors,, anil adults v .'" ].;a, \ ''"The '; Board . have -. ; receiyednotice from the New Zealand Shipping Coinpanyv-that they^ intend^ jjpinmejicmg 1 ,an action against' the captain' '.anS /boners of ; the' tiig Pluclrjr "for £379 < :^^ damAges dono to the Kaikoura through collision. ■ ~' il[ - ;■'■■ ■ - 1 ; .';,: ■ OAMAntij Friflhy.;' :i The, Committee of v the Oamaru- BenpYplent^Society 'have passed -a >resblufiori ; condeming tHe Hospitals and Charitable , Aid Bill.. ■._ :) .". ■'•". ' ; '■'"."'. T'\ : .. .., >i-'>;:\ '' 'V. ;i; ; -•"■■"''■ •' y N r A?rEßFnday/' i " : Th'e Ea^ahgahu :: Babbit Preveritibh i-CbmmUteei shave opened a-; .further^ stibw. ! scriptioh list, and the settlers .m the southern parts of the proyince have piit their names down for a volimtary , rate of one halfpenny per head on all the sheep m their possession last June. The object is ;io- . continue HhW -^rabbit; I ' prdbf fence on the boundary, line between WelHngtbn'and 'Hawke's Bay. ' ' ; v The fancy; dress, ball, in aid of the funds of the! Fife' Brigade Intercolonial Demqn'si&afiqn will be'lleld on 26th.Augusti When all the "subscription lists are m, it is thought over £500 will be available for p^es;] The; idemohstration takes place m January next. At least three'A'usfralian teams ate expected: ! ' " The iower parts of the plajn^ towards Clive are itfobded, an^ the' roads are submerged. Earn stiU falling. '„ ;'-■--:"' I . y ; Blenheim, Friday.' / The football match, ' Nelson'- Prinoe Alberts t against the Marlborough ( Clvb f on Wednesday, resulted m a yictbryior the" Alberts by one try to .iulj after one of most closely ' contested games . ever played m. Blenheim. • Simpsbn captained the* Nelsonians, and baling thev Marl- :- bbr'ough men. O'Neil secured ; the try. The dribbling and passing of the victors was remarkably 'good. ' : - •