TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 38, 13 July 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

.;; .^PJEft . JJ^TJiD PRESS*. ASSpbl ATION. , t:-i'Acr-yii,ii r "r^GHßisTCHUiicfe, Monday. 1 ■'-> . It ;is : jreported that. J)r Stewart :haß issued a writ for libel against the Wellington: Evening iPresSi f damages £2000. The allep"edii libel vwaß:contained m an; article commenting upon the recenthospitalenquiiyhere.' •;■■■■ v - : - ■'■■' j^;-/ - : ■/• .'• :: - ; " v;V " ■' '*'''*' '•■""• Auckland, Monday. . A. dastardly; attempt js;. proved, to have; been madeitothe scuttle-brig Transport, loading in^'Makarau last Sunday, by wJiich sho filled and settled on hard. Examination shows that three auger holes were bored through; the copper. An auger aboard has copper adhering to the screw. Captain Roberts has had a survey made, and proceeds to Auckland for advice and assistance. The" vessel belongs to Captain Ellis, of Newcastle, arid is uninsured. :■„ :• 'iy ' , "; ••:.•■; r ; Wbllinqton, -Monday./ , At the inquest on the body of Alice Barnaby, who committed suicide by taking " Rough on JRats,"' a verdict was returned that the deceased committed suij cide while m a state of temporary insanity. The jury added a rider to the. effect that they were of ' Opinion; that the' deceased had been decieved by Igoe, whose conduct towards her had caused .the' state! of mmd which led to the' rash act.' Igbe-isy the restaurant keeper on whose premises the deed was committed.-