TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 38, 13 July 1885, Page 4

T ELEGRAMS.

(UNITED I'RESS . | ( - -. r \ Christouhrch, Saturday [ . The College Governors have docided to. recomirien'd the School of..A ; rt Qoinmittee; to take steps to have specimens bf ! thej art students' work sent to the Colonial! Exhibition m Lpndon. At the annriall meeting of the Board to-day, Mr J\£ont-i goniery waß re-eleicted chairman. ) Ihe Supremo Court was occupied all | yesterday with the second charge againstl Ernest Rowland IJayis, who is accused pi \ administering laudanum to a youpg girl,; with intent to enable 'him to commit aj felonious assault. The prisoner conducted; his own case with considerable smartness; He displayed great self -assurance, '. andj frequently insolence m his demeanour.! Mr Justice Johnston 'frequently had to [ caution him to conduct himself with de-' *cency. The young woman was a mem-| ber of the Salvation. Army. • : ;N; : _ -..;>•• . ; Auckland, Saturday.;. : Charles Walter Satgson^ a veterinary: surgeon, has Been sentenced to nine; /months' imprisonment for fraud ih.-con- , nection. with the sale of a horse. • / i&? Napier does not intend to apply' for a writ of habeas corpus m the ; Lbiiis''murder case, 'and Maxwell will,' therefore! }he 'sent back to America' iff the next mailj -'Stea;mer: The detectives ,jare; now prja-r .^paring the, necessapyf ormjilties. ; «,, | r .. a An. .unocpnpied' house, of four rpoms, , m; .Parnjbll, owned by Mr )yilliani f jiicVßon,j ] yirho 'resides ' &t "Henblerson's ' Mill, ' wasj ' purned down last* nigHt. ' It' was ' iiisuredi ■'ih 1 the Staiidard^pr £250. The 'origin' bf; the' fire is a 1 mystery* ' ! •>;-'■'■':'■ >-- • - .; ; i \ "J« • At a meeting of the! >Chamber of Com-!, merce the following resolution was car-' . ried :-7-'.'_That . 5 m• ; ;the; opiniQn. q£,. the 1 Chamber the d}f£eren]bial . rajting against Auckland! by tfre spales of i are's,! 'raie's' 1 and charges m use 'on the;' Newi Zealand 'railways is unfair' 'and' qnjtist,' be removed." ' !. h ;• ' ' '"i GitEyMo^UTH, 1 Saturday.' ; j The S.S. Pelham left for , 3j>iinedin onThursday,, taking of '66a1. i She; W.as drawing 13ft Biiii aft. ;; ''--"■ <! ' k ' /''_'; ' , iNyEBCABQiLL, Saturday.^ i . At' the Wyndham Grain and Epot Show] yesterdayj.two chains' length of sweeds and common turnips , were showh by, Mr; ■Otishheer, which averageid 29 a'nid 30 tpns; '^Jer-acre':'' ' -"^'^ : "■/'•■ . '■■ ;; ' v.vi-'^ ; Fine, bright, mild weather-has ip're-l vailed here for some time past, and is beings : taken ; advantage ;of by the farmers; and contractors.,, . Several farmers- arej putting m winter-sown oats' as an experi-r| meht.':, ''\ [ ' .....,'", V ■ '*"''" '■ Despite' the low price's f or •'JKr.iinV far-; mersjn many^partg of the; district/ are, preparing 'to bring; large areas under crop.; The weather is very. ; favorable to' such; operations, I the days; being -bright and; wai'm, and the nights frosty. . -; - ■ ■ #T The Wallace County Council, on Thursday, passed a resolution disapproving of 1 the proposals m the new Countips Billi to allow ratepayers to ! elect their chair-' man and to maketlie auditors elective. ■ The Southland County Council yester- j day resolved to urge on G-overnmont the \ desirability of Jeaving the method of. electing the county chairmen unaltered ;^j also of continuing the audit of Govern- ■ men! officials. '"•■••-. :

'^/••- Djm^Diir; John Mackellar, telegraph lineman at Clyde is Wieyed to,- Jbe drojrned m the Clutha. lie was. traced to the river bank at Doctor's Point and his horse on the Vrthe.r side; ■ ■ >v 'V/ : f v \W . j\ The half-yearly report of the Colonial Bank shows the profits for that term: at £17,718. A dividend of 7 per cent, is declare'd,v£lo,'ooo-is add|sd)to jhe^feserve,; and £2718 carried forward! The meeting takes place^on the ;29th.', ,.;.., Mr Donald Keid, barrister, is announced as^ai candidate £ or Bruce., ; :s' tA«j*6 . » ' >■ \, Wanganoi, Satmday. A handsomely illuminated ~ ana highly complimentary address froiii -, the. rater payers', together witli apurse'of llOsovs', was presented ' to Mr Mayor LSpurdle, last night. The object ' was to recoup him any loss Sustained m connection with tfe late proceedings for breach of the law m doing some work for the Corporation, and to eiva the public 'an- opportunity of proving that they had no sympathy with an entirely uncalled for prosecution. A number of leading business men were present, and highly complimentary speeches -were made. Mayor -'Spurdle freely replied, and a very pleasant even-ing-was afterwards spent. ; MQro.money was offered for the testimonial than was required, and subscriptions had to bo declined. ..... . ,", „ Balcltitha, Saturday. r At a special meeting., of the. , Clutha Coiiilty Council yesterday to consider the' proposed local government measures, the following resolution' passed-:— lst: That the. only prosnect of insuringthe local bodies an assured finance lies jn relieving . their, rateable property from Colonial taxation, so that iri the future property may be free to contribute as much as it can afford, by way of rates, for local purposes. 2nd, That the pi'e'^ sent method of auditing, also of electing* County Chairmen, is the best, and the proposed, change would tond to inefftc oncy m administration and increased exponse, and that no alteration m the County Acts are desirable until the wishes of ratepayers havo been more fully ascei^ tamed. '