TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 50, 27 July 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

_. s (KJSltt, ffiflXßD : PRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, Saturday. ■A. meetim? of citizens was held last night, the -Mayor presiding} to inaugurate a movement for" a memorial . m : memory of the late Mr John Sheehan, •M.H.R;; A strong • committee, repre- j sentiug all places of the Colony, and con.taining names of many members of the was appointed, : : , A bank clerk;.Hame<l Blunder, formerly a resident of Auckland, but now m Sydney, applies for dissolution of mar- ( riage, oh the ground of alleged adultery of his wife withvanian named Hagger, engaged m tfte; gum trade at Whangarqa. ... , ' (AfrjtH inquest on the late princesstreet fire, this jur j returned a yafdict that the fire: was accidental. ; . . • A new trial is to be applied for m the libel case, -Ellioti v. Hancock, on the gionnd that the damages; were excessive, and that the verdict was contrary to cvi dence. ; '■ ■ ' \ ■■■ [■-■■-• ■- ;■ : : ; ' ■ A-;nei|itiort'.tO:tfie Assembly is m course of signature, praying for relief works for the "unemployed,, as the. .City, Council is unable to find employment for them, rbut few 7 signatures have been- as yet obtained. ' ;.;" "['.'; V! . .'..'. r Nipi^ Saturday. Already £550. haß:been collected for tthe Fire Brigade^ intercolonial competition, besides £80 Value m trophies. ; '.'?.-■■ At the '■ close of -the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday j a • motion, was tabled condemnatory of the. proposals t of Government re East 'and West Coast Railway, and several , mem-, bers spoke m favor before the Chairman. ruled.it to. be.i outof order; the '■ meeting being special one to consider ithe San Francisco inaU subsidy only. - '. : yT'^- '^j'- Nelson,; Saturday/ .iit.a^meeting of the city^ Council of; Nelson 'last, night, the . folio wmgfosoliitjon wa'^ carried^.unanimously :— "That this Council entirely agrees with the proposals of the, Government on the subject of |hjj Nelson and East and West Cipast ; !Railways r ■• and that this , reiolutioh' be ?telegraphedy;o the'Gpverrimerit." ' { CuRiSTCHU»ca, Saturday. ■ Atjorie o'clock this morning, a grocer's shop and dwpllihg-house. at Sydenham, was burned.; It belonged to Cunmng- ; ham, • and iyas occupied by Ebenezer Mulligan, who was absent when the^fire broke out. ■>• His stock, . is irijsured for £300 m th« National: The/cause of the fire, is unknown. ._ : V ; - ; . " . Blenheim, Saturday, The libel issued to.day, by J. N* Siri.clair, against George .Henderson, Mayor | of Blenlieim, alleging that the latter was the author of an article on the exchange of hospital sites, which was published m the MarlbOrough. Times, and claiming £1000 damages. : ' ; . ? , There is an action already pending against -that paper for a similar amount; 1 / Wanganui, Saturday. J The Coquette was floated off the ; bar ! last night, and was towed up the river, ••-j One of the prospectors of the Wan?anui Gold Prospecting Mining Company has returned from the Country; biit as' the company are under a pledge of secrecy to .the : Government, thfr resiiltis are hot obtainable.- He returns m a week to join, his ,two ; «ates, who are stDl ouV " '■"■'■ " s