TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 50, 28 July 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(i'ER 3NITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, Monday. The whaling barque Othello, ofDunef din, put m from a whaling, cruise with 160 barrells of oil. She got ashore on a reef at Santa Cruz, and put. m for repairs;.; ' '■ ■ • ' : .. •" , .'■■-■': A St. Vincent de Paul Society has been f^ornied m Auckland for the purpose of providing clothing and other necessitiesfor deserving poor or distressed persons^, irrespective of religious beliefs.' '■'* •' \ ' William Henry Wakoharn, cordial ihanufactnrery Dock-stroet. ; Freemason's Bay, surrendered himself at. the Police Station for the attempted ; murder, of Ms wife. She. had been drinking, .jmd., <jle"mande^l mo }ey, .which he refused. ; .A squabble ensued, which ended m: , her being 'found " oiitside ' in 1 . the dock yard;witH'a'Sfbtfhd m the head f ronvatt ax& She was unconscious and partially paralysed; ■' • A fatal terminated!! is feared. ■\yakehaEasaid .she assailed him with an axe first, and m the struggle both, fell ..dosra. .the., back-door; steps, and thus she -gat wounded. Wakehain was-iounexliL of Duriemu;~aM~als~o^araer over ■-thainatives'in Mount Cook, Wellington, 1879. ;.- ■■;.-' " ,- ■ f TiMAKUj Mdnday; ■ tfn February last a manwßs drowned while attempting to swim across the river Tekapo at the ferry near die. 4ake. His body was found on Thursday last half a mile further down. \ .., , .:.;• Dunedin, Monday... At*>a conference between the Mayor anrt Mr W. M . Blair, H work for theun^. employiad^ihe latter .said that; Govern-' ment A^re 'unwilHng to start any relief works m vie>v of the large/worklndw; proceedihg^on.the Otagb CentraV ßailwfay', but would*' assist the Corporation^ infind-.-ing work for them.. The Maypr brings the matter before the' - City Council, who are e^pec^ejd to be able tp provide for the most .pressing cases of want, of .wor.k. ' " ' . ." /■ . . . v! : , .Tuesday. The 50-mile* Vwallahg match "between -Hancock and Scott, wos won by the formeiv Time, -eight $0*. «W(i. eight, • minutes; .. ■ -.. - ■ . ■ ; - ; -' ■;. : :^?!'^. }h' ■ *:' -.-■: t ■■ CHR-iSTeHuncir, Monday. Ah elderly woman, named Cox, died suddenly last night. : She was. of independant means, but had no relationsihere: ■ ' t, t ThesQeond instalment of . the^. West Coast Railway petition was sent to Wellington on Saturday nieht. Nearly 7000 signatures have been obtained up to the present~'tune. ' : ' :', • '■• • : A't'a' public meeting m Sianmore on Satarday night, it was resolved to request all Canterbury members to do their besf to carry theproposals now before.Parlianiant. . . - Wellington, Monday. Ah analysis of the soup taken. by an old man and woman named Scaramelli,-: after which they showed signs of poison-? ing, .shows that the soup contained a largfe' quaritiiy ! of arsenic. Joseph Moore and Selena ! More, son-in-law and daughter of Scaramelli's have been served with information . charging them; with .attempted jnurder. Family feuds have existed between the parties for some time past. "■',■■ '. - , Blenheim, MbhdayyA smart sh'bck of earthquake qc'curred at 7.45 last night, preceded by a slighter .shock. . " ' " • ' Twenty-five Blenheim carpenters are on striko against two employers, who refuse to reduce the weekly hours from 48 to 46| by giving two. hours on Saturday afternoon, which all the other, .Blenheim masters have-granted. The man on strike will be supported by the Trade Society. . ; ■ ..