TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 54, 1 August 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER 'ONITED PftESS ASSOCIATION. ; •: . -."': /Dunedin, Friday. A young man, the ringleader of some larrikins assaulted an old Chinarnah, wasVfined £3 10a. A Avitness f or the; defence stated he had struck the Ghinaraan "just for the fun of the thing." v ..-':-.' ■_'■■■ Hokitika, Friday. A large public meeting was heia yesterday, the Mayor m the chair. It was jesolved to form an association to prospect and work the coal measures m the Kanieri district. .: Napieb, Friday. _On Beveririg: lus connection with Mossrs Murray, Eoberts, and Co., to enter into, jpartnership with Sfr F. Williams, Mr Naf Kettle was presented by the employes of the former firm wiah a valuable Berviee of plate. „The Governor promises his patrona°-e to the- intercolonial fire brigades competition, . ;. - . • ; Ghrtstohurch, Friday. The City Council at a special meetingyesterday evening passed the following resolutions:— "That the two local ec£ vernment Bills, the Local Bodies Finance and Powers BUI and the Charitable Aid Bill, _ are .unfair; m principle, and calculated to press unduly upon the larger and^more populous centres throughout- . the Colony." M That the ..proposed snbsidy of 10s for every £l towards th maintenance of hospitals, &c, is inadequate, and should be. increased to £1 f or £l,.and that- the Central Charitable Aid Boards should b,e endowed with substan. tial grants of land." ■ The Mayor of Christchurch received a telegram on Wednesday from Sir J Yogel, Messrs Roileston and Wakefield replying to the resolutions of the public meeting and the City Council on Monday last re East and West Coast EailA.-. statement of the Harbor Board's accounts for the last six months showed '-*^,!lSi been a decrease m the receipts ol £1798 as compared•^yith the corres:PQnding..penod of last year.