TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 64, 14 August 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

a;>, v.: (VNIT£D PWBSS A^SSpCIAWON.) :*'.'•' ' «' '-'■ -^' ;WELLiNCrt()k,"ThurßSay. r The Goyernminit hayiß Agreed to G6tirt&n*yot' Ni»w :i Plynioiitli, pound fdr pound up to £250 to p^ Home to'ledture ; on New Zealand. Mr Courteiiay proposes to leave by the ■iCi^nra oii the^thljf next month. It '■^■.ig^'r.iinde.refcobd-'otWat-. he has .receired 1 niiihißrowsproiniß*B of subscript ions from ; •■• The olgiect b| lils;iectkrc>' : -willi :: fti; to induce, imal^':f arm^ratb.;eom.6 , tlie coloiijf; md udt for : the 1 ■'tnechaiiibi^^;'.^ "; : ' : ' : . ,j' ..\uii.v \ v ■. ' , DimßpiN,;Thurßda3r. ':.* A foremuti. at the jam /factory was : ||n^dit<>-d*yi fbrbrandiuK i; lad ■■uttde'r;; V,Kiiu>with,a,braniliu}S-irony':-:";Heheld l .!tli« v ' iron under thu others: chiti, and- branded ':■ liiin!r*tb«rvH«ver<!ly,. ln»^ re:p«|itin|?V h» ofl^red; the: lad 'the hrancling iron; and said he would suffer hiih to retaliate. J ''•■■■:. r?P'"'^. ?lNy^Rc^RQnxvThuj^<T^:'| .; V' 1 A me«&^ f%ght^tijiib irtw'Bidiiigs rejariiTfttforVs .anil /' Mi|W«iy. '. ; irrartgenVftnts':' A•• series. .- of . r reiti>)iitip ; 6s was carrreiH. • The proposal to charge reiit for .jVritate sidings was comieinheH," ftVcalcalaited to diacouraee tbe deyelopmßiit of the resources pf the; country an<l crippl« iodiistrieß. It was resolved that,:as Hidings were feeders of the railway, the tax would hare a '^iaaxkgiag.' «-ifeei on 'the revenue. In f be opinion of the tn« stjng Xha^ Gov«rninent MCanprotfct thei selves from applioation. ? ■"-'-■.; . 7 - \. '' ; :'. . ' . V ; .-.., .'Ka'ik DBA. Thursday- , •A* meeting of sheo] farmer^, convened J ; »ijby^tiievShefep^^ Department, waß,held:here • yesterday, vfpr tliß piiirpose of adopting 'measures to eradicat j scab. "Mr ;A. T; ia the dhs r, and Mr Biillen, ;Mr Wood, and all the arjje; sheep, farmers -of >' the district Svere'' [resent ; also Sheep Inspectors /Foster anfl CUfton-'. A plan v d£ d^eratiohl was decided upon. A resoiution was unanimously carried, "That, m tlie interests of tha Colony, scab should > be>stanJpe<i out withbut further delay; anjd l that,; m; order t^> speedily arrive at that much-desired etidy it . was most ex" podient that thone fe*r holders of roughs rugged mQuntainpus^ runs whose flocks acted should/be qoinpensated by thW^b^nyianiJ^heirTsheep destroyed, as unless^ tins course ifrere ; followed two ;ye*ars, or more would jelapse before fihaliiy wa;s reached." Theimember for the disir.ict isitobe entrusted with the matter. :■■■■ •'••''".;'•• '- ; N^ieb Tiiursday.' , . pn opening the railway statipn at Or.^ moridviile' yesterday ' morning "DouglassV ■■ tiw-s^ionmasifc^ discovered that. t|ie ' puildiny J^ad tjeen 'efeterjed. by. phe. back \wmdq^ atqight, an#tso.b.ags cqntaijjiqg aj)6^lt"£7^K sto|eT|., "' '■* ' ' "■".'■ '.•>'. \ Twe^ty^'sixiiivemployed met the Mayor |q-<!Syy #iflgl %w, temporary em^py.ment. He . pr.oßtfsed ,to con^n^uhiqate .with" Groyernment. $wenty-tbree i are labottirs,' eifilitiseij tjeing majpea aqd Jiay--fflii'-'M 1 pftMpl' twelve 6|^the number.; 'ftetong. |p .otqec papti 9£ th,e. qAl°uy!J '^tiie'py.'from Christchupch;, , (