TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 66, 17 August 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

■•-;', ; ; (UNITiSD PRESS ABSSPCUTIOH.) ■;& t ;..'-' '■•'.■ •■ „ ; >'_ BLENHEIM; i&iurjf&yr ; , A connnistion agoht was n'ne.d^s.^aod costs yesterday for illegally receiving « w§|ch m pledge without being 'liceusea un"dpr the Pawhhrbkers^ Acfcv^c'ii' •« ?i' i :'-' : V>C : ■ . • ■ .AwcitLAW^SlttilWa^,'- ' '■'■■> H*nry Aniion^ Actiiiß |C!olonjial Seer • rttii^ bif ilie Fiji; i^. * jp^sptsnjg^r^y- tb* :; T«r»f erkia joiri tlie ,'!l^ioiu:ijt Jujttle^ , ■•' itbiV^fiir'Kriglaudfl'.".,,.'"'".'"-"''",..',. '-.tr-j /.,?: „ In » Vbluhteer fracas nt Devonport m wKicli private SUttery, of the Devon- ; port N»r»li, amultrd E. JN. K. Fprder i jourJbifißt, of th«v weekly: Society paper tot^'fitt* airticici : ; reftecjtiniiri"-; on .. "tli<»' '' Corp» f > tlie'Mf giitrate ordered Slattery to find inretien to te«p tlie' peace ahd pay cost* (tev«n gniheM>. Tlie Court was filled with NayaU. Colouvl Lyou occupied a ■tat in Court. V . . ■ ; . ; .'. ' '■' : : '- ; '-" ' . ' '■...'.., -Sunday. , At tli» Volunteer Ilfview h«ld this afternoon m th« Domain thirtemi corps paraded. Alwut 700 to 800 wtre under anna an follows :— One troop of cavalry, two b*tt«riea of artillrry, company of engii)e»rii* fonr coinpanitja of naTals, five companiea rifle*, f Four corps hot baring tiitir equipments complete, did not parade. ColouMWhitinore expressed himsnlf satisfied with the musttr and driili ' ( ■.'"'...' . William Taylor of the brigantine Jeas|e ( .was bpought up from Mercury, Bay, having attempted first io cut lv's throat and afterwards drown himself. ; ; i,' T Wellington, Saturday. ; At » meeting of the Exhibition Cnm-T mittee, held yesterday, .they decided to take absolute control of the Exhibition, and condiict it without beine hampered : by any conditions; It was also decided not to'Ppen the Exhibition on ( Sundays. The a(;«nts of the Shaw-Saville and Albion Company received a 'message . from Admiral Tyron, of Bydn«»yi to the •ffect that the s.s. Coptic has been ordered to liondon. , j The battjiie Corohllla, which left here on Toesday : ,for puiitdin, had a narrow ' escape; froin'goinx ashore at the «lieadsl When the, VeuHel reached the entrance the wind fell, and the vessel began \o drift rapidly towards Barrett's Reef. The anchor was* liet go, but the Veasel ; • continued to drag:/' A boat wan lowered / and the captaiit's wife arid '. child put ashore; but the steamer Tin happening . to pass outward at the time took the vessel m tow, and brought her out of danger. ••'■ ' v '•■"■■ '\ " ' :: - .! ' . DuNEDiN,. Sunday. " Since the Tarosui has been at the , wharf her crew have been doitiff a thriving \bnsinesßi m selling cigarß. Four' coMstablts were stationed on the wharf last night, and one »rr«sthas heen made. The town and cqnntry football match was won eMily by tl^e trial team to play against Canterbury bjf 19 points to nil.