TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 74, 26 August 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) : % Auckland, Tuesday. In .{jhe wrestling inatch,,Keariey against Fagan for £(H) a-side, Fagan won by five falls to two." ■:.: - ' . * . •-A girl named: Trethway was killed at TamabAre r Waikato, through a trap accident. . : A man named Wakeham has been comttjtted for trial for. attempted murder of bis wife. , -:.-'. v ■■.}■. j ,-.■■■ ; "■■■;. Later intelligence' throws doubt on the f suicide of Willis, at Oxford. It is believed now that he had been drawing the charge from his gnn. ■ ".. Thie unemployed decline to accept stone breaking, and :are petitioning Govbrnmbiit ip, employ them on street im,protements. , . iDHMSTCHUBCH, Tuesday. - A walking contest took place last nightf* between Hancock, a well-known pedestrian, and Libau, of Akaroa. The distance was teii miles and the stakes £50. Liliati forced, the pace tremendously at the start, but after tjoing three^ miles he complained of a stitch m the side and gave up. Hancock walked over the rest of the distance. . . At the Kaiapoi Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. 0. B. Eichards was fined S& f ort-affling a gun and other articles, without obtaining a license from the Colonial Secretary. Three of the participators m the raffle were fined 10s each. ' Dunbdin, Tuesday. The City Council have received an offer of a donation of £200 from a gentleman for establishing a market, and steps are to be taken by the Council. . ■ : A presentation of a diamond pin was made to Mr S. B. Sjleigh, who is leaving for England, for his services for football. ' - ■ Wbstpobt, Wednesday. In the case against the Denniston colliers, for. assaulting the non-Union men three of tbein i were discharged. The ringleader named Isaac Picklea, was fined £5 and prdwed to find mmMw tQ k»Bp fa* pence. VQwfasn othpri wen