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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 75, 27 August 1885, Page 3

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■ ■ - ' (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Auckland, "Wednesday. Re last night's fire. Lawrie's store was insured for, 4J500 m the New Zealand, and the stock for £1000 m,, the South British. ■ ,'.. •Fhe Janet Nicoll. for the Islands, was fairly well patronised by both passeii- ' gers and cargo. ; ; Among the former Styethe Mayor of Christchurch and- the ; Bis-. . hop of Dunedin. ; :r ;; '• . ; < o : ; WRLLrNGTON, Wednesday. It ha* beer' decided to hold a " hiHnster Temperance demonstration at the Exhibition building on the 23rdof Septeni; her. v ! Fi-om letters received here it appears that the port to which the 'Coptic was bound when she left here under sealed orders was Cpquiniho, a town at the raouth of a river of the same name on the coast of Chili., Alexander Stewart was charged with unlawfully selling two railway return tickets, including steamer fare, from Ashburton to-Wellihgton. Jle was fined 10k and £10 lls costs. MrSydn«y; Mnir, who was assnnUed and tarred.at-ihn Lower H nit, has in--Btruct* i <l:MrVrrav.erß, solicitor, to take proceedings against tlratofffinrtfirs. An Egyptian m*mmy, said tb/be two thousand years old, has been presented fo the museum by Mr Carter, of Wairarapa. . . v 1 Dunedin, Wec|,neß^ay, The Court of Inquiry have been suspended for three months the certificate •of the matn James Anderson, • of the Ino, whose negligence and carelens pcsrformance of his duties they consider -.was 'the canso of the Rtrandine of that vessel. He wflß alßo ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry, £13. ; Thursday. Gripvif's hotel, Bluespur, has been bnrnftd d6wn, the Insurance is £300 m the Victoria office.