TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1449, 8 September 1885, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

(per jnitkd pakss association. DunediN, Mouday. A meeting of the directors of Ntsill Brothers was held on Saturday morning, at which an offer of 5s m the £ was made, half casli and half guaranteed-, by Mr C. Neill. TheofP-r was not accented, but the meeting adjourned for ten days, awaiting the report of Mr Dymock from Melbourne. The hull of a new steamer, having , a carrying capacity of 200 tons, was launched on Saturday from Kiucaid and McQueen's yard. Auckland," Monday. At the instance of ratepayers, a Supreme Co tut injunction will be applied for against the Board of Education paying from their funds the sum of j-200 salary, for which the judge declared members were personally liable. The Lascars forming the crew of the ship Nerbudda have struck work on the; ground that thoy got no breakfast. on Saturday morning. ' .'^ ">/'', In the case of Smith, Inspector Industrial schools, v. Pearsou, the Resident . Magistrate, Mr Scth Smith, on Saturday, decided that the Warkworth Justices, had no power to hear such a : case ■as^ default for maintenance of: children in ' schools. ■-..,' A Caledonian Society has been formed. Judge Gillii-s has become a patron. A boy at the Kohimarama Training School, aged 13, has inflicted on hiinsela serious injuries, requiring his removal to Auckland for treatment. i A fire broke out at 2 a.m. m Captain W. F. Havgreaves.' premises, Fraukliuroad, ending m the destruction of three shops and dwellings. The origin of the fire is unknown. Some of Captain Jlargrcaves' family had a narrow escape. Blenheim, Monday. MrsE. C. Clark, wife of Mr H. G. Clark, Commissioner of Crown Lands, died on Friday night, after a lingering illness from au internal compaiut. The deceased lady, who was greatly respected m many parts of the colony, leaves nine children, all grown up but three. She was only 47 years of age. Mr and Mrs Clark was among Iho earliest settlors at Molueka 35 years ago. The deceased was a daughter of the late Major Ileruemaii, of the Imperial forces. Ficilding, Tuesday. A meeting was held he.ro last night, at which resolutions were passed, suggesting certain amendments m the Municipal Corporations Act, and arranging to lay them before the Minister of Justices,- V,