TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1456, 16 September 1885, Page 2

TE LEG RAMS.

(per jnited press association. ' Auckland, Tuesday. A well attended public meeting was held m; the Pitt-stttfet iWesie^ajt'Church, when" frsolutionsVere carried Hfor the establishment of a Social Purity Society, and officers and committee were elected; It was suggested to make an alteration m the pledge from ;« With the help of God "to"On my honor,"' but the proposal was not eutertained. The diorama of the Soudan War was sold by auction yesterday, at tho instance of a local bill poster, and realised £30. _ ■" "%' A lad named Archibald Ferguson while ploughing yesterday%tftemoon at East Tamaki, met with a fatal accident. The horses bolted, and one of the traces was driven violently into' the boy's abdomen, causing frightful injuries, which terminated fataljy, after several hours* suffering. •'? Christchijrch. Tuesday. Mr H. J. Mathyas; Cuainnan of th* SelwinCounty. Council,; died last Sunday of brain, fever. :He was an early settler, arriving here m 1851, and was very widely respected; A general meeting of the West Coast Railway League was held yesterday afternoon. The meeting adjourned for three weeks, a sub-Committee being apI pointed to draw up a programe of future action. '. . Thehouse of MrChatterton, Flaxton, was destroyed by fire accidentally on Sunday morning, . It was insured m th« London and Lancashire office for £125. < ; . In vebgargill, Tuesday. The Southland Tramway' Company yesterday unanimously- resolved to go into liquidation, tho Bank preasing for payment of an overdraft of £6000. - HokmKA,;ir uesday. The Humphrey's Gully Goid mining Company had a first washing on Saturday last, the result being 215 ounces. DuNEDrN, Tuesday. j The Raitangata Coal Company ?has dee ared a 10 p«r cent, dividend, and will cairy £3200 forward.