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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1467, 29 September 1885, Page 4

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(UNITBD PRKS3 ASSSOOiATiON.) Wellington, Monday. Last- week the Postmaster-General communicated with the United States Government with regard to a subsidy, for the San Francisco mail service, and he has received a favourable reply, viz., that the United States • Government will give. £4000 per annum; towards the ser vice, unless the Congress forbids it. It is understood that the Postmaster-Gene-ral has almost come to an agreement with 'New- South Wales respecting the service, and that a contract will be negotiated during, the present week. No action is being taken by the Colonial Secretary with a view to landing the circua horses now quarantined, at Auckland.; It is now thought necessary, to communicate with the other colonies, and it is held to be undesirable under any circumstances, considering the large' exportation of horses from this colony to New South Wales, to permit the circus stock to be landed. Colonol Wliitinore, commander of the colonial forces, left for Lyttoltbn to-day for the purpose of being present at the testing operations which are to be fonducted m connection with' the fortifications at Port Lyttelton. , . The heavy gale this afternoon dislodged two or three sheets of the iron from the roof of .thsTCiliibit'nniinsfc over the main entrance. Ths. detache l sheets 'passed alon<« the roof of the building, and were the means of .breaking a few Danes of glisa m the roof, but no f urtlier : danvtgnjias resulted, and, repairs werefet once effected. .:• ". : .^ : ' ' The cafe has been blirvfoino: all day with , great torce, but no further damage, is reported. ' • r. j North and Seoullar, of 'Dunedin, have ' protested against '•■ being awarded only second prize '■ for their drawing-room su'tes. '■" At a meeting of the executive com mittoe of the Exhibition to-:lav the seeret-irv was instructed to ascertain the probable cost of keepincr open the Exhibition during, November. The report .on the subject will be presented to-mor-row. . '.. Tuesday. Co'onal "Reader, Under-Seeretary for Defence, dropped dead at his residence this mornincr. Bacon's "Flour. Mill and Timber Factory at Master ton were destroyed by fire at two o'clock this morning. They wen insured for £800 m the United, £600 m the Union, and J>Boo m tbe Colonial. Auckland, Monday. It transpired m evidence at the Police; Court to-da Y that G. P. Hogan. master of the JCobimaranyi Industrial School, handcuffed the absconding boys! Two v of tbe boys Bjvore that they had.beenmanacled together f<">r a week and' six! days and 14 days. The Bench of-Jus-tices, expressed great dissatisfaction at such cruelty, and said that an 'inquiry should be held. :.. Aiptain Scotland, of the. ship Crujsader, loading for London, was seriously hurt on Saturday by a rope off the capstan slipping and knocking him against the chains. He was insensible for- 16 hour's, and is now recovering. • ; ( A woman named ' Isabella Mfller wa3 •charged with conceahyient of birth at Whangarei. The infant was found m the bush .on. Saturday. .•■-•■ ■. - " : • A gum-diggbr named Charles Wihnetto was found dead at . Hekiranui, near Kawakawa, on Sunday. " The cause of death is supposed to be heart disease. The new ferry steamer Brittania, built for the "Wes|Vorfc Company, was launched by Mr C. Bnilev yesterday. Thesteamer is a very fine one, and the finest -ferry 1 boat. m. the colony. She will carry eight hundred passengers, and steams twelve knots. The /.engines were built by Messrs Fraser and T'nne, of the Phoenix: Foundry. The fittings and cabin are very elaborate. A Chinaman, named Le Chnng, was arrested at Devonport. to dny upon a charge of assaulting with intent to commit rape upon a iriaririe-l woman nainnd Hannah Mevers, wife of a markot, cardener nnd ; sinall farmer near Lnke Takapuna on Sunday afternoon. The husband saw accused -.throw his wife down and attempt to commit the crime. The

accused o/iore.l £5 to squarj the matter, but his ar:t s; wa i the outc > tie. . Christchuiich, Monday. The poici here have discovered a clue to the h .el robberies which have taken nhee at Wellington. A man named John O'Brien came . tjo; Lyttdton f rpu» . Wellington on Tuesday laso and tho same evening a robbery was co mnitted at the , Canterbury Hotel. Oue of thebe lrooins i was entered, and six sovj.-oigns abstrac- . te:l from a bag, which was duped o'peri with a knife. O'Briea was suspected, and when arrested.. fiya sovereigns were fouudonhin, w:inu ne had told th 6 dHbbctive that 14s was all tb-j money'he!ia(L....A ring was found m his possession which answers exactly to the description g'ven to ' tne Wellington pulice of .one. which was stolen from an hotel there. The 1 police here believe that O'Bried.;ia the mm who is wanted m Wellington m connection with the several hotel robberies there. ' The New Zealand Shipping Company bavins' engaged other men m Lyttslton to work the Tongaiiro's cargo ; the emigrants brought up from Port Chalmers will be sent back, to that .place by the company. • Tt is intended to thoroughly, test the guns which have been mounted for the defence of Lyttelton by shot and shell practice, which will take place to-morrow for the first time. Colonel Whittnpre is coining down from Wellington by tonight's steamer to bo present, and Major Bodhtini is already m LyttletoQ.' ... A,l2.roomed house, belonging to Mr ; Joseph "Haydon, was destroyed. \>y fire ;ai Krcbblelou yesterday afternoon while! •the occnpiei aud his family' were out' fo'Ka 6 drife. • . • .• Oamaru, Monday. 'k inari named Thomas Dehiiin'glou wa's killed "this jifteruoon m the Wind-'sor-LiVingston tunnel by a f«U : 6f earth. He leaves a wife and large family. 1;1 ' ' Dunedin, Monday. Tho New Zealand Loan and Alercantilij Agency Company have received the following cablegram from London, dfitiid the 25th instant :— " Wool competition is increasing, and the niaikt-t is lirTVivr." The sale programme has been curtailed five day ß.V "Vtry disconrauing news has been received from the Oliffel rush. The country has been riddled with holes, but no gold found. * Timaru, Monday. ' One of the heaviest shocks of earthquake experienced for years occurred tlironghout South 'Cautethury at 8.55 pi-lock last night, tjie- -direction being fi'dhi north-west to soiith-c'ast/* "A sjightei shock was felt abplit a, quarter of' an hour afterwards, nnii k()uie people ; arer tliat two more shocks occurred' early 'this ■inorhihg.- "No damage of. MiW i portance was dove. The weather was very close at the, time.. TJiet-heat^all; day has been romarkabl-y great, thWgh t ; l|nnderßtorms have occurred close to the raugeH.' ' r',J' , Invercarqill, Monday. The body of Hugh Doddy, tho,<;al».mnn, who disappeared so mysteriously a month asro, was found floating m the watsr near the j-tty on Saturday. There were no marks of violence on the body. Au' inquest will be held.