TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1481, 15 October 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

I (?ER CJNITRD PKESS ASSOCIATION., •;/, Pp. >... Auckland. Wednesday.' / ;■ Jnuie'rO. Stuthliiirv, a seaman on the' Aorini'Kij' was arreßt«id. ojp' thfl wharf ori i Monday night with 201bV of tobacco m his possession. He^was drunk, and said Jie had taken ashore ito get . it sold* bnf*, failing fo find purchaser,' was returning; with: it to the < ship, He was sentenced at the Police Court to pay 50s and costs. All the miner?? at Jthe Ivamo coljiery .have struck Work again oristecoudt )Si a r&l nelson m, , ;i : , , ;. : ; : Edil,h Q'jG^qrijjan AniffrPY, the escaped mhu,| lirou'uht to the colon j* . by the Oratjge organisation, lectured on,' "Cbiivent' Life '■' iod large audience on Monday night. • 1- jAt the' Huniifll meeting of the. South British Insurance the chairman regretted tUe unprofitable cl»aractei: .of tlie year's hn«in»*sß. . Balance from last year i £13,746, premiums £257,957, interest and increased, value of investments, £22,070. After paying expenses and ii 'five per c«nt dividend, balance earned' 1 forward £824. > {..••..:.. -.= i ...-.•;.' Napier, Wednesdny." '' The' bricratirie Dhnedin, botind from Mercury Bay to Dnuedin, has put iri-here m a distressed state. When off Cape Kidnappers^ she experienced, „a ( heavy southerly galo. and ran for shelter, and made for the..Jeja s pf^the : rano., jQn .coin; ing round she ran' on Black Reef/ and commenced to fill rapidly, but the buoy tint cargo of timber lcppt her afloat, n6d she made for Napjer.roadstead, and was towed inside. *' ' s Gbrymouth, Wednesday The Harlj(»r; on Monday night decided, 'imbjeetA)' the approval ! of s the" Government, to procure steam cranes and hopper waggons for the purposß. ofr carry iug and loading coals, the Same as at Nevvcasltf^ = ' , Ddnedin, Wednesday. Frederick Kcbslbi 1 , clnef clerk m the .yictona. lnsiiranceCompany's oflice^was charged nt the Police Court yesterday, with finhezzling £47. Other charges : are to be brought, agniiist him, his dcfal-L-atioDß amounting to £500. At the Supveme Court <i. verdict of 40a kucj costs on the lowest scale were given m a b-lander case. A house belonging to plaiutiff's husband had been df stroyed by finvftud 'the'' 'defendant, A, Mrs Me Glashiun, fjad statid m th« presence of members of Mrs Fail-ban's family 'thai; Mrs Fiiirbniii had' set th« house Hn lirw, and thit slie knew there was going to be a fire that night. His Honor said, that it had been established that defendant, m "presence : bf otjier people, had made th| accusation, but as those persons , werpi members of the family, imd it was not -shown that the slander had be»»n repeated to others, .inly small damages 'could be' given: An opportunity lvii 'been given to withdraw the 'slander, but it was not taken. ' ! 'i .: , BiKNTtiEiM, Wednesday. ' „, A petition iv favor of the Ameisfoote .site.for th« Hospitarj and supporting the action of tl»e Goveriniient, has already received oyfsr 1000 signatures, and will be sent to the Piyiniertorda}'. . ; Wellington, Wednesday. „ ;In class D th«.V judges desire to make 5 'the following alteratiim fn Their awards; —Wilson nnd Richardson honorable mention for ladiss* und'-rclothing to be altered to Ist prize (no competition) ; | .clucks and. optical goods W. Littlejohu and Son, Wellington, special, first class prizH for" turret clocks, and regulator, with special mention for excellence of workinanKliip ; Richard J. Barnes, Wi-1- j lingtdn, hon niHntion for. clock with I.«or-.j r/>nal pendulum ; T. R. Procter, Chiistcluirch, Ist prize for opti'-al jiooils ; chrmijo lithographic printinsr, Archibald ti. Willis, Wanganui, ,lst prize. f \' : y