TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1489, 24 October 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

, i(PER JNITED PKESS ASSOCIATION. J Sir Maurice O'Rorkehas been re-elec-ted Chairman, of the .University; College | Coiuncil. , "'.''.-.' . y MrA.J.EdnfonHß%a^lefl^ffbumed down at nponiivT Tjiey wereT»insured;iin r S tVfsMdard office for ■M^l^fire^ was caused by children playing— with ~ matches. ; • The Jßarotongan embassy r.eturned.froni Wailcato, aTsa|pomWal*tnf imßaP** condition of the Kingitei. The Railway Department intena to ran cheap excursion trains on the same principle, as those which were so enocmously'successtul/'ber^un^er Stb^B^k/l^jf 'management last year. *'■ J ■**■*--■ *J The Lyttelton Lumpers' Union hag been wound»upi » ■ ■ oE the members have gone to work, and the remainder are, prepared to, doso.-: A . OVKSVtUGM j „• j •'■■>- i • Hokitik*; -Jftnday. At the Supreme CouHTsessions F. B» Seaborne, insurance agent, 'for embezzle-• • ment, was found Notf Guilty*, j ?D'.Arcy~ Irvine, Inspector of the Government Insjiisajiejj Afcspciatioii,' •ggveieyrdence^wa, 4}. ing that the accused clearly .under stood. His! duties with respect fo accounting tormqney., ; The case, hinged on a point ofT la^,' the'lury finding the :^ypjil^ » « a servant of the Association. '1 ''; iNvERCABaiCL, Friday. , it In consequence ;of [the success- pfjpreJvios lectures throughout the Colony, Mr jG. ;A. Sate, wiio lecjtured ; to-night 1 tp s an^ immenfie audience, has reiinquiskea/hisi^l intention of seeing ffie "Melbotirne^CupV « race, and w,ill again go North from thi*i ■ Helgoestb^the visiting the chief towifsmuthe North I*l} t lanji andjiotiakei* disycJ.. >^ I j|n^j^sßu^ an extra lecture here to-morrow night. : New Putmcwth, Friday. '■'A man named Jufrsj|wh*ilsi; 'bathing by himself on the KeSfeh yesiferdayVßapming, %as drowned. His $&y/\sa& found amongst the rocks, r- %^; ' .V; „.! v ; vvß^iraiEDi, ft&*y. liaurie, the pedeatnan, footed it from Blenheim to Pictoh andvbaok^a distance of forty miles, yesterday^ m six minutes over the five hours. He backed himself to do^^thm"theifiv6Thourß.!^he&;padi 1 was; hadu> plaoesf and Laurie 1 -wa^im^ - ' peded by venioles. ; The Supreme Court sittings^ha.vefbeeu paatpanedtill Saturday morning. u There r ia ohlv one orimirial case On the calendar/ but lit is anticipated: the, civil and,b**nkrqpty business^ will occupy The chief: case for trial (is an, .action, ... brbtight by the Bank Newr Zeftlarfdt ; '; i " agaiplTthe Corporation of Blenheim,^eA^i lating to drainage ahft'water rights, wijichwill! be tried by the ' Judge -wiiMuia. JuryU:,. -.':■.,.■,„■■{ ._ .-:'-f>r:AJK) HH • A depntetion from Sh^gVaUey^^faite*^ ' ' on the -Pre'niier regarding the' administration jof;the\Rabbit. Act in' -the idistrict, 'sit .extraordinary charge^, weri made against the local agoojfcsf-.jr The, Na tire ; Rescues, Commissign Jia^r .finished eviderioQ, and are now preparm/c a report' oh the state of the . wiole'o^f: these reserves m Nelson and on the' West Coa.st,-^---' s , ■■■■- ' ■ ;; i :''-/ : - : '^ ' * Mastebton, Friday. :\ , / 4 -The 10,000 tro'tit a. present frpn* * 'the . JJake Acclimatisation Society' to» Wellington, have been sn'ccessfiiUy^laoeii m the Masterton hatching^boxes. This is th|e largest shipment iri(th^oNor^h laland ever attempted. The^iWere brpuglil by Sir Maokiii from 'Queenstown fol&aa. tertonin three^aysi f • nni.y- teo'l lisUttt