TELEGRAPHIC BUDGET

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1495, 31 October 1885, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC BUDGET

r f Special -to the ptandardij I The Wellington Exhibition closes this 'evening. Addresses will be delivered by Governor and, Mr Stout. Packing will be commenced the sanie ; night. The question of lighting Queen's Wharf, Wellington, has been allowed to stand over for a time. A Nurses' and Invalids' Home! is! to; be started m Dunedin, for the accommodation of persons able to pay and for training nurses, : An extraordinary divorce case is proceeding at Nelson- Mrg Walcott sued Colonel Waleofcfc for a judicial separation and custody of her two children. The respondent appeared m court m the uniform of the Salvation Army, having on his back and breast printed texts. He asked forgiveness for his great sin. The judge requested him to remove the placards, and he did so. The evidence showed the respondent to be an eccentric individual. The \n&ze agreed to grant a separation, but took time to consider the : crier as to the custody of the children. The Raratonga embassy left Auckland last night by the Janet Nicoll, which : took the largest cargo yet taken to the Islands. Mr Ballance interviewed Jthe Queen and promised to arrange for recipi rocal duties and the establishment of v quasi-protectorate, by New Zealand presenting foreign Powers interfering.' :■' An attempt has been made m Paris to i shoot M. De Freycinet. The Auckland Chamber of Commerce protests against any diversion of fhe million loan from railway purposes. J The Sydney Chamber of* Commerce objects to the San Francisco mail ncr- ; vice. A public meeting lias been held i there condemning the contract and pro- ; nouncing m favor of the direct service.