TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1499, 5 November 1885, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

(PER WITED PttBSS ASSOCIATION. •) Auckland, Wednesday. ,'. An average has been struck on the car^oof th&Wairarapa. Consignees are required to deposit 1 per cent, on the value prior toVbbtaining orders for theirs goodsi An official inquiry is to be held; to-day. ; , „ ! A letter was read yesterday at the Harbor Board firOm Messrs J. Nathan! andTCd., ageqts; arinounoing . thab the; ¥ Shaw,- SavDl, 1 , and- Albion Company's steamers would not make Auckland m) future a port of call- till provided with; suitable depth ; of, water at - the wharf, as' ''t^e^amera'draw^Bf^whea-'lpadecl' and! coaled. The letteYwia,y referred to the; s Works ' ; - ri Three f stoawayß were arrested on board: •the Taraw;era, from Sydney, The frierids ( .<)f ,'pne paid his passage money to procure , fils release. t , .- ; : ,- ; .... '. -'I „: '; ' :.',,-. ■ Dunbdtn, Wednesday. ; > The Diocesan Synod was opened yes- i terday. In his addtfesa, Bishop , Neville) fsaid .that,- during, the, year, by. special; eftorte the indebtedness had been reduced by,£2soa :;■■■■.■ ;....•■, :- ;.; •■,.:■; \ "'" kithe City Court yesterday a China- , man named Wong Ton was fined i'loo ..forsmufi^ling opium. •'••'■■ ' Imvbroaii&ill,; Wednesday ' 'The -poll of the ratepayers taken yesterday on the question of adopting the Invercargill Loans Consolidation Act, resulted'in the Council's proposals being ipprbved'by an indisputable rinajority, the figures given bemg 842 for and 92 against.. "Under; the new Act it is proposed to borrow .£130,000, to pay : off the present indebtedness, and to expend the balance m Water and gasworks, drainage and street improvements. GhbisTOHUBCH, Wednesday. „ s 'lMr ; Be4ham, R.M.j gave judgment against tlie City Council yesterday m the case bf Walters' against the Council. Plaintiff' is a furniture dealer, and his premises were flooded and stock damaged m March last, m consequence of the culbeing inadequate to carry off the ' storm water during a heavy raia, the yoadway being three inches above the level, shown on the Corooration ma,p. ,