TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1502, 10 November 1885, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC.

(UNITED PBESBASBOOi A riON.) : NAPIER, Tuesday. | A swagger name! H;"Hun»pihries waf drowned on Sunday while crossing the Nparahororo River. At the inquest yeste day a Verdict of aoaidental death was returned. . ■ Auckland, Monday. ' The Euterpe, Captain Hovle, from London, reports the death of a'passenger of consumption off Three Kings. ; Bishop Webber, of Queensland, Bishop Luck,, and several Catholic clergy were passengers^by .tine Kirigaroobaa, for the ! Australasian Catholic conference. * J*' j '* Monday, j A deputation of persons interested) m mining companies, at Terawhiti, waited on the Minister of Mines on Saturday, requesting the construction of a bridle track to the spot* and guaranteeing onefourth of the cost. The deputation said that the following amounts had already been expended m prospecting, by thi • companies , named : — Albion, £7936 ! ; Golden Crown, £5,500 ; Phoenix, £2,761; Caledonian, 4700 ; Golden' Spur, £500 i; Wealth of Nations, £1000; Success, £778. —total, Mr Larnach promised if local bodies or companies provided one-third, the Government would be responsible for the remainder. _' . .'. Dunedin, Tuesday. Bland, a' representative of 'Stewart and Dawson, jewellers here, has absconded to Melbourne. A iwarrant .has been issued for his arrest. The defalcations are over £500. Th« principal, of the I firm arrived here by the Kimutaka. •