TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1568, 28 November 1885, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

I " (PER .'UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) Christchtoch, Friday. The third annual ;f estiyal m con necfcion with the Diocesan Choral Association was held yesterday m the /Cathedral, and was a great success. Fifteen choirs were present, making a total of 350 voices. His Excellency the' Governor and Lady JeVvois were present at the morning service, and also at the luncheon to, the choristers* in the afternoon. The first rail of the tramway from Christchurch to the public cemetery waa i laid yesterday by the Mayor, Mr Huiberl. "' : . Dunedin, Friday. About 7.000 people visited the shdw yesterday. The chief classes judged were horses and dairy produce. stock, Mr Taggart's Le Loup ■to6]|^i|| prize. "'■' : ; -' < ''-'/$■ Invercabgili., Friday. A gentleman who has visited the Tararua " acre" states that the graves of those drowne.d m that disaster present a shockingly neglected, sight.,- A few names .have been .painted on' pieces of board, but these are rotting away. . At the Southland County Council on Wednesday, a motion that be voted as a subsidy to the amount raised Hy Messrs Guthrie and Co. and others for works done on the Bluff-road, the amount to be charged pro rata to the various ridings, was rejected by sto 4. This is the road used by the waggons now competing witlv the railway for carryiug of Khip's goods to Inve'cargiil. The Council's Engineer reported that it will cost £1200 to get the road m order, an! £300 a year/ to maintain it.' The motion was- opposed on the ground that the ridings had not sufficient, funfls for legitimate works, and because Invercargill and suburbs, which would be most benefitted, were not to contribute to cost. -. • Auckland, Friday. John, Wallace, the well-known agricnlturist,-a colonist of 30 yeara' Htanding, died at Mangere last Dight, aged 65. . „ , ; : „. .' At the annhal meeting of TatterBall's Club, considerable discussion took place upon the unsatisfactory condition of the finances of the Club. The meeting ><!jourried for a week for a financial report; Returns from the La Monte smelting furnace of the assay of Quartz from the Rose Go'c 1 Mining pany amounted to £142 |8s per ton, whicli'has reassured miners. Mrv'Cr/ A. Sala formally opened the Wne bath at Kotoriia, m the presence of a large assemblage' of Europeans and. Natives, and gave an address.' ' He has been invited by the Mayor of Tauranga to return via Tauraiiga, but has riot yet deceided. Resolutions were passed at the Wesleyan district meeting m favor of the f sociar purity /mbv'ement, and Bible-reading m the public schools, with ; a conscience clause similar to that ribw m operation m Canada. Owing to the lawless disposition of the ghmdig^ers m the Waipa distri^L the settlers have requested pot^e protection from Superintendent Thomson, as the special constables are utfeble tb enforce law and order.