TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1584, 17 December 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER JNITBD PRESB ASSOCIATION.) Timartt, Wednesday. At the Supremo Court, Albert HoaIdas, for larceny from a dwelling, was sentenced to 18 months ; as was also Henry Palmer, for maliciously wounding a cow. Rules nisi were granted m the divorce cases Walker v. Walker, and Govier v. Govier and Ponpart. The husbands were petitioners m both cases. GISBORNE, Wednesday. The South Pacific Oil Company have resolved to continue boring several hundred feet. The are now down 930 feet. The Supreme Court sat till 3 o'clock j'esterday morning. John Depean, for attempting to cause abortion on a young girl, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. This finished the criminal business. Chrkstchuroh, Wednesday. On Saturday the two-year-old child of Edward Collison was killed frby falling into some horsepower gearing at Seafield. Mr Matthew Burnett, temperance lecturer, concluded a month's mission m the South Island with a meeting at Lyttelton on Monday night. During the month 12,000 persons signed the pledge, and 14,000 blue ribbons and 850 family cards were issued. Mr Burnett thanked the Press of the Colony for their notices and all who had assisted and entertained him during his mission. , He left m the Tarawera for Hobart yesterday. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, a storekeeper was fined £10 for selling beer without a license. The flefendant alleged that he had been acting as agest for certain brewers, but he failed to prove the agency. A private telegram has been received m Christohurch from a shareholder m the South Pacific Petroleum Company : — " Have spent three days working at Pacific with party of six. Can vouch that oil is coming from rock at 980 ft, steady. Good show." Thames, Wednesday. Smelting operation* were started yesterday morninp- at the New Zealand Smelting Company's La Monte furnaces. There are only about 100 tons of ore m hand, all of which will be reduced within a week. All the machinery works admirably, and the bullion runs freely from the base of the furnace. Dunedtk, Wednesday. Bishop Moran received addresses from his flock, to which he made a lengthy reply. The Cathedral is to be opened on February 14th, by Cardinal Moran. Invkboabgill, Wednesday. A man named Wm. Gooch Wood was found dead m a cottage at Arenal yesterday. Deceased, who was between 50 and 60 years old, lived by himself, and was last seen alive about three weeks ago. The people m the vicinity noticed a peculiar smell, and informed the police, who burst opan the door, and found Wood's body, which -was greatly decomposed. Its appearance indicated that decease must have occurred some time ago. Auckland, Wednesday. The second ordinary general meeting of shareholder* of the New Zealand Ltnd Mortgage Company was held yesterday. Sir F. Whitaker presided. In the course of his address he said, so far as the Directors could see and were advised, they had reasonable expectation that the shareholders would get for the half-year a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum. The head office of the Company is m London. On receipt of accounts from London, probably m about three months, another meeting will be called. The retiring Directors, Messrs T. Buddie, J. M. Clark, andHon J. Williamson were re-elected. H.M.S. Nelson is not expected till Tuesday. She is engaged m torpedo practice at Russell. Edward Downing, a brewer, has been committed for trial on a charge of setting fire to his brewery at Whangarei. Bail was allowed. The Auckland Fire Underwriters' Association entertained the Auckland and Parnell Fire Brigades and Salvage Corps to a banquet. Te Kooti visited Kihikihi on Monday vrith a Urge cavalcade. He purchased large supplies. It is stated that he is going with his followers to Poverty Bay, notwithstanding the warning given him.