TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1594, 29 December 1885, Page 2

TEL EG RAMS.

(PER JNITKD PRKSS ASSOCIATION' ) Dunedin, Monday. A charge of impudent theft was heard and adjourned. A \v->imin coming up to a boy, remarked what nice boots he had on, and coolly took them off and ran away. Gisboknk, Monday. . . Sailed-^-N.Z.S. Co.'s ship Wuipa, for London, with 4014 bales wool, 218 sacks barley, 22 casks tallow, &c, valued at iJSO,dO0 — the largest cargo ever taken from this port direct for England. Christchuiwh. Monday. A man named Bond, a sailor, was killed on- board the Orari. He was caught by the flywheel of the electric light engine. The body was fearfully mangled. Another human hand mystery has turned up. Some days ago a forearm and band were found on the Tekoa Station at Waiau, and the police are searching for other portions of the remains. A large tussock fire occurred near Soutbbridge. Stewart's homestead. Westerton's farm and buildings, and Washburn's stables and general plantations wero destroyed. It is believed that none of the buildings burned were insured. The cause is not ascertained. A fire broke out m the ship Soukar yesterday evening, but was extinguished before much damage was done to the vessel The origin is unknown. Auckland, Monday. The weather is fine for the holidays. With respect to the recent fracas be tween Captain Dargaville and ex-Drill Instructor Smith at the late parade of the Dars-aville Volunteers, Instructor Smith has tendered a public apology to Captain Dargaville. Government declined to issue railway passes to the unemployed to travel to and from country works. Of 50 men formed m gangs to work on contracts offered by the Waitemata County Council, only 16 men are now on the ground. Napier, Monday. Bush fires continue to rage. Mr White's homestead, outbuildings, and all their contents, at Sherwood, Takapua, have been totally destroyed. The insurance is £1200 m the Union Office. Mr James Hijrg's homestead at Makaretu bus been also destroyed. It was uninsured. The country is so dry that sparks from railway trains are causing fires, and many settlers and their hands have been out all night for several nights grappling with fires which threatened to sweep their runs. Enormous areas of valuable bush have also been destroyed. George Thomas Sawkins, editor of the Evening Ne.ws, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of criminal libel on Charles Ocean Thompson, who was •charged at last sittings of the Supreme Court with indecent assault on a child, the bill being thrown out by the Grand Jury. Mr Griffiths, who was injured m a coach accident, died at the hospital on | Sunday. A verdict of accidental death i was returned at an inquest. The jury re- I commended periodical inspection of coaches, as the accident was attributed to the fact that the leather was worn off the break. Oam ABO Monday. The grass and crops m this district are ■ufferiug severely from want of rain, the present being one of the driest seasons experienced for years. A severe shock of earthquake was experienced oti Saturday night, shortly befor 12 o'clock.