TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1630, 9 February 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

fUNITKU FUKSB ASSOCIATION' J • ;;.; AUCKLAND. Mlilldiiy. Groat anxiety is occasioned here m conseuHeiiee of the positive report; by (JajVLuia Savory of eithor a new islftnd libyiug been found or a l«rge ship on her l.e.iureTiils off (.'ape Mariit. It is feared ..that it iiiay.ua somo shin now due. The j •oo^v«frnriWjr£Ot taking action, Mrßrott, "of the Star, has chartered the steam tvg 1 \ Awhina, at a cost of £50, and left for to the opinion that it m a wrack and|not an island, but the matter will soon be -BeD*^Weßt*by— »tlie*-eX'plorationß—of-the. Awhina> .-■• Mie* foundation stonf>.':~:*of .- St Mary's Cathedral Church was laid to-day "by _fhe Primate Bishop fiarper. - : , ' Dr Huxtabjle, was fcdnd delid t ,thiß morning on jtfte 1 jflp6r? |f|the driwi^gt .ropiji.' He had been suffering from .sleep 'ness. <>it A. sponge > yutu'rated I 'Wi Ttii'chT6rbi form was found m a cup. "AfteHnhala- | tion his head [had r fall(hi fqrwarti, ois^ I face J3eing jammed m the cup, and, the print was on his fa'ce^' -He'leaVes a wife and child. Hoi recently returned from England.. ; .. . ; .•:> „ .. : ;! ., )r ,. .^' !; .'i '\ '• 'The mail steamer, which arrived here, from Simoa, reports that, the German Wa>shi v.Aiibatfdsis left Samoa for Tonga ? dh 17. '- ' Ai- United States' War vessel is j reported at Apia to Jook after American interests. The -native village at Muhno Peninsulais.perf ectl^ desarted^ Things are q uiet, but; the Germans ftre • held in' detestation. i'iOi . ' iGßßiSTOttUßOHivMdndaywri i Ths chess match by telegraph between Christchurch and Napier wav concluded qn Saturday, night, and respited m a.yictory for |ihe. Ohristchurch Club, .whioh, won four <irew twoj and lOßtqne, leaving four uhfiniahed, one of 'which was tha^ : 'between' the twd c'aptaiiw,.Messrs Hookham, of Christchurcb, and 'Jacobsoi^, of Napier. The unfinished games ar,e to be submitted to Mrßenbow, pf Wellihgtonf'for decision. : j .S' Gisbobne, Monday. • ; ljw:o:extrernely severe shocks of earth? ,quake topk j p)a,ce7;thß first at 1.30 a.ub.V* and thMecow^;.^^^ of long diiratiotir~-The%p^arent,. dir|c- ;- tiorTwas! south to north. No damage^ia, reported.; S^tnli 4 <>Ulhi