TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1634, 13 February 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(l BR JNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ■lfi.':<t^i : i Auckland. Friday. At the morning session of yie Presby temn G-eßeVai Assembly, the report upon ministerial tenure of office was brought up K£ (ti^«f Cdiuimfleu. *' It seemed to favor limiting the par.od to six years, and urged tlie exercise by the Presbytery of .the power of severing the pastoral tie when., the-iends of gospel ministry were not being served, but considered that the time, was hot ripe fer legislation, and , reco m m -Hided the question to be handed down a) the' Presbyteries and Kirk sessions to report upon. After a large amount of discussion, it was agreed to I receive the? report, 'and request the Com- • mittee to draw up a further report next year. ThejAnglican, jSynod yesterday refused to pass the resolution of the Committee |on die unintentional repetition of certain sprayers. The Bill to provide for purg:ing>:the ilisb oi ' Church members ••< wag thrown out; ; There was a warm debate on St. John's. College last ;night. The debate W4a adjourned. Member^ are leaving/ and session will probably close about Monday next. : Thames, Friday. I ThJ' three men who were buried m jlhe. |mne wete rescued late yesterday afternoon, thanks to the strenuous and untiring labor of those who worked to rescue them. The men are uninjured, '< * CHMSTCHUKOHi Friday. The, extension of j the Northern Railway tb ? Cni x'^rQen, <s eyenty miles from Ohristchurcli, . was open , yesterday with a cheap excursion, patronised by 700 {people. ; At the 'fifth annual meeting? of the [Southern GfWls Petroleum -Company last evening,- 18,743 shares were represented. frlie 1 pire^torß'"' report' ) stated that the cost df carrying '6T»'t ifie' present contract jfor a 1000 ft bore would be 2s per share. jThe Company's I 'title tb> 'the land where .their works are situated was complete. The 1 ? expenditure , for ..the . past half year jwasijeiqoa., ",._ ,_;. .,; „: ., -,,,.,., '■ . „ j • - 1 j : -U : ■-„: „ ,: i . . ■ „ : DiUNEQiN, . F : riday.I '-Bishop Barry will' -visit Lake WakaItipUi: .!■•.;•.!• j.!..-i .'■■', ■ ;.-! :,;■■■'■ r , •••:. ! -Through the small attendance. Mr lßr.adsb.awr, who was .to have addressed his constituents last evening, had to post!pone. his meeting.' . ' ! • The' Ac'cliuia'tisation Society yesterday !resol ! vea' i; fd inform 1 Sir ; J'. : Yogel that, lowing to the shortness of water supply, Ithe Society will not be able to take jcharee,o£ any ;of the salmon ova which jGovernmerit'aVe introducing. Of the rejcent shipjgaegtiyje^jSociety^ve, ,4QOO m ithe ponds making good progress.' Since [Nov. 1885,, the Society .have distributed 1191,000 trouti S ' - / . ; j . '. j A number of sly grog cases; from Nen;thorne came before the Court yesterday. JThe Bench intimated that m future cases from that district, jwhere- the^ 'practice had done sq-niuch harm, they would inflict severe|se*ntences. In two cases fines |of £,1 { 5 and cositsAvere inflicted, and other vcaser we'reiadiournedi 'O\ i !• ; ':i, [