TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1640, 20 February 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

. r (I.EB ffNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) i •: -:. r ": ..-';■:■» • AuOKE.Aiirp,'" ; Friday, j A son of Mr McNaugfitop, ' butcher, Victoria-streetf was -thrown ■", from his horse when racing with* other boys on Shelly Beach-road. He received injuries to the spine and concussion' 6!£ thje : brairi; !;i! ' J'^'i;.-:'- : : - :.••;; 1; ..'.-ij; j There was; a great fight!, at >the dicens- . ing; elections. in the city wards •yesterday 5 ' between the moderate ticket and the ■temperance ..., ticket. The North 1 , Waijd jelected.four temperance and one moderate ' candidate; J The South; Ward returned three moderate and tyro temperance men, and the East Wafd did the same as the South. In Grafton Ward $he-candidates,C were all for the temperance ticket. . The}! result is considered a' victory tor the : moderate ticket, as the contest ..was really m the 'South, East, ; and North Wards. ... , . c . ....... \ I)aNEDra, Friday. ' A deputation waitedi on the Premier, on the question of social " purity, urging that the age of protection to f emales should be raised to 18. The Premier said he sympathised with the deputation but had; not made up his injnd as to the advisabjeness of extending tlie age above 16. He suggested sending circulars (to members on/the subject. ■■. ■..-•» • » r, I Mr Ballahcb was waited on at' Lawrence by a deputation suggesting : thaj:. Government should give a' price aft round for rabbi tskiqs, . • Mr Bajlance thought the question a good one, and promised to communicate with the Colonial Secretary. . ■. v- ■ Nelson, Friday,? William Hollyman died afc fche Hospital last evening of tetanus, the result of injuries at the Nile-street bridge accident. An inquest will be held tomorrow. In the action Black v. National Bank, m. which plaintiff claims damages for alleged wrongful dismissal, $£r Jellicoe, of Wellington, has been retained with Mr Pitt for plaintiff. A walking tournament took place last eyening between F. Mq'rshead arid four local peds m the Theatre, Morghead tmdertaking to walk for two nours, takine a fresh man each half hour. Wljen : »time,.\r.as_caUed Morshead had covered 14f miles, the aggregate distance covered by the 16cal ; men being hajf a mile less.- ; ; . ._■ :\ ".- .' "* '.. \ At- a meeting of the Nelson pricket Association }mi' 'nigbt a^ challenge accepted to play the ' Wellington interprovincial team early m March. .v " ■ .;• Ghmstohu^, -F/ridfty, The first Lieensine; Committee election for the' bity took place to-day^ Ire'sulting jn the complete defeat of the Temperance candidates, the old Committee being by a majority, of tliree tp pne. .At Sf. Albans four of the Temperance men were returned. The Temperance party niade a demonstration tonight, parading the. streets with torches; bimds, banners, and finishing with ai mass meet ' ipg m the Theatre Royal. i ... MrF. Black, General inahagerbfGJanterbiiry Eailwavs, was to-night presehted .with an address and a purse of ' sOjVereigns from* t^e railway etoployesj 1 on the occasion of his vleparturefor Tasmania.; ,At { an inqeest at Ruiapoi on a : Ibpy named Kerr, drowned yesterday; ■ the jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and added' a rider' commending that the boy Jim Forrest, deceased'^ coof panioh, who hadmade'a gal)ant attempt to rescue him, be recognised by the Royal Humane Society. IS VBBbABGiI,fc, Friday. ! A man named Dan Rogers was drowned while crossing the Mararpa River, 50 miles from Lumsden on "\^(Bdnesday. ; New Plymotith, Friday. The delegates from the New Plymouth 1 and. Hawera Bush Fire JRehef Committees have ; completed their labors > and given the sufferers orders for material, andin some cases money, r The whole fund is now disbursed. .. It has also been arranged that the Hawera Funds should be banked with the New. Plymouth Fund and orders issued on the^yNewPlymputh treasurers. Another handsome donation has been'received,- being £50 from Messrs iSargood, of Melbourne. . . „.,, , - Masterton, Friday. : At the' Borough Council election yesterday, Mr Cullen, a hawker, beat Mi" Feist, the storekeeper, ex-Mayor and a^ old Coiincillorj by §8 votesi T-he'Cp'uri-cillors are terribly disgusted ai the result, and threaten to resign." Mr Cullep : says if the,y do he will run the Gquncil with the Town Clerk single-Handed.