TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1651, 6 March 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION ) ! The Hiuemoa, with thib Governor 'on board, arrived at 4 o'clock. His Excellency was received by the Mayorand [Councillors, and presented with. an.;ad^ (Tress, to which he gave a afterward drove round the town and .suburbs, and was entertained at a bavfr quet m the evening. f\ _*:-f Auckland, Friday. ""'"sir"Geors:o Grey, who intended going South by the Wairarapa yesterday, remains* 3 b"eliinu7"and 'lias agreed to ' acl'dfess a public meeting to-morrow night on raihyay_ expenditure, and his new scheme for the resumption and putting -up of large estates. He will probably go South by the mail steamer, on Saturday or SunjdaV. ~£>*" y. ■• '■■'■ -■"' '':::■■' 1 The drapers' 7 Thursday half-holiday Was jftaugurated^fyesterflay/.. t AUf the houses werevshut m town ;ahd suburbs. A steamboat excursion of 650 persons to St. Helier's Bay took place. - ! '-' : • i Cardinal Moran, m company with Bishop Jjuck' anid Bishop Murray, of/ Maitlandj made a tour yesterday of the Pensioner settlements at X)neiiunga;Otahuhu, Panmiirej and Howick, where they were enthusiastically ; received. .He delivered a lecture on Temperance m. St. Patrick's Cathedral m the evening to a crowded aiidietice. .Bishop Reynolds, of Adelaide, and' ! ißii»h'op Mbf&rif of Dunedin, were passengers for the South by the Wairarapa yesterday. ; --?r>: •■-::•>'•': ■ ■■. r ' ' !JoNEDni : , Friday! i It is reported that a party at Griffal lias obtained 1000 ounces from two weeds' workV^'^'^''"— it:;;; - ■'' - : ' '■■ ■ : '~' '•■''s ;; ?~ : At Mrs Auffray's, final meeting, she was presented with an address and a i silver salver. The. meeting. unanimously adopted a petition, to Parlia.ineht' praying that an Act may be passed providing for the liberty of the Queen's subjects m convents by compelling the aufchortties to have them thrown open to public inspection. ■■--. ■-■ .■ - -■■■■- -•"•-• "j Qhristohubgp, Eridayl : On^ hundred-atxd: jpighty-^even of^the unemj|i6yed liavii applied for work. -They wiUJprbbablyJ be employed m leyellinaf; andrplanting reserves on the Sand Hills at:3s;6d. Btnd?4sa day; ; ;i: ;.. .! [ ; ~ " : ■ ■■■'""•' r: -:NAPiEß,}:Friday. : The Eiyerslea .hop crop is turning out a tpn'tb thejacre; Both iri (|u'ajititjr and; quality it is described as a niagnificenf 'yield. .:■/:<■ : -'> •■*■;'.;-.-•:.!: -.A ; Mr S. J. Jago, Chief Postmaster, at a > meeting of the. , Borough. Council on Wednesday-night, was present^d^by the Mayor with^an illuminated 'addres's from the : citizens . : of- Hokitika, on hiS ;being- ; transferred to; Napier ., L . ; . , ■;.;,;.; a ■; ) Wellington/. Fiiday. ' Nothing will now be done' With regard to the Government printing office till Parliament meets. : 'Plans' Were .'designed for! a < wooden ( building ; but;, it^asith^ri proposed to:i]se brick. Tnis. will'necessitate an increase, m the .vote, ; and" consequently nothing can 'be, done" fiit . Parlia-\ menit has consented^ to '.the increased^ cost. ';: ■ ;:; - "• ' •■''•' '"' '■-■'' ' ';'■'■ ' The Harbor' Board have increased 'the, salary- of >Mr Ferguson, the Engineer, from £700 .to £800 a year, to date . from January ; last year.. . . ;., , . '.. ; . ,