TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1662, 19 March 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED PEESB A^OIATipN^ v Christchuboh, Thursday. \ A Mrs Sheehan attempted .saicide at .TaiTapu today, by cuttingV her throat;; $§he partially severed the bufe zk none of the arteries werecut there are .Hopes of her recovery. - "^. ' The United Hospital and Charitable to-day adopted the report of sh|h|Orphanage Committee, confirming the aismissal of Mr Ritchie, master of the Orphanage ; and Mr and Mrs Brown-rle^yf^fßrtthftprl'ndnstrial'School-rhafye- 1 been appointed master and matron of the institution. A great deal of syma general impression that he has been btardly dealt with by. the Board. > Ddnew^ %nuraday. I Si^Georere Grey returned to Dunedin to-nigh^ and', m response t(£ has consented to addre^s'a meefirig* on Friday on. borrowing and pubUcworks. The Mayor, who has up to the present supervised* the /; relief works for the unemployed, declines to do so aiiy longer, m consequence of disagreements with cpuiticillprs, . ,a.nd the .men have, .been placed m chacge of the City Siiryeyor. * ..;;•■ - Uamaru Thuisday. At. the Supreme; Court sittings to day ( ; Matry,Ballantyne,;wiis senteuced to six. ! months''- iiiiprisontnent for keeping a- % j disorderly house. _The- jury have not been able to agree Tn " the case against ': MaYy 3 f llbtitf "Mf in-fantiefdey ahd • have '■ been locked up till morning; * ! ' . , Kumaea, Thursday. i mail coach left again for the Wai- ; mea Creek •it : ll':3o : a;ui.'lt f will, put the mails and passengers over the creek, and take them 'forward to tnoet^acorfclj ' : wh^h left^Bealey westward, at ll'a.ra. . i ,: A'uckl!anp, : Thursday; ' I 'At a 1 meeting of Native members fthe Roman Catholic Church f Held l 'at j Hokianga, it was determined to petition i the Pope to appoint DrJVtcDonald bishop jfor tfie Native. racsv Hi§ Holmj&ss is lalsp^be asKe3^ to improve the standine; :ofeN|fiye de^ons'v'; ■ '■'■' \-.^^£ i ; Tofai-flt- Hospital Coil»mitte^-ini 'quiry intc "the 'conduci^ofcJC)/ McLeod, which comnidticed here yesterdaji at r ll a.&i.lhta Pn^r|just"Hdvf rcdrfeUmf d.s ' Dr McLeoa cross-exanJine^oT "tue * Hospital wardsnie.n/last : nighfc fpr;(o,uic|).qu.rs He denied aH the charges against film, but was unsupported by corroborative evidence, altht)iigll^e'statdd|he wiould later on bring" Both *rert)il- arid docuuientary tesjtimpny,, ,, The; wjiolp of .the.ey.ide/iQe ncjw befpre ihe. Charitable^Atd Board,' when' the matter av(ll' be. (rejflt with. Ttyere is considerable r ; excit^me'ni here over 'tne* kffair; ' ''• ' ' ■ ■''' !

.iiAof „,,.,,(I^o^ Thursday.. ".iiXhe I contracfc,for ; ,tj}e 'construction ,." qf the Ca^Ppp'l^ind'Baiiiway .frejpg'fimshr ed, the 'tendersf or quarrying the stone ior tlie break Water hot { 'having dlosetl', and the letting 1 of the contract for the Nine-Mile Railway being indefinitely delayed,! a> number, of Workmen who have come, herftx, from, a distance are out : of wprfc,,aiid aQ.uneraployed.,,meetipg;,! iasi heen heldf, The were raiber lively: This *noraing 24. iinen' 'iipplieii for work; ' and they' are being prdvi<& d j for. The difficultyappear* to be merely tempo^aryi -but i -it is very inconvenient ! wb.ile it lasts. A-4arge number of the ; laboringjoli^tiaiat businetp.;p ! ep:p! l e bave flocked to Westport within the last 12' inonthfl-yj.] j^ j j| i ;