TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1664, 22 March 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(united press association.) Auckland, Saturday. At a mooting of the United Hospital and Charitable Aid Board it was decided, to levy a rate, and let the matter be tested m a court of law. The foundation of a bursary at St Patrick's College, Wellington, is contemplated by the Hibernian Society. Christchurch, Saturday. James Hamilton was committed for trial to day on a charge of ootainiug wines, spirits, &c., to the value of £114 from W.i J.Taylor, merchant, of Christchurch, under false pretences. : A requisition to the Mayor of Christchurch is m course of preparation, asking him. to convene a public meeting for the purpose of considering the action ol the Charitable aid Board m summarily dismissing the master and matron of the Orphanage. Oamaru, Saturday. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Cou 1 1 closed to day. Yesterday evening Mrs Croft was acquitted. on a charge of having set fire to her house, with intent to defraud the Colonial Insurance Company. It was stated m evidence that the accused had advised the wife of tue landlord of the house to get it insured, as she did not intend to pay any more insurance premiums. A number of articles belonging to the accused had also beeu found secreted m a shed after the fire. For the defence, it was shown that ill-feeling existed between the accused and the wife of the landlord. To-day a verdict was given for defendant m the. libel case brought against the Rev Seth Smith by a young man named Moor. The action arose out of a document sent to a Committee of the Blue Ribbon Army, stating that the prosecutor was m the habit of frequenting brothels. The jury found that the defendant was not guilty of publishing the libel, and that the alleged libel was true