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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1667, 25 March 1886, Page 4

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V (J ; BR jpTNITED PRESB ASSOCIATION.) ' amai^, „;'.; ;..'.. Auckland,. Wednesday. Buckley, Colonial Secretary^ who -has been here adjustiacr mattersi • relating to • charitable ' institutions arid.; asylums, leaves for HVaikato ta-inorxow. 7. - : " : The difference between bootmaker operatives and masters still, remains un settled.* The notice of the men expires tfris week; and unless the men's demands j $r<e acipeded jto, a strike is probable. The toasters; have convened & meeting to Qonsidjsr the demands. . ' /Wellington, Wedhpsday. ?.At the Police Court* Masterton, John bollock,; John; % Burrow, and John Freebody, were, charged with larceny of three calves at' Carterton, and committed for trial. Evidence for the detenoa was reserved. -••■ ■.:■■ ;■ Defence Department are engager! drafting a new Volunteer Act for next session. '.; -.It/- is not yet settled whether tUe.MUitiaregiilations will be interfered ■with."' ' ' *-"V ...-. ; •. 1.:.".-.: _ Government have decided to present Messrs Tanthorn and Stewart, the i two, young men who by signalliag • to v the : driver of a locomotive prevented the ; '• de 1 - " sfruction of a- f goods: train at Stewart's Gully, Kaiapoi, with £25 each. «*»At-a-meeting ofrthe Cattle Board* this af terijopn a veterinary surgeon's report on the reported caseVof tuberculosis was re,a<L.JSe -does, not consider it a case of tuberculosis, and that the disease is non contagious arid non- infectious. The board decided to take no action m the matter. ' /• . • . . The writ issued : by Mr S. S. Downes, of the Pier Hotel, against Sir Wm. Fox tor libel was served to day. The damages claimed are £5000, and the case will pro bablyb^e heard at the ensuing sittings of the Supreme Court. ; v : Hokitika, Wednesday. Matthew; Doyle* a bankrupt, has - been/ sentenced to two months' iinprisonmen t for not keeping books, and for buying goods' when, insolvent. ",' A targe, waterspout passed along the coast iod ay, breaking opposite the town.- ' ;...■ . . • ■•>■■ ■'-■•...■ " ■ ■ ■ • ..Matthew Burnett has commenced his temperance mission here.' He received, an enthusiastic audience. CeBistCHOKCH, Wednesday. The new tramway constructed by the City Council to thje new cemetery was formally opened . this afternoon . by the Mayor. . v :.„ ...; - Ddnedin, Wednesday. • In Banco to-day,- m the case of Egyptenne v. Bank of New Zealand, arising out of George Turnbull's sugar transactions, the court gave judgment for the' plaintiff for i-2300,' with costs.