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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1671, 30 March 1886, Page 4

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(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION) ;! " r Auckland, Monday.

The Pukeknke railway station -wasj burglariously tntored last ; hignt| and the'l safe carried a quarter of a mile and then thrown over an embankment. It contained £55, but the burglars failed, to opeh it ♦

A Mrs Askew of Newmarket, died df an overdose of laudanum. . It is supposed to be a case of suicide, it being stated that she haa been m a depressed state of mind for some time, owing to tinsncesafuj speculation. - .' Thes.s. Alameda, from Sydney,made tlie 'fast time of three days nineteen hours.' Sho brings 70 saloon, and 32 steerage passengers for Pat) Francisco!. Jndge,GiUiea arrived per Alaifledaftom iSydVey. She leaves at two o?clock tomorrow afternoon. j „.- .",:; ..-. - Wellington, M<r>ridi»y. j ■ ?At;a uaeeting*of Mr Smith's creditors this! afternoon the Official Assignee said the question for the creditors to consider was whether they should not cabje] Home for the arrest of the debtor f or*coiniriitt;ng felony^ inasmuch as that he left the colony with valuables in' his possession, and did not pay his creditors. " ; The meeting adjourned until Tuesday^ '■next. ■.. . .. .■ ./< „; \.; v . : .'-. • '.',... T ueß< W* 1 '■'■ The s Government are making enquiries aa to tho condition of the mulberry trues m New .Zealand" m , order, to Ascertain .whether tha present is a good time to obtain silkworm eggs. ■ ' . ( . , ' Ross, Monday-. A lad named Walter Bernard disap- .. peared'yesterday iDoruin-g at the mouth of the Totara River, and is supposed to be drowned as the horse he was riding returned home riderless. : : - i t ; : OHRisTCHUEcff,. Monday. | . '¥r •* William White, M.H.R. for Sydenham, has forwarded his resigna,tiouto,the/ Speak r- of the House, m consequence of his medical advisers fcjdJingrhinrhe must retire from ipiiblic lif& for a year or two. .•*""' .'. i. „ * Dunedin. Monday.. ' ' Lanrence Wright, a prisoner under? agoing sentence for the Nen thorn tragedy j was charged with being mutinous, the evidence givnn .showing- that he refused to go to work, lyirif down and making fun of the other, prisoners wnen on- the* hulk m the evening. He was only to re-j ceive half rations, but he snatched the; full allowance, from the cook's hand and refused to give it up. For the defence it was contended that prisoner was asked to go to work on: a fuce .where a slip had taken placed but offered to work elsewhere. Tho Bench reserved their decision. There arej. about 19 other charges against the prisoner. ! The Minister ot Mines left for an overlandjourney ,via? Haast Jfaasf . to the. West Coast this- afternoon. Professors Black and Brown of the University ac ; company him. [ „ „ f•■ ( , . (' Premier Will leave for tnvercargill; on Wednesday. „,...--., !

The Dimedin Refrigerating 'Company . bave been' advised- ot the Eid^rslie's ar-i rival, with ; her cargo m gopd condition; but owing to heavy stocks on the mar-; ket, low prices were re/lized. Sixty thousand carcases having arrived at the: ■same tincfe, prices are hot likely 'tdiin-; prove for some time. ' , j '■■ vTlie'Gbvernmerit Rave declined to give the unemployed more than 4s per day,; and the City Council have been advised that they cannot lega'lyigiy.evtfaeiextra sixpence "per' day they h'ave.^rbtnised, but m order to keep faith with the men, however, Mayor Barnes will pay 1 money up to 1 date out of his own pocket;- " " :: : ■ -