TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1737, 18 June 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

„, , . . (UNITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION.) - ■■••'" "■■■- Atiok£Ain>, Thursday. ' An old resident ot the Thames, named 0. E. Dod, lieenwo of the , Dake of Edinburgh Hotel, wtisdrofrned' op Tuesday night off Shortlarid embhnfcnrfcnt. ■■ I The brigatint Linda Weber has clewed at the. Cuatoms for Kimberley, with nine passengers, and a full cargo. ' Napiee, Thursday. The Bpnmgh Council tonight passed absolution strongly protesting against the borough auditors being appointed by Government, the experience of county conncils^and harbor boards being adducedas a reason for not making any, change m the present system of election. Invbroabgill, Thursday. A large meeting of settlers at Th»rnbury passed resolutions emphatically protesting against the importation of stoats and weasels as a means of sup* pressing thY rabbit pest. „.' ■ A man named Jdhri.Crilla was fouß dead cloiie' :to the Kingston r*it*ay '\ bridge, near Wintoni His sk;nll was fracturod, and the horse he had been riding was so badly injured that it had t to be shot. The engine driver of the late train noticed nothing unusual, and supposed that deceased's .horse shitd and threw him on the culvert, which it afterwards tried to cross. boNEDiN, Thursday. At the annnal meeting of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association it was stated that it bad been decided to establish a ram fair. Mr G. G. Russsll was Appointed president. ; - ' ; '.•'•■: Hokitika, Thursday, The Mont dOr Company's total wash ing is 4200z5. It has declared a difidend of one Bhilling. , • } ; ;^ v > ' , Masterton^ Thuriday ..* At a meeting of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Society held to-day, the following resolution was passed :—" Thaf steps be taken to have the Wellihgton district proclaimed a clean district, being free from apab ; vide Chief -Inspector Bayley V tep'oit." A: memorandum is to be sent to the Colonial Secretary.