TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1742, 24 June 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED PRESS ASBOCIATIOK ) GisBOSNE, Wednesday. Hunia Te Irir this morning was sentenced to two years' hard labor for burglary, and for escaping from custody to two and a half years. The sentences are to run concurrently. Rawiri Karaha f was released on his own recognisance, on a charge of false pretences, owing to the principal witness, Wi Pere, Bem"£away at Parliament. The accused is to come up next session if called on. Pakirikiri Hoteh^was |bqrjnjijlowu this morhmg: Thers^ .'was ifid "istar 6n~the> premises at the time, .^he insurance v £400 m ttie Jtiomy*u Mercantile Union... ~~ . v :• Two native^ for 'arson were aoqnittefl at'the Supreme" Couret ■■■.-. ■.. f: | ; . The ; mardelca3e against Wmt ßowj. I land has been adjourned untU Monday, on application of prisoner's^solicitor. \ Aucklavi), Wednesday. > The Alamnda's mail to-day consisted of 467 bags, of which 157: were Mora Auckland. There were 42,522 ne\fcs papers. ' ' ' ' !• i* Mrs Dixon has been committed for trial to-day, charged with stabbing Harry Powers with a pair of scizzors. . Gannon was committed for trial for burclarly at a jeweller's shop m Ponsoaby Road. l"ife . , Jnvebcargill, Wednesday. "Y slight shock of earthquake wasfelt at 6.20 a.m. to-day. It was also felt 36 mifes away, and very severely at the Bluff. J A tremendous sea is. running m Foveaux Straitpand compelled Stewart Island steamers to run back to the Bluff, Chbistchurch, Wednesday. . . A telegram received from the Soufchem Cross Petroleum Works states that on Friday the bore wt>s down 882 ft -with a moderate show of oit. The gas was Sufficient to light the works at night, giving a flame 3ft high. During the afternoon the leadir.g mercantile houses T^ere closed, and there : were also a number of flags hanging half mast as a mark of respect for the late Mr Robert Wilkin, who was^burwd today. Thefnoeral was one of the largest that has been seen m Chriterbury. ; The New Zealand Shipping Company ,is advised by cable tthatt t the Opawa arrived m the Obannel on June 21. | Blenheim,' WeineSday. , A numerously signed petition from, the electors of the Wairan arid Pictqn electorates goes over to Wellington tpnight,for presentation to the House, m, favor of a railway through the Riai Valley, to connect Nelson wilh Marlborough, m preference to the-TopHonpe route; The signatures will probably reach 1000. DuNEbiN,' Wednesday. ; The house of Mrs Anderson, at Glenelg, was destroyed by fire, the occupants barely escaping without injury: The house had been insured for £300 m the Standard office, but^ by van oversight the policy lapsed two days before the. ,fire. \.:5.-. ." ■ ;:, G x „-■''. •■ ■•« ... An old resident ajt Ophir named Nbrris Ley has' mysteriously disappeared, and there are suspicions of unfair play* He has not been seen since 24th, except by a man who was living with him, and who states that Norns Ley left the house on the sth instant, but did not say where he was going. Search has been made, but has proved unavailing.. '