LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1278, 19 February 1883, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[VXB UKITID AMOCUTIOX]. CHRISTCHURCH, Thi. Day. Frank Guinness, the President of the Working Men's Association, will support Mr Richardson for Selwyn, instead of standing himself. William Lee, while working in a harvest field last week, received sunstroke, and i. now in a precarious condition. Killing sheep for preparation for export was commerced at the recently erected Belfast Freezing works, on Saturday last. AUCKLAND. This Day. Mr Bryce left for Wangarei to meet Mr Rolleston there, and settle some recent Native disturbances, The Licensing Elections are causing some excitement in the city, as the Licensed Victuallers and the Temperance Society have each their tickets. The experiments in smelting ironsand at Onehnnga continue to be successful. Another furnace will be commenced next week. Arrived—The barque Crownthorpe, captain Evert, 98 days from London. DUNEDIN, This Day. The N.Z. Electric Light Company on Saturday night experimented with the arc light. The trial was thoroughly satisfactory, and the light is to bo continued. Three photographic negatives were taken to try the effect, and turned out well. The plates were exposed for two, ten, and thirty seconds respectively. George Smith, better known as Ohuffy, one of the oldest residents in Dunstan, is missing. He is supposed to have fallen into the river whilst intoxicated.

BLUFF, This Day. After leaving Melbourne for Dunedin, a steerage passenger, named J. W. Stock, waa mas missed from the Manapourl. He is nip. fiosed to have gone overboard. From his otters found on board it appears hs was employed in the Government Printing OSes Melbourne.

MASTERTON, This D*y. Tawhiao left Te Ore this morning n rantt for Napier. He proceeds thence to Taupo and Alexandria. Eight tons of provisions are stated to have been despatebad by rail from Masterton to Alexandria, as a present for Tawhiao on his arrival there.