TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 139, 19 May 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

INTERPROVINGIAL.;

(UNITED PEBSB ASSOCIATION.) Hawera, May 18. Mr Bowron delivered an address here yesterday to tbe farmers on the subject of a cheese and batter factory. He said tor richness of soil, yield of milk per cow, and quality of milk, he had seen nothing to equal Taranaki, Last evening a meeting parsed a resolution urging the commencement at I Hawera of a line. tp'Mahawapou, bo | that when the Mana«vapou contract j was finished there shtrald be no furthe/j delay. It w*s also resolved to solicit 1 j the jeo-operation of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce m agitating for; the main north line to come by way ot! Mokau. New Plymouth, May 18. | The steamer Oreti was £Ot off the i Waitara Spit last nuht, and will leave; for Manak*q to-night. - v : „ I I - Napier, May 18. ; The Mayor has .received, aHtelegf ami | from the Governor's secretary stating I that Hi 9 Excellency will be m Napier | on the morning of the 29th. There is a great scarcity of domestic servants. The im migrants by*the Westmeath and Rangitikei will all find immediate employment. . Auckland, May 18. ; AH the single men and women by , J the * Wpstmeath have found employs j ment, and many of the Ranajitikei's ; are also engaged. The Weßtmeath, after taking m 350 tons .of coal, leaves here*, for Por.t;Ghaimers' on' Monday or Tuesday, thence to Newcastle, and then : ho China. ; . ...,,..= -.-. George H. Shepperson is arrested for bigamy. Thomas Dobson, of Lahore, was accidentally drowned at rTujaßay. Mr J. M. Dargaville, M.H.R., met j bis City South constituents last night at St. James' Hal. There was a fair attendance, and he was" well received.' -He condemned Major : T Atkinson's ; scheme of compulsory insurance, Mr Rolleston's management of Crown lands^aridi'MrvßrycVs management of the native lands; as a stop gap to the progress of. settlement of the lands of I the colony. Hejpraised Mr Bryce's ad-i "mini Yration of affairs, and thought his . removal from the post of v Native Mini-! ster . woul dbe a misfortune. That ques -i! tipay.oughC^tbv.b^ rempv«|d. from; ihej region 1 "6t party As to Education Act, lie would oppose all; tinkering with it. A vote of thanks! and confidence Wjas passed./ : ? - ;"■ Wellington, May 18. In connection witli the recent fire at the Wathenga Hotel, Edward Tolley; has hem arrested on -a charge of arson.; He iwas; taken before { a Ji P. arid ad-; mitted "to bail, himself m £400j»nd two -sureties* of "£2oo eachv?— "" -"- ' r "'-~" : Greymodth, May 18. IJLigood deaPbf anxiety is felt for the Adieu, which left Greymouth on the iOtfobf April for Melbourne,, and has hot been beard of since. She was laden with coal. f . .... I jTbe^nW-Trinity^ Churchf'was conse» ; crated yesterday,. by r -Bishop ;Su ter. Aj Jarge ; co'ngrega'tioh^ *yfis~ present, and a; liberal offertory taken. ; CHRISTCHURCH,MayIB. ' The first .annual meeting of the Society for the Prevention ef Cruelty to animals was held to-night m the Provincial Conncil Chamber, which wa*i crowded. 1 The ; receipts fbti teh months were £110 and the expenditure, £104. The prizes to children for an essay|on the duty of kindness to animals were distributed to 2ii cynfpetitfprs;: classifie 1 asunder 10 years, 12 years, 14, and and 16. The young people's branch, "riombers nearly 900. I The Gas Company yesterday resolved 1 to rjE>duce ( .the ( !price/p;f ; ;ga8: tO:)10s for| lighting purposes, and 8s 4d for cooking and engine?. It was also resolved to increase the capital byiSOOO'sfafarea of '■ . :.OAMARU,Iiay 18. The North Otagp Agricultural and; -Postoral Association resolved to reauest the Government to take steps to pre-; vent the importation of stock disease! to the colony, by imposing quarantine arrangements for at least two months. ' r- ; > X BuNBDiN, Maylß. i Already a candidate is mentioned for Mr Rutherford's seat. It is likely that Mr Henry Clark, the Chairman f Bruce County Council and member of the L^nd Board, will receive a requisi-! tipn to stand. __; , ;