To-day's Despatches.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 146, 29 May 1883, Page 2

To-day's Despatches.

[B* THtIBGRAPff. | ; (united press association-.) ! Christohurch, This Day. ; i: I On Thursday' morning a man named Samuel Peterson, employed at Mr Good rnn's farm, at Green Park, wi\s found 'dead at the foot of a ladjde 1 placed against the wall of a house. ;On I examination "his neck was found to: be broken. An inquest was held )on Friday, andean open verdict returned." < i Dunedin, This Day. The Times declares that the City Licensing Committees : have agreed j m future to allow no hotel jn^the city to keen open after 11 o'clock Wtf night, and: to strictly administer the Act; < ' . Eor being refused liquor when drunk, a man named Gawn brutally assaulted the landlord, of an hotel, damaging property^ and also assaulting a 'constable, He. received a sentence, of sii weeks' imprisonment, without the' option of a -fine. - •-..• ■ •■•; •• ■' ■ ~.-- : -" : '''> •■•";• • All the female immigrants by thie ship Caroline have been engaged. The Immigration Officer reports that twice the number could have secured employment. .: . Welmngtoit, •; This Day.; At a meeting of the licensed victuallers yester afternoon it was 'decided that, m consequence of the poor support which had been given to the association by members m the trade, its affairs should, be wound up. The present; association has only been m existence about a month, and the attendance at the meeting was very small considering the number of publicans who had agreed to join. : Peter McGrath, contractor for a seetipa.of.the Wellinflton^Manawatu railway and the Te Aro reclamation, has assigned his estate. A number of tradesmen bad their shops open on Sunday, but no notice was taken by the police.