TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 210, 10 August 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

UNITED PHESS ASSOCIATION.) Timaru, August 8. Two parties have been fi ted oat m Timaru to prospect for gold m the country behind the town, as there are several places where gold has beea fouud at various times. Hawbra; Attgunt 8. At ft sale ef forfeited deferred-pay-ment sections to-day, all were sold except one. One 21 -acre section near Gkaiawa fetched £12 5s per acre ; one 5-acre section, Manaia 1 suburbs, fetched £29 10s per acre. Dunedin, August 8. Mr Fish, m a lett r to the Chamber of Commerce, says that the investigations of the Telephone Committee have resulted, so far, m proving that the actual cost of the instruments to the Government is £14, and the annual charges £7 10s per instrument, leaving an ample margin after allowing for wear and tear. Under present arrangements, the Government will all but pay off m one year the whole cost of the instruments. Auckland, August 8. A quantity of beef and pork is being exported from Auckland to Mauritius, via Sydney, the previous exportation proving satisfactory to consignees. * August 9. The police are pressing the an tie Sunday liquor law. Gallander, of thr Pacific Hotel, was fined £10 to-day fo a breach of the Acfc. A cablegram reports that the Australia, with the outward 'Frisco mails, arrived on the 7th, two days ahead of contract time. The Secretary of the regatta committee has written to the Australian Yacht Clubs stating that a prize of £200 will be offered at the next regatta if yachts will come over to compete for it. McDonald, Engineer of the Harbor Board, has returned from Australia with the dock plans approved by the consulting engineer.