TEEGAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 51, 29 January 1884, Page 3

TEEGAPHIC NEWS.

(PKB UNITED T?,nBSS ASqpOIAIIOW ;) 1 : l AucKLANDji, January;, 28. The incj'ease of the assessment this J , Teai'ls SSOwOOO, giving afe incr^se ,to " "the rates ofe£2ooo. < : ;j ; Sir^aebr^e Gt'ey, 1 and Msrs; l)argaville and, Mbss", M;H.'|t,'s adftfeVs j a ]>üblic ; nie^eting. . at Jbe. , Qhoral Hall to- morrow eyening under, the auspices of the Eighj; Hour Demonstration; Com • ! .. 'niittee. , ■. .-•■-- ' . n r ■'-■'' ' Napter, Jianuary 28.; Four cases of sly 'gvog sfeiling'ih the Tai*awera 'drstriet wer^ ( .^eard .At Ijlie JResjident M^giyti'atJß-s'. (.Cpvirt./.tq-diy. Tvt v In 1 two of, them, small fines. were iri-| flicted. The decision m the other two' .cases was adjouraed. : Defendants wei'e , Maori women, and their counsel urged tbabrthe word« «h6 ;n 'and " hi^'|ih :; the Licensing' Act referred only to men.' Mr Preece, tho Resident t^ Magisti)a|te, took time to .qonsider, the;poinfc; ia • led rMifafg $c\xop\ ".j^mi&iltpo election^ tq.njgh,t:Causedunusualexciteraent: , x ,.,i- : 7Mea»rß>>Mnrray Robicrts^'and ' Cp,^, received the follcwing. cabjle „ j je-; the £ - Home wool ' market,' ; under date^ .Tjo% £> - don, <$K5#V from jiilessra * Sanderson, : : Mnfr*aijr, and Co :" the , Bradford mar.kct.ia weaker;; Scotch dulli'^ _. '••""''- ' Gretmouth,- January, 2B.; ..„ The exports'from here'last week'was 3142 tons;* the bulk .beiiig coal,' jand the Remainder coke, lim e, . and; , bricks . .• v j :! .i 5 : , Jai)jiwy 28.j The .^P^mpteijfc iGi'onndis(?o«i)patiy „ have- decked' jlo hold race niheeifings on 'tbeir ground.' '• ,' ' t . '"" : '/■ .-,[', ,A. ■■'■-■--> Dunedin, Jaftifar^ 1 28j Heavy lain has fallen, all day, and weather 1 is very cofdi; "Tliere are no s^gns x>£.improvemttit tTiis evening. ,The ftrioketers anlyed ' ; AhKevening.' The match with Otago begins on, Erulay^' \/ t \ ' ;' y, /V, \ ° v^ho elections of School Committees tbpk iplaco i te-mgh't. Dunedin i? nOw . ,r,4kidedi into! fi»e districts.- A #ood : "deal of interest was taken m each district. fn one case a m^med won^an was -elected -without her' own or husband's consent. Wljeu. jshe was interi I 'viewed* at her hbuse she fle'dliiied to act, and the • taeetihg 1 broke up m a quandary wbatto do. ,The Rcfiurning; U Officer ruled that she Wad been ' clipcted--l.''*ndresigßecl. _".'■ . :