TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 56, 5 February 1884, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(united press association.) Auckland, February 4> j The; Doric' bn ngs ' 68" pisdengers ' f or i A uckland, apd 143 for Southern ' ports. ! The New*. Zealand Timber Qampany haire declared a dividend of 16 percent., The champion billard match at, the; Lorn,eHitreet Hall, between Weiss l fcnd' Lyons^.the formei giving 400 points, Weissj went -'out ; wheti 1 Lyons only reached 791. • ThebestibreatewarlOl;; ' ;i< '■•"' ' I The Auckland. Gas Company have de-i . olared a dividend of 8s 6d per share for the half«ye4r,j -.■'.. I ; *■■ The New Zealand. Timber Company ?j»ve declared a dividend :at the rate ptJlO] per cent per annum- The net profits forj the year were £12,268. i 8 The Dorip brings 900 tons, of railway ■ir»w} P&rt for : the' Tramway Cbmpany 1 , 'and ,#»«■£ for- the Rotorua Railwa/. She ex•peo(s .to leave for the South, on Thureday..»,,«,. :~ ; • '\-.i .'.. ':?•. ■' •:■ • ; - ;' ! ' Captain Vine Hall, of Sydney, is en-j jiaged m matin? a searching investigation! 'oh' behalf of the Loudon underwriters t into tH'eicircnmstances of the sale of the Steamer Triumph recently stranded at TiritiTi. ( .Te.Eooti passed through Cambridge: with a large escort to-day^ on his jvay to dthtfKing Ooflrirry. ' : - - >; :i '. « . ; {.-;;: ;.-■• :•;■■ Gisbosne; February 4. j ; The County Council first applied* fbif £32,000, then reduced, their demand to %spo0 t «nd now have been allotted £1000 ~~itpm the Roads and, Bridges Fun.a, ' ; ;j nr.ur.<: - Hjlwera,' Februa^'y^'. . ; On Saturday the : adjourned meeting of farmers' ' re-forming fen Agricultural and Pastoral Society waaiield, aird it.f.as fully resolved to start the Association, to be called the Egmont . District Agricultural and Pastoral Aasociation. «•_ -; -J-. .-... . . Wellington, February 4. . The inquiry into the stranding of th 6 barque Fusileer- will .be held on Wednesh °rfay. The "barqua is not injured} but doubt is felt as' to whether it would pa^ to get her off. " . ... , i i • I TittißtT, February 4. ; This year" the Sottth Canterbury Jockey Olub't Timaru Cup-will weigh 95 ounced, v*qrth:ii6o, ia !; additidn to the. stakes', of f i2OO for the, same race.. , The ; total, #dded iaoney at the meeting will be aboiit LIOOO. . Bunedin, February 4. j A deputation of the Trades and Labour douiofcil wafted on Mr Stout on Snturdajy •night, and he T agreed to draft a Bill for -next- eeesion to enable senmen to obtain the franchise, by holding electoral rights similar to; miners' rights. He also figreed to draft' a petition 10 have Dunedin rex formed into' one electoral distnct.l J The pockets of the clothes of the TaStnanian cricketers were rifled m the pavilion on Saturday, and about £50 stolen.. The RoHce to-day arrested a young m4n nanwJ ilarr on suspicion. j Imioii\ Bank £1 notes altered into £5 hate bean discovered m circulation. > At a meeting of the High School Board of (Jbvernors to-day letters were read, from Mrs Stout and Mies Dairy raple suggesting classes for the teaching of cookery at the Girls' gigh School. Consideration cf the letters was postponed.