TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 156, 30 May 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION) Auckland, May 28. His Excellency the Governor left Manukau for Wellington m the s.s, Hinenioa this morning. A Wangarei Goal Mining Company ha& l een formed 10 work the "Whanwhau Coal Mines. Twenty thousand shares have been taken up and a railway line to connect with the present Government line is to be completed m five months. Blexiielv, May 28. At a meeting of working men, it was decided to form a Land and Labor Council on the lines of the Otago and Auckland associations. Hoeitika, May 28. Patrick Collius has boon comruittf-d for trial for indecent assault on Sophia Malittn. Bail was accepted, accused m £100, and two sureties of £50 eacn. The warrant for the execution of O Donoghue for the murder of J. Gilford, has been signed aud is on its way to the sheriff of Westland. Ghristchurch, May 28. At their quarterly meeting the Chamber of Commerce, appointed Messrs Chrystall and Meares to represent thorn at the conference of chambers to be held at Wellington next month. The president, m his •address, attributed the depression* here, partly lo overbuilding, and states that, roughly speaking about a quarter of a million had beenexpended m the city daring the past, three years m building new stores, hotels, banks, and factories. He recommended farmers to (urn their attention to producing feed for live stock, as wheat-growing, especially on light lands, did not p:iy. He expressed a hope that the Legislature would encourage a fortnightly direct steam service, diverting the subsidy now paid for the San Francisco service to the New Zealand and shaw-Savill Cjrapaniep. Iv the course of a discussion, members quoted instances where steamers were competing sue cessfully with railway, m consequence of high railway tariff ; m one ca.se 47£ tons had been brought from Lyttelton to Christclmrch, via Surancr, and a saving of £8 effected. Wellington, May 29. The steamer Aorangi sailed for London via Kio «Xaniero at noon today. Among her passengers are Mrs Atkinson (wife of the Premier), Colonel Macartney, Drs Kemp and Muller, and Captain W. H. Coll«eck. The nomination for the East Coast election is fixed for the 9feh prox., and the poll will be taken on the 16th. A private cablegram received by the United Press Association from Plobart this morning states tbafc Mr Fergus, M.H.R., for Wakatipu, had met with an accident and had been confined to his bed for some time. The report that he intended resigning his seat is untrue. The railway authorities here state tli ore' is no truth whatever m the Chiistchurch telegram that two trains met m. the Lytteltou lunuel yesterday morning. Duxedin, May 29. Mr Dektour, M.H.R., has inmate! that he has no intention of seeking election for Mount Ida.j