TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 240, 6 September 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) \ ... . --,:; Ax-ckland, §t»pt. 4. Mr Haknene, M.H.K., writes to his Mentis at '• 1 fir ia" very much disgused at the way the. members are wasting the time at Weljingfon, an*l unless they go to work now lie will return home. At a testimony meeting of reclaimed drunkards and others, held by the Salvation; Army to-night m the*^ Choral Hall, there was a large attendanso'. Mr J. C. Stone, a va&Crx 'chsmt^ presided, .and among the,' re- ' claimed drunkards who testified were the common hangman and the, pro? digal sbnof a Victqrian mayor,. | Christchurch, Sept. 4. . The Harbor Board at their meeting tprday, considered tho charge to be madefor the tug Lyttelton conveying .the Hon. Mr Stout to Wellington Recently at the rate agreed upon, viz., £2 per hour, which would amount to £90. The board resolved that it would be advisable to take the public nature of the services rendered into consideration, and make the charge £50, which would be about?; the amount expended m wages and coals'. . D&NEDIN,* Sept. 4./ The Stondart Insurance Company has declared an interim dividend at the rate : of 7£ per cent. •; - The Benevolent Institution are forwarding a petition to Mr Pyke for presentation to the House, m reference to the desertion of wives evil by their husbands. Nelson, Sept. 4. . At a meeting, of the directors of the Champion Copper Company today it was resolved to order at once from Fraser and Chalmei*s', of Chicago, a one thirJyrtou water jacket snie)ter, and ftl.^o to lay a tramway fine fromjtho mine |io the smelting site, 'fho company expect io Ifij siheltin^inf six months 'hence. , The m^iu s))'aft yt'ill be completed this njonth, tQ a distance of 150 ft.