TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 254, 23 September 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED PUESB ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, Sept. 21. Mr Do Lauiour lectures on " Liberalism " here next "Wednesday. The twelve hours' walking match for £50 a side resulted at 11 o'clock lunt night in Stevonson having walked 58 miles 29 laps. A. Hendry broke down at the 48th mile. Chiarini's circus opened last night, 4000 being present. Clark and Ry man's American Comedy Company al«o opened at the Opera House to an excellent attendance. Thames, Sept.. 20. A very rich parcel of specimens from th« Piince ofTmpeiial mine wan crushed to dayi I'i'cwt of stone.producing 1967 oz "of gold. The miners at Waiorongomai re sented the remarks passed upon thejr class by t ; .e lion member for Franklin North, who is reported to have imputed to them in the House, a charge of wasting their time in riotuous living. On Thursday evening th«y vented their indignation by solemnly trying Bnckland's effigy for slander, arid sentencing him to be hanged and afterwards blown up with dynamite, which decree was duly carried into effect. Greymouth, Sept. 20. Coal is a little short, owing to some trifling stoppages at the mine. Hokitika, Sept. 20. Hugh Mcßeeves, chemist, of Revellstreet, whilst chopping* wood in his backyard yesterday . evening, dropped down dead. He leaves a wife and three children. - . GHRiSTCHUBort,. Sept. 20. William Smith, and Susan Coleman were oommiUed for trial to-day for stealing a gold watch from Nathaniel Tapling in a house to which he "had followed the woman. An. association has been formed for obtaining increased protection for local industries. A committee has Jbeen appointed, and there is every prospect of a strong association being formed. Dunedin, Sept. 20. The half-yearly meeting of M.U.1.0.F. was held yesterday, at Mosgiel. For the half year ending June 30, the receipts were £4232 and expenditure £2639. The value of the lodge fund was £36,196. It was intended io hold a rowing tournament yesterday, in which 26 crews from mercantile houses and Government offices, «&C. were to ■'. take part, bub a furious south-wester, with rain-squalls, prevented it. was postponed till Tuesday, when the Mayor will declare a half-holiday. | Gisborne, Sept. 20. Tricker vlias Marshall, remanded from Wellington to Auckland for wife desert ion7 was arrested yesterday by the police, charged by Miss E. Harris, Gisborne, with bigamy. Robert Finlayson, who was charged with the arson of a small store at Riporoa, his own properly, has been committed for^trial. The insurance was effected a month before. Priso,---t ners footmarks were traced from the scene of the fire at Awanni, where it was proved accused slept that night. .Accused's boots fit exactly with the footprints. Finlayson said to Hays, a native, "You got me 'into this^ when I get out I'll shoot, you."