TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume IX, Issue 1119, 5 December 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

■*sb:- er Pros 8 Association. Special to TI IVIES. V ■ -■'■■;• Wellington, this day. The Agent-General cables, under date London, December 8, the des p^ftrtureof the steamer Bombay foi* Port Chalmers, with 300 immigrants for CHago. The British King, which sailed on Nov. stb, for Wellington, has 338 immigrants on board. * Per Press Association. . - Christchureh, This Day. . JUhe fopnd[in the Waimaka* riri ? , has been identified as that of a Mr 'Rhodes, connected with a Poverty Bay Be*tler. It has been decided to send a - team of cricketers to Auckland, on S&thDecember. Napier, Dec. 4. In the Supreme Court the case of Blackburn v. Northern Insurance broke down, the plaintiff rbeingunable to. prove that tote claim had? been made within 15 days of destruction of the premises by fire. , Wellington, Dec. 4. * The sum taken at Xe Old English Fayre, .yesterday and Saturday, amounted to L609. T,be following list of tenders was re* <&ivedfor the Taboraite station buildings i&nifact on the. Wellington»Napier Railway :— Accepted : Alexander and J&cfarlane, Wanganui £2710. Declined: Jay and Bavnes, Danevirk, £2821 ; Jlurdock and Rose, Wellington, £3077 ; Xtuoas and Humphrey, Napier, £3131 ; M; .'Burgess, Wanganui, £3290 ; fl. M'Kenvie, WoodiiJle,- £3889; James Bnuell, Wellington, £3920 ; L. Glendinning, Napier, £3889; Thomson and M'Lean, Wellington, £41 83. Thames, Dec 4. JHie .principal gold returns of the "Thames district for the month of November are— New Prince Impert 1596 ounces ; Deep Level Cross fpunces ;- Moanatairi, 139 ounces /Thames Golden Crown,2Ur ounces. * : j J-- Auckland, Dec 4. * : Mr Bryce's proposal has been ac • . ceptedby the Ngatimaniapotp and the other tribes of. KingitßS. An application to the Native Lands Court for a determination of title 1^ been, made, which' is signed by Rewi, Hitiri, T. Paerata, Taonui, Wahanui, . and Topa. Theses are great chiefs and great landowners. Hitiri hag the chief say in the Haiihau lands of Taupo. • The City School Committee intend introducing the Kindergarten [ tystemin the city schools. " ■.■ * The foundation stone of the Salvation Army barracks was laid to ,«»»y by Mrs Hampson, the evangein the presence of a number of clergy and leading citizens. There waVa large assemblage, and aver Llsowas put on stone. Captain Ted Wright also addressed the gathering. jir John Lunden, who went on a mi||idn to Samoa, has returned to Auckland by the PeDguin -from Fijii -He went to Samoa as attorney forjithe Auckland South; Sea Islands C^bpany. situation of the Triumph is unchanged. m' : & : ' Danednii Dec. 4. A?seTen»roomed house at Caversham, uaocttupie J, owned by Townsend, of N.Bi Valley, was burned down this morning. Insured in South. British for *C; ? (Grlasg, who was hurt byhw horse dragging him at Portobello, died from theinjuiies on Saturday. . The weather, to-day has been very coWr.aifillthere Wat a sharp hail shower tbnaiternbon. %■ :. " y . - WjM ': Australian Mutual Provident SocWty intend abpUshibg the present «ys&m 6t agencies and establishing brftjfccli office* under the;;naaiiag€ment of gentlemen who have received their training at head.quarte.rs. Business under the new system will be begun in 4ucklancl, Christchurcb, and Dunedin with the new year. The agents who now retire from taking an active part in the business will receive substantial recognition oC their cervices from the directors. * , Timaru, Dec, 4. The Minister of Public Works paid a Tisit to the' Albury-Fairlie Creek Bailway line, and afterwards proceeded through Burk's Pacs to the Mackenzie country toi«day. He returned to-night Mja:iei-tlbr Oaicaru at 8 p.m,