TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume IX, Issue 1120, 6 December 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

l|» Press Association. 4 Hamilton, This day. The JWaikato Times, t is morning state tipsJ Z long»neglected districts of WbtUwbata and Raglan are at last about to^be connected by telephone. Christchurch, This daj. Mr J. W. Hamilton, an old settler, having cone to. New Zeajand prior to the aettlwnent of Canterbury, died early this mpftipg aftef a very short illness. Deceasedlformerly held several Government appointments, and was one of the proprietor*j)f the Canterbury Times. JoseJ^i JHainiltbn, farmer at the St Hills near Christchurch, was accidentally drownedjeßterday evening it Stewarts z€"'"' Nelson, JDec' 5. Mr Levestam, M.H.R., addressed the electors this evening, and was accorded a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence. Christchurch, Dec 4. It has been decided to hold anniversary sports as. usual on the 17th December, ff A ARavajteJjjß' space at the exhibi- 1 tisn ifjflfued for, and 500 square feet m excess, jt for which accommo- i dation will Winded. I . ~fZ :^fuckland, JDec. 5 A ten^ropmed'^liouse and Bhops m the Grammar School I 'ndp«" ment was burned down early this morning. The stock of the tenant, Mrs Impey^was destroyed. It was insured in* the Union for LIOO. The building was uninsured. The Waitaki at high water today tfingfijdeavoured' to haul the Trinmplibff, and she was moved asterfiKmeTten feet, when further efior&m&e postponed till to-night OriStefthe men working at When ukiti tramway, at Mercury Bay, na^£nnknown, was killed by a fallfof \earth. omm*~ JDunedin, Dec. 5. letter has been re» ceiiea by the German Consul here fronttbe Cohsniin Sydney :—"Sydnev. Itejgber % 1888. Sir,— Tbe increfSng^mportance of export -of fresh aH^M-om Australia to Engi« land Travwg been noticed m the agrfdjfiftlral paper of Berlin, His Higwees Prince Bismarck is den sirons of gaining some informations aboufrtheidevelopment of this industry nyNte*'-now. ; In order to make the irfennation which I have been callenirpon'fo furnish as complete as pwttsttde/ Lhave the honor to reques9pra^ kindly to favor me with a detailed^repbrt on the subject. In-pai-ticnls"**^ tely the price of meat-in- New Zealand, jfcfee^cost of transporting it Jto FnglanlaV e and - eventually Abo Germany,* a^U 'the cost of the-proce? dure for preserving it." ■'r-' 1 ■Jr«pie i r;'Dsc. l i. The Council to-night refused to renew

j the contract of the Gas Company for lighting the streets, and took no other steps for lighting. . Some councillors are m favour of returning to kerosene, owing to the high, price of gas. ;Mr Stout lectured to-nieht on " A True Democracy" to a crowded audience. Wellington, Dec. 4. The meat which was being frozen here for shipment by the Triumph numbers 4500 carcases of mutton, and this will be shipped by the steamer "Victory, due here m a few weeks. tVellinaton, Dec. 5. The Kteamer JKawatiri, which whashore, at Westpori yesterday, was got off to-d iy. ..Not the slightest damagt was done. Greymouth, Dee. 5. The- weather is still urset'led, wet, and squally. There is a heavy sea on the bar, and no vessel is likely to leave to-day. The river is slightly m fresh. -.-.'l-. ' Timai u, Dee, 5. Sailed — Seatoiler, barque, for London, with a cargo of wool, wheat, flour, preserved meats, etc., value about L 30,000: