TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1154, 19 January 1884, Page 2

TELE G R APH I C INTELLIGENCE.

I Per Press Association. Wellington* This day. The directors of the New Steamship Company : issued! invitations to a large number leading citizens to a dinner on board their steamer Aorangion Monday evening. Masterton, This day. A six-roomed cottage, owned by C. |Giifford, of Napier, was burned with all its contents yesterday afternoon. The origin of the fire is un-" known. The house was occupied by a man named Hollway and family. His wife heard a crackling noise while m her bedroom and ran into the kitchen to ascertain the cause. The heat overhead was so' great that she went out and saw the roof m flames. The furniture was insured. The house was insured m the New Zealand for £125. Wellington, Jan. 18. The whole of the freehold land, plant, &c, belonging to the Wellington City Tramway was sold by auction to-day, and realised £15,075. Dr Grace and Mr Greenfield were the purchasers. The Hon. Mr Rolleston leaves for Lyttelton this evening. Captain Beudall, of the Under* j writers Association, has left for the wreck of the Pusileer to -ascertain, if:. -: she can be floated off. He will also superintend the floating off of the stranded steamer In apier at Bangi« tikei River. ; , The Eoch Leven trout ova re- . . ceived by the Aorangi for the Otago Acclimatisation Society is a present from Sir James Maitland, Bar., ' of : Stirling/? A woman named Anne Watts, aged 42, wife of Job Watts, of Qhiro, died s-iddenJy this afternoon. She risited the Victoria Hotel with a friend, and had a glass of spirits , I after which she retired into the par- | lour. A few minutes If ter the [landlady visited the room; and j found her quite dead. Her" husband states that deceased was an. inveterate drinker. An inquest will be held. Shaw«Saville's Albion Company's chartered steamer Florida sailed from Plymouth on the 16th inst. for Port Chalmers, Lytfcelton, and WeU lington with 822 passengers. Duuedin, This daj. The National fnsn ranee bad the entire Hue of LIO,OOO on the steamer Lismore, but was reinsured for L 9500 of which the South British, United, Union, and Colonial, each have LSOO. The rest is among Australian acd Foreign offices. Christchurch, Jan. 18. The Naval Brigade and the marines of H.M.S. Espeigle are to have a rifle match, and the officer* of the Espeigle will be entertained at dinner by the Navals. The Tamwera starts on her second excursion to-morrow. Eighty, pas* sengers have already been booked. A small comet was seen here on Weduesday eveni ..g, due west, at about 8.30. It was Hot visible to the naked eye. . The tail was scarcely perceptible. The Moorhouse Memorial Com* mittee still want LIOO before the order for the statue can be sent Home, and have withdrawn the limit of five guineas for subscript tions. The Salvation Army, will make Christchurch their headquarters. Auckland, This Day. A young man named Ward, a' son of Jadge Ward, while attempting to jump from the North Shore ferry steamer to the wharf, fell on the stringers of the wharf and' was picked up insensible. W. B. Langbridge, advertisingagenr. was found dead m his bed at tho Clanricarde Hctel, He had been drinking rather heavily and took two sleeping draughts lastniglit. Arrived — -ship Opawa, from Lon* don, 82 days out. - ; •'•• ■ -■ ; ■.■•. Dunedin, Jan. 18. The Tarawera , returned from herexcursion" trip to the West 'Coast Sounds this morning. Tho weather was all that could be desired." The' tops f the mountains-were sametimea enveloped m clouds, but the trip waa very enjoyable* and not marred by any accident, T^eqyeather here to-day has been quite wintry, A very heavy sea is running outside from the southward. Greymouth, This day. Arrived, Mawhera, from the Cape 'direct. She is a new steamer for th« Black Diamond line.