TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1287, 5 September 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAPH IC INTELLIGENCE.

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON. September 8. The damage done to Masterton by the floods is estimated at £1,000. The heavy rains which have fallen at Carterton during the last 24 hours have not caused any particular damage to the township. All the streams much swollen. From Kokateau and Waibakepe it is reported that several farmers have lost hea* ' vily, but are not yet able to travel over their properties to ascertain the full extent of the damage, as only the tops of the fence 3 are visi* ble. Sheep and stock were removed yesterday above where the heavy flood of March, 1880, reached, but this flood exceeded that,, and the settlers were powerless to assist the Btock m face of the wall of water that came down m the afternoon. The losers principally are small farmers, who can ill afford the loss. Ihe first section of the Manawatu and Welling on railway, that to Johnston ville, seven miles, will be opened m six weeks. The company are only waiting for engines from England. This Day. Mr Bradshaw has been appointed chairman of Natives Committee. DUNEDIN. This day. A fire broke out m the industrial school, Caversham. It was confined entirely to the school room which was of. wood and was detached from the other buildings, The schoolroom was a building about 80 feet long a'td 80 f < i et wide, . The workshop and tools were also burnt. All that was saved was a number of musical instruments used by t'^sW school band. The teach .ng appara*' tvs, books, etc., were b.urnt. Th,e school was locked up at 5 o'clock and fire, which was left burning is sup* posed to have spread and occasioned/ the disaster. A WOQDYILI^E. This Day, The farmers at length having guaranteed sufficient milk to gtart the dairy factory b.uilt here for fane hundred cows it is anticipated opera ntioris will be commenced m five or six weeks. AUCKLAND. Septembers. A Masonic Lodge has been opened at Helensville, under the English constiution, to be known as the Duke of Albany Lodge. September 4. The remains of a man have been found at Rangihau Creek, Mercury Bay, and are believed to be those of a Frenchman lost on the ranges some time back. At a testimony meeting of re* claimed drunkards and others, held by the Salvation Array to-night iq the Choral Hall, there was a large attendance. M.« C. J. Stoine, ipejs ch^nt, pre -ided. Among the* reA claimed drunkards who testified were the hangman, and the prodigal' son qf a Victorian Mayor. ' " ' CHRISTCHURCH. Sept. 4. Mr Grigg, M.H.R. was burnt' ii* effigy at i^akaia on Tuesday. The Harbor Board at a meeting to-day considered the charge to, be made for the tug Lyttelton, for conveying MrStout to VV^eiiington'r^ " cently. At the rate agreed oh, £2 per hour, the charge' wquld be L9fj b.ut the hoard resolyea tq -tyke puj>- : He nature qf the services rendered into qor.sider^tion, and' majke 'the charge £SQ, ahout the aniouut ex-, pended for *vvage§ and coals. '"" • ' DUtfEDiiSTr m, ■■,'.■ September 'ft, The '.-Little Wonder,"" * of. tfa Salyatjon Army, who, eloped -with 'Captain" Beddmgfleld, has returned with Mt,jor Pollard frpm Melbourne. m