TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 57, 31 January 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

INTERPROVINCIAL .

(UNITED PRESS A-SSiCtATION".) Napiku, Jan. 30. A statement of Hospital accounts shows that since 1877 to the present time £9200 baa b?en subscribsd by, the public and contributed by the local bodies, but the total amount of subsidies received from the Government only reached j6s7lodurin2 the sam<? period. The eldest daughter of Mr R. P. Williams, who was found drowned on Sunday eveni >.g t was missed at tea-time on Saturday, and, not being found on the premises, an extended search was made, and neighbors were communicated with. The search wa3 continued all Sunday, when th<s body was found m a deep pool at the back of the house. Wellington, Jan. 29. The Government have received advice from the Agent-General at London. of the sailin? of tho ship Rangiti'kei with 293 immigrants for Auckland, and the ship Oxford for Wellington with 302 immigrants. The nominations forwarded by the ma ; l yesterday numbered 449 souls or 390-^ adults, from the following districts -: — A ncklanrl, 94 ; Taranaki, 9 ; Hawke's Bay, 19; Wellington, 62; Nelson, 24 ;" Southland, 38 ; Canterbury, 93 ; Westlaml, 5 ; Marlboroush, 2 ; Otago, 103. The amount of fees •ceived was £ 1 1 27. -' V By a bush fire at Greytown, the residence of James Tweedalo,' carpenter,' ] was destroyed; Tne origin ig attributed 1 to children throwing lighted matches m the scrub. The premises were owned by Bidwell, runholder. Tweedale estimates his loss at £100. Auckland, Jan. 30. Dr Steph9nson lectured m the Theatre Royal on Children's Homes to a large audience. Bishop Cowie presided. The 43rd anniversary of the province was celebrated with great echt. The regatta passed off successfully. The eight hours' movement was celebrated by a demonstration^jn^thet Domain, consisting of a procession of tradesmen and laborers, and sports. During throwing the hammer the crowd pressed on the competitors, and the hammer landed amongst the crowd, the handle hitting a boy named -Holt on the head, who was rendered unconscious and sent to -the hospital. At Takapuna Jockey Club races, •he Cllub's Handicap of 150 soya, If miles, was won by Gildoroy by a nose; Maori good third, Merlin fourth, Libeller fifth, totalisator containing 701, 12 being on the winner ; the dividend was £26 ss. There were 340 on Libeller. Chbistchurch, Jan. 30. This afternoon a man named Leake, described' as a scene-painter at the Theatre Royal, was arrested for committing an indecent assault on a girl five years old, m a paddock opposite the Theatre Royal. The Acclimatisation Society dialri* bated over 43,000 young trout during the past season. Heavy rain fell last night, but it is not calculated to do any harm to the crops. The weather is now clearing: up. The weather was terrifically hot on Saturday, and a case of sunstroke m the harvest-field is reported from Prebbleton. Wanganui. Jan. 30. Mr Bryce had a conference to-day with the Harbor Board as to the terms on which the Government would pay the £17,000 vote for freeing the Wan« ganui Bridge. The discussion was private, but it is understood the Board objected to the terms, and Mr Bryce promised that the matter should be again brought before the Cabinet. Mr Bryce leaves to-morrow for Kawhia, and; expects to be absent from Wellington tor two months.