TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 131, 10 May 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

FNTISRPROVINCIAL.

. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) : ; Christchurcs, May 9. The first trial of the apparatus for lighting Lyttelton harbor by electricity was made on Saturday with a fair • amount of success. Jackson, who is charged with shooting ata>lr John Deans, has beenideritified" by Mr DeansVgardener., „.-> The H«h. ! W. Rolldston has left for" Wellington. He was primely inter*, viewed by a deputation with reference to the granting cf the Provincial Buildings to the City Council; Re promised ' that the ; Cabinet would further consider the matter. : T DunediNj May 9. Shortly after mid uig-ht on, Saturday-, whilst a number pf men belonging to the various ships m harbor were i prbX ceeding down, .the . jExport s Pier, John Abbot fell overboard/ The police, hearing th& cries, proceeded to theispqfcyand after jaume difficulty Cons cable |lleming rescued Abbot, who commenced an assault on the cobsta.ble, for ( whicli Abbot, Was fined at the Police Court next day. . • . ..' !' : '_ "\ ':""' .George W. Minter, >ho,'wa3 charg(sd atthe last criminal "sessions pf '\ the Supreme Court with " embezzi ing' funds ot the. .New Zealand. Insurance. Company , his employers, and was'acqu^jbed, was brought up at.the police jCpurt this morning on some fresh charges/ It was statedi by the prosecution that since, h^s former trial Minter has been given every opportunity ofexplaining (ilie^irregalaritcs -appearing m !»is books7buY he i has not attempted to do so} and the Com-. 1 pany, therefore, feel compelled to proceed fuftuefiS ;■' t¥e matt^r~£cTuso<r> was committei for trial* '* Up to the present time forfcy-6ne children have been boarded^ *® nth from theDunedin ludustriap School ; these are ell undersix years of age. In the Divorce Court, on Mondays decree for a judicial separation was -granted m LawiprV. Lawlor, on the application of the wife, r Responden t had b'ee'niconi victed m- Auckland ■, for bigara/v llii Fr^nk Godfrey t. Margaret Godfrey and Samuel Webb, evrJencs or gi y en. His Konor said on the mamage , b 'ing proved h«) would grant a decree I nisi. In Ann McGinn v. William I M'CKnn, his Honor made the discovery that a copy of the petition had' hofcyet been filed with the Attorney 1 - General Mr M'Gregor, for the petitioner; "said he was not the solicitor m the case, and asked premispion . to :: withdraw/ ithe petition. His Honor^Certainly. The petitioner has a; very good cause of action agatnat her , solicitor for negligence. In none of the cases were ithe ■ respondents represented. ■■•.,■•-■ ■>■■?•!^- Waimltb, May 9. | - The weatlier still '- lobbis ■• : threateaingj and is viery col 4<: A boniihuamie of rain would cause considerable lamaga to the railway lines, -a^nd render useless the i work; of; the ; railway employei now engaged m repairing. The Timara traiu crossed the Pareora bridge the firbt time sindeAtfie -floodiion Monday morning. .—■ ■-- : ■ 'AvcßLh&jfot May 9. The Governor llett t for the Waikato on Monday accompanied by the Hon. Thomas "RusVelUo first yisits Taupiri and 'Woodlands, Waikato Land Association's station,^ then Cambridge, Hamiiton,'and Te'Ava'mutn. 1 The visit will extend' till 1 Friday. - <■■■'■. vj'r,:, •■ ,--o The statement- of the city accounts for the halfKyear endingi the 3l s t March last is just issued. Receipts > from all sources during the six-months amounted, with balance' of &32,51 l .brought : f6i» ward, to^ : ießs39; . expenditure, to Captain Ted Wright, of the Salvation Army /leaves here for iGhristchu'rch to open one of tHey- Ghrigtclmrch theatres for their services. — The daylight parades bt]tlie Volunteers are remarkably well- al'teti ded; - 'Anothef'gift from -Mr MoKelrie for the Auckland Museum has arrived. It is a statue from Pompeii. A cable has been received stating that the mail jsteamef' Australia left Frisco on the 6t¥May.V A communication has been received stating that the^ wife Vof the late Mr Edward Coately, who. left £130,000 to Anckland charities, is :alive m Christchurch. This will -iiot affect the bequests. -: : . ,f-i v NeW pLtMbuii^May 9. S.^ln the. Supreme Court. , pa M.onday t bim'Blabk^a.'sy^^ • indictment ! for v embezztement of funds -^ of the Patea Cpanty, and, pleaded not "guilty." 'Mr B'artbo prosefeu'tes^and'Sir Samuel appears lor the;j}Vis6tier.;. x -? The second inWte ; bf th : e HaweW som"&« how mistook the" War ara. light for New Plymouth,. 'm& ground/ed at tKe^mbutli bf l ttiat fiver "at'' 2 o'clock this 'morning, on the ebb tide. ' The 1 tide shavin5 having 1 made sufficiently,, she floated off without; sustaining any cfaraay^atid" anchored m the i-oadsiead at 9a.ih.''' ; ' ; " J '~ <l ""■ : < ; At the "Supreme Court, Daniells was found gulltyi of-ar's'on.andL setitenc¥d:to five years? imprisonment. .. . .