TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 140, 21 May 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

INTERPROVINTCIAL.

(UNITED 2BESS ASSOCIATION.) Christghurch, May 19. A. new Gas Company, called the Metropolitan Company, is to be started here. A lively meeting of the burgesses of Kalapoi was li^Jd last night to consider the recent action of the Borough Council m respect- to the late defalcations. Messrs Fraser and Mathews, late Finance Committee, who resigned from the Council recently, explained they had resigned because their recom* mendation was not acted upon, and their request for further time to consider tha books and auditors' report had been refused. Had the request beon granted, the Committee would have remitted the auditor's report back, ts him. A vote of thanks was passed to the Committee for the explanation, but a motion pledging the meeting to support their reelection fnll through. The meeting declined to vote either for or against itf Dunbdin, May 19. The appeal tor subscriptions for the Wild Deer passengers h not being well responded to. Auckland, M*y 19. Since the lOth instant it is estimated that 454 tons of potatoes have been landed here irom Southern ports, and more are coming. Ruling prices are £4 10s to £5 per ton. The Governor and suite leave Awckland on the 26th., He will call at Gisborne to receive an address, and will reach Napier on the 29 th, and Wellington about June 2nd. A man named Thomas Henderson was killed by a fall of earth at the excavation of the Sugar Company's woi ks, Northcote. He was married five weeks ago. . * ' GREYMonTH, May 19. The heavy sea that set m on the bir this morning, prevents vessels going out as* expected last night. Thei'e'is plenty of. water. , Manaia, May 19. About 100 Natives passed through Manaia this morning on their way from Parihaka, where they have been on a visit with the view of renewing the former meetiugß. The cavalcade included Natives from Manaia, Waitotara, and Wanganui. „