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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 183, 10 July 1883, Page 2

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(.UNITED FBESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, July 7The City Council has offered a reyard of .£SO for the discovery of the person who cut the hose at the late are. A man, believed to be named Moreton, an employe of the Sugar Company, was drowned from the JNorthcote Ferry steamer this afternoon. When the stanmer was m midstream, he attempted to climb on to the upper deck and fell overboard. A lite- buoy was thrown at once, but he missed it, and sank for the last time as the steamer's dingy readied him. The boiy is not yet recov £ d. At a meeting o 1 the Auckland Agricultural and P storal Association, to consider the question of the prohibi» tion of the importation of live stock to New ZealanJ, except from the Australian colonies, it was finally reso ved that it was premature to mak* prohibit tory legislation! on the question, the present quarantine regulations being tantamount to prohibition. TiMARtr, July 7. A lad named James Wright, thirteen years of age, was charged this morning with horse-Btealins;. He had borrowed horse and saddle at Timaru, and, after goim» north, left the horse and sold it, horrowing another. He was remanded. Dunedin, July 7. The Dunedin Gaol inquiry at Lvtteltou will be opsn to the Press. Mr Solomon will appear on air Caldwell's bnbalf. Oo Thursday afternoon the battery of the Extended Company at Waitabuna Gully was burned down, and the crushing machinery considerably injured. Insurance, £1000 m the National Office. An inquest • was held to-day on yonnar Stuart, who was found dead m ■is bsd. A v riict of accidentally poisoned was return e''. iNVERCARGILIi, July 7. George Hitchcock, aged nine years, son of a farmer at the .v'airaatuka, was ilr >wned m that river yesterday. Hh had gone duck shooting with a lad namert Stevens, and was left m the boat while Stevens searched for garoe. On his return the boy was gone, and it is surmised he fell out of the b jat. Late la6t night a house was destroyed Of fiie at the east end of Tay-street, aad just outside the town boundary. The house was very old, perhaps the oldest m Tnvercargil!, and was known nearly a quarter of a century ago as Petrie's {School. ' Napier, July 9. Mr Robert Stuart, first and thrice Mayor of Napier, died ou Saturday afternoon after a long and painful illness. Dec -ased succeeded Mr H. Beetham, as R,\l., holding that office until the appointment of Mr H. Kenny. At the general elections m 1876 he stood for the House of Representatives, but was defeated by Captain Russell. Hokitika, July 9. Good gold has been struck m the Extension of Koss United Company's drainage tunnel, and on .Friday from five loads of dirt If ozs of gold were obtained ; on Saturday from three loads 1^ ozs were obtained. The tunnel is still being driven, and the extent has not; yet been ascertained.