TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 285, 5 November 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

— (uwiTED'PßESS'i:ssoG!iiiaoir;) w -*"~' Aucklahd, IJ" jeniber 2. : ! The statement m a telegram from NewJPljrmouth that the^man*' -Edwards -Smith, who did m the Hospital there, w.as a brother-in-law, of th'e lateMr! Jofinf WilUainson/^ ' -upißriiite|ideQt of the Auckland province, is denied. Mr Hudson s Williams, the" i Superintendent's son, was astonished:, at receiving a telegram )o£ condolence virbih thejM^r of Hawpra'. i> :vl > ?/o;>; An elderly man, still unidentified, ' ■who wasfound m afit ii tHeuYiot6rian : Quadrant, died after a few minutes at the police station last night;r ;»?{:> . c i, Te Aroh a, November. 2. * . The battery and tramway are work?" , ing Veryf satisfactorily, i ''übhe people, connected with the battery are very , confident , , of .. „ goo 3 Return's. ? About fift^r truck loads of quartz are passing daily over the We, keeping the battery fully employed. ; ; Christchuroh,* November 2." ■ x Edwards has accepted! a chialtenge; from J. O'Connor to walk 50 miles for; J* JA^cleputa^Qn JPfttgA pnT/the-^Ghief c Commissioner of" the "Waste Larids B&ar<i f to-day with a view toideprecate the regulation laid down at^tbejßoard'sr; ?iast : meeti2i|, refusing to grantrlicenses; to prospect for gold within a mile fs of; /the area alreadyjicensepl, as such regulation w.ould,^ the deputation considered, discourage if not prevent projecting m future. Mr Baker asked; the; deputation to interview the Board at the next aiting. z'fov.-.n .. .&<**} : ' '»■*■■•'*■•■; ■■'■■ Nejw.Pltjiodth, November 2.'i , At the Supreme Courtj to-day Bbswell, charged; wjth fraud,' and Weir for making 1 a were discharged by. ( prder of jtheWjudge, as the "facts alleged ; , did |discli(Js© r ( any : offence. The> grand jiuPf threw ,qiit;thje< i bill against Weir, for Arspn. The civil session then closed^ ! .. ,