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(TJITITED PBESS ASSOeiAXION.) ] Christchurch, JSdTiember 5. The Ohri^tchurcli Benevolent Ar« sociation, daring' last year considered 1678 applievtio:is, and releiyel 270 cases, viz. — Married.men, 122 ; widows, 78 ; deserted wiVes, 240. The singe persons were cbi fly aged and infirm. The number of childien dependent ou the Associatioa was 990. The Talue of relwf afforded was £1038. A man, for as-suiting and obstructing -the Inspector of Nuisance^ m the executin of dutj, was orderad to paj this morning at the Resident Magietrate^s Oeart-a-fine/and costs', amount-" ing.in the aggregate to -PA 18s. ■ '.'-" '.Articles between Edwards andO'Connor signed to-night for: a mfetch JotUbO ,mile^ for £25 a side. £10 was deposited, Bad £15 is to fbe •. paid onjf riday. , /Eke i&lekAi to lbs walked on Saturday next, storting [at 1.80, jp.m., so as to end about 10 piini •■■— ■- ! The Christchurch Orangemen aie to* fday celebrating thejbirth/of Luther and "the frustration of "the' gunpowder pldt. Members, of all the Can terbucy' Lodges,- 1 to the number of "300, met this morning and headed by a band marched m prorr ce3sion through the principal streets m -the-cify. They have no v proceeded to m wlhere a seriesof reaolutidns suitable to the occasion lire to be proposed. So fap, no distnrb, { atfce^hls occurred ? !;rA^ 3 ' j c ' : ; : °" j o-..4?.fttttßU»lly dry spring has b sen expenenced^here. The average rainfall for October during ten years is neacly Jhj:ee"itlchßß,yand last month's rainfiil was less than half an inch. ( U>ttrb .Ujx;ram ~on Taturday-last Ipircumstanceß. Two 'men tinned out of an hotel indulged m -some rowdy-bebanonjy Eventually one ofthem^ra*ii ! away; J a l ndMr Watt, who ,jhadbef,n Btandmg.qaietlx by rolling a /crgarette,. stepped u^to^he i o ther,v and there and th.n/fined him 20?, or m de-) -fault three days' imprisonment. The ! ; local constable collected the fine. ; In;.the,Maeißtrdte's r ttourt to-day the Resident Magistrate held that money knowingly lent for billiards " w'a riecoverable. ,He said that playing; bUiards for money was gaining,' but billiards was not anC miiawruL game, toeing .sancdnued by the'Licensibg Aoti n -i o .;;■ ; » Auckland, jefoyeinber : 51, • ; : .The.directors of tue Aue|raad' > 'jijtad Company decided to,Bena 1^ theia< (best yearlings to Australia some 'dayr
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 287, 7 November 1883, Page 2
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354TELEGRAPHIC. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 287, 7 November 1883, Page 2
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