TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 270, 11 October 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

.-,..: ..■■■!'; ■■■' . Napjeb, Oct. 9. ;. The. Agricultural and Pastaral Society's annual show was brought to a conclusion to-day. The champion prize for thoroughbreds fell to Foul p| ay) who boat Piscatbrius and a . "n lira tier, of others. Tlie champion cup' ; fdr draught entires was carried off by Mr Orrnqnd's Placklegs, a recent l importation from Canterbury. /..,!,;;! ; i Auckland, Oct. 9. The Cambridge Railway was formally opened-yesterday. An attempt, of -iucendiariß»n m the Auckland Market was made last night. Boxes of. matches were strewn about the floor, but they v had burnt themselves out without firinglme place. Another attempted suicide is reported. Samuel Dejaney, a Negro, was brought to the hospital from Mercury Bay, having cut tbreeVgasheS'.in.Jiis throat with a ' razor,, _He,had been dri'uking heavily. : -The; King tff Tquga,- through the Bey. Shirley 'Baker, has lia'd'a splendid pulpit made by. the %w Zealand fiuiberCorapany for his nowStafeCfiiireh' at Tonga. It is a marvel of carving and ornamental worlci ' ' "" :v '' ■'"" ' " . / Gisqqrne, Oct. 9. Very favorable accounts came to hand yesterday from the Southern Cross Petroleura■"Cdm^any.; No. 3 bore is down 180 ft, and the bore is now parsing through hard close-grained flagstone, said to be usually found above *nd between oil sands! i ; lt is slightly porous, admitting gas and < a small quantity of oil to rise, Hitherto fractured papa rock has been met with, which allows the oil and gas to rise freely. . : .