TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 143, 27 November 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

■-1, ' (united press association.) yl ; ■'■*■■■■■ Auckland, Nov. '25. ■'# A sale of , city leasehold property to6k place yesterday,, £12,371;, being realized^ „,,,■.,..,:,•■ | Kumara, N0v. 25. At,, a public meeting; "held last evening; by requisition to 1 the Mayor, a^resolution was unanimously passed rgcoiiftm^ndifig* the 'Grovernrnfent tb accept only the offer of any "syndicate ' jvho will coiiißiihict tKe :i East and West Coast 1 Railway via the Arthur Pass ro»ite;'ks being the most advan-^- --< itageou^ J for the connection of the „centfea 6f popnjatum oji the! the EttsU 1 and ( .\JTekt Coast, and for ..the, develop. . raeutj-ofjcoal and otiier°rniriefal^ the cJistanc^ being shorter, and the grades easier than either of the other ..putes. | - v> • "Wesepobt, Nov.^ 25w v:vThei^ed Queen plates have.beeii semped jfor the fk%t time, with a re- ; siiltof l|9ooz 6dW«i retorted gold froni 137 tons of stone.. The i boxes werie not 'touched, and the plates, being <new,:rejiared curing. The gold is now m t^ie;'.Baak oi^lSTew ' Zealand, :. Wkttpoiiir-'' f " J ' — ' ■•'■ '< ' ' -'■ '' '"■ 1 t (",©irKEpiN t .Noy,; l 26.. ;: -^ Mr Tq. B. Martjn, president of the Otago Benevolent 1 ASjiuhi; h^s re* ceived a communication from the. Colonial Secretary's -office lhfdrDQing him that a sum will be set apart towards the cn&t 'of' building a home for deatit^te old men. Plans of the " buitdmg haye { ;to f be. .submitted for.,approval^ j and .progress payuients wilt be made wH,e,n :t the,.wprk pj&ceedtyl > ! with, j | Christchtjbch, Nov. 25. 'J A person writesto the 1 Xy£telton r -JTimes ;|fcat .there is now living, m. Wangai^ui Edward AucHer, who was sailmakfer on begird 1 of'fche-Osprey^ at' the time of ihe rescue .. of the Bella's (boat; ftf j,er the loss of that vessel. The writer hasfbeen told dfSthei||cif= v cumstaAee by Auflher. .X . . T * $. ■V'v^ V ; .' : '■■■■':■ , ; ■■:,