TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 144, 23 May 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED I'UKsS ASSOCIATION.) ''■.'. Auckland, Thursday. ' News from Samoa by the Fleetwing states that King Malietoa has declared war against the, rebel chief Temsese, and intends to make an attack oil the latter at Fort Albatross. Mr Churchward has been appointed consul. Messrs D. H. McKenzie and Co., of Auckland, aro establishing larsre premises at Samoa Dunedis Thursday. Alexander Spiers, a steerage passenger by. tho Kaikonra, recovered £100 damages against the N.Z. Shipping Company for injuries received by the falling on him of the steerage ladder, which it was allodged was not properly secured. The claim was £'200. A motion was carried to-day at the Education Board that, m future, the minimum allowance of space be two hundred cubic feet for each child. iNVEROAttQiLL, Thursday. At a well- attended meeting at the Bluff last night it was agreed to ask the Government to make a survey at the proposed canal betwen the port and the Toi-Tois district, and m the meantime to withhold from sale all tho waste lands m the vicinity of the probable route of the canal. . It is estimated that the work would cost about £17,000 and the advocates of the scheme contend :hat it would be of great benefit to settlers by providing them with means of speedy communication with the Bluff Harbor. . . . Christchukch, Thursday. The third annual meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty, to Animals was held to-nlghfe, aud was very successful. The Mayor (Mr C. P. Hulbert) presided, and a number of prizes were presented to juveniles for. essays on subjects of interest to the Society. The road between Christchurch and Simmer was blocked to-day by a landslip which took place the previous night. A large' mass of rock, about ¥brty tons, fell from an overhanging cliff on to the road about' 3 a.m., and cbmpletely obstructed traffic on the road. A number ' of men are employed clearing away the debris. Greymouth, Thursday. Tho ; river ' is m. very high, flood, and there will be ho departures to-day owing to the strong current. The Chairman of the Harbor Board i vull move at next meeting " That tenders be called for the construction of the North breakwater and training wall, and that they bo advertised for at Wellington, Dunedin, and Greymouth." It is estimated that the contract will amount to between i&0,000 odd $50,000: $his is certain to be carried. There' will also be locomotive „rpllhig stpek,, &c, purchased m connection with the harbor works. There has been and still is some difficulty with the unemployed.