TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1705, 11 May 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(united peess association ) Oh bistch orch, Saturday. ! Arthur Renton was committed for trial yesterday for forging the name of Joseph Murg.itroyd, wool scourer, to a cheque on the Bank o£ Australasia for £50, which he had cashed m Wellinjftou. Hokitika, Monday. A large and enthusiastic public meeting last night, appointed a Committee to act as a Railway League, consisting of the Hon J. Booar (chairman,), Messrs Beran, Seddon, M.H.R .'■, the Mayor, and County Chairman, vice-Chairman, to watch over the interests of tlie district re route, and to get the district ; joined to the direct main line at a point m the Tereraakau Valley. Auckland, Monday. At a meeting of th« creditors ef R. C. Greenwood an amended statement subraitted showed a deficiency of £4807. The Justices who presided at the inquiry into the stranding of the Taupo have called the attention of the Minister of Marine to the Gisborno Harbor light They say that if the light had been visible at a distance ot live miles, as stated on the chnrt, or even three miles, the accident would not have occurred. The census enumeration is not finished, but it is believed that the population of the City of Auckland and suburbs exceeds 50,000. The City of Auckland alcne contains 33,250, whilst the boroughs of Parnell, Newmarket, and Newtown, all exhibit enormous increases. A whaleboat containing some Natives, while sailing on Lake Rotorua, was struck by a whirlwind near Mokoia Island and capsized. Some clung to the boat, whilst two swam to the tnainlaud to get assistance, a distance, of two miles, landing quite exhausted. A canoe rescued the remainder, two men a little girl, a young woman, and a child. Mr McGregor, engineer to the Harbor Board, has prepared a report on harbor works with plans. The plan provides for a complete scheme of works for further development. The whole is estimated to cost £1,167,747, and provides berthage for six and-a-half miles wharf frontage. Reefton, Monday.

Mr Burnett, the temperance lecturer, concluded a highly successful tour of the district, at theLyell, o»| Friday evening last, and left on the following morning for Westport. His campaign on the West Coast has been a pronounced success. Lyttleton, Monday. The barque Norman McLeod left for uondon on Saturday, but returned to her anchorage m the afternoon. An ezpleaion occurred amongst the rockets and bluu lights, and the cabin boy, Robert Manerick, was severely burned about the face, hands, and arms by the explosion.