N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7352, 21 July 1902, Page 3

N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

■ ' : :(Per Press"Aisociation.) - ■ ■".••-. CmiisTCHtJUcir, Monday. At tbo inqnsat on ,IC izibc-tb '-Mary.--■liui'.h'on, found 'drowned in tli<» Jtlrei Avon yalfi-day, ft votdict! was rclurned rh'it decooscd. drowned liorsfclf wbilal •mfferinK from melnnoholv. Auckla>td, Monduy. Mr Withcfor.l, M H.R., has guaraii. teed the account oM'ie Auckland Cricket issocifttion to the extent of £250 to eniblo it to jihe.o that amount at tuo disposal of Ilio N«n' 'Ztalnnd Association towards tlio visit o£ Lord Hawke'> ISngliih team. Tin) Auckland Society of BaiUv.y limjdoyces resolved that tlio Super, innuation Bill bo based on length ol sen ico on n sliding scnle as approved by the Conference and not according to the length of time contributinc to the fund, :ind thnt the Executive Board bo'represented by two member!) for the fcc.ond dinsion of each island. Nafibr, Monday. Whilst nppttclung the breikwutvr ivlinif thli miming n sHglit ncci.-id.ut jccurrod t> the fit.eiiug lu-icbin-r.v cl im TaraWCM und alic touched bottom. Sho was, however, Rot off with tho uid ■f ropes and lar as cm be ascertained uci daiuago \va? done. Wkllinotos, Mond iy. In a test, w.s" broimht into li Magistratn'R Court, tho master of the steamer Moknu was lined a shi ling with ecUs for failure to pay the uuiies of his e.-e\Y within the lime specifi-.-d by law. Du.vL-ti.v, Monday 1 fire occurred at Wren and Son, painters, of Princess-street south, yes tcrnv morning, which was caused from a fire lufl in the grute igniting the woodwoik. There is heavy damages to the stock estimated at between £000 and £■700. Insurances—Stock, in the Australiun Alliance. £300, Northern Assurance, South British, Alliunrc fad Imperial £200 each and Sun £450; building-, Hoyal Exchange £WO, \rictoria £200, uud Liverpool London and Globo £200; The stock is valued at £2700. Krx'os, 'Monday. At a meeting of county ratepayers at Brightwater a want of confidence motion in tho Council as a body was carried together with strong protest* against the recent trallic byelaws charging anniwl license fees for waggnin and carts and increasing the wiiilli of tires to seven itiehe.-, eiuiming iivu n.fhe.s us ihe dosirablo umximuin. The Tnpaka ratepayers carried by fifty votes v proposal to borrow under t!ie JtLoans to Local Bodies Act" for local public works purposes. It is probablo at enquiry will be held in tho ketch Felicity being allowed to voyage from Motueka to Nelson in an unseaworthy state. With one man B3 hi-r crew on Saturday tho vessel turned turtle outside tli-1 harbour and tho man in charge hud a narrow escape. . The ketch has been lying high and rlry at Molueku for years and waa brought to Nclsrn for repairs. Tbo hull was successfully towed and righted.