N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7402, 18 September 1902, Page 3

N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

(Per Pres Association 1 Wic__i. uton, Wednesday

The annual examinations by the J Church of EimluiMl Hoard of Tiicohn'ieal « Studies Mere held to-diiy. The follow, r ing class hr-t gives the lesult, all the s candidates having passed : —Grade IV., r part _ only, first class, J{ev. E. T. W. ! Bipul' Grade IV., part J only, secpnd J class, liev B. Fox, Key. A. Beavan; V ibird class, Key. J. J. McWilliums, Key. I C. McClaVerty, Key. A. Asbton. Grade 1 111., lirst class, F. Tubman; second r .•lass, Key. A. Norris, B. T Kobere t bird class, J. Kcmpthornc. K. Tawhiri. j Grade 11., second class, J. Perkins; ihird class, G. Kear.'G. Cobb, W. Wai- i tni. Grade 1., first class, K. Kimkin; i -econd cluss, E Bouillon ; ihird class, f F. Wrinht, K. Carlwright. | Tbe ceremony of driving th. first pile J of lb * new bridge to be erected over the 1 river at Lower Hutt wus performed to- 1 day by the Acting-Premier. The strue- i titrc will be an important arterial con- •' iiection, being erected at a cost of i .10,0-0. ! Thursday. I T'ao ciee for iho defence in tho action, ] Mitchell v. L;>an Mercantile Company ' aud Others, claim for certain pioperties ] -ad £10,000 damages closed this morn I ing, d- fondant's counsel deciding to call - ,o further ovidenc.. Counsel then ad- i .rcßsed the Court. ] Later. > 'Judgment was reserved vi the case of ] Mitchell v. the New Zeahmd Loan Com r ] puny and others. ' Tne Athenic brought from Capetown < ..boiit 50 membevs of Niv/ Zi-ulaid Cor. ' lingents, in-UidingCapl. Sturdy, Li-ut.. Thompson, Lasci-Hes, and Noil, Sergt. 1 N. Nuller, Corroral Spars, Hurvtj, ' l'ilcher and Calvert. Nursing tisters i Hook, Piper, Osbantun und Ferguson < also same back by tbo tnme steamer, i Thero was no outbreak of sickness on I il-o voyage. j A prig.iiior named Mucmlilto, who I was serving a sentence of two years for i robbing with violence mado a bolt for < liberty, but wus recaptured, and was ' sentenced to _ix.niciiili.' additional Dr.-fc'DiN, Thursday. Tho death of tho widow of Cuptiin Mackenzie, a wcl -known Clutha s-ttlrr, is announced. Sho was the flr.-4 white female settlor at Tapan.i, having arrived there in 1857. DuNi'DiK, Wcdnesdftv. At a meeting held to-iiif-lit, it was resolved to form a Dunedin Coursing Club. with the objciri ot resumina coursing at Forhury.P.irk. A deputation of tho Trades and Labor Council wailed on the City Council to- ■ night to protest against the importation of steam engine and plant for electric I rums. The Mayer explained that what tiie Conned thousht of getting was n second-hand plant till the water power was' available, und as a stand by for some tune. If a second-hand plant , could not bo got, they hud cabled to the engineer to ascertain if the boilers of a ; new plant could not bo made in Dunedin. The Council wus in n^> «uy committed, and the deputation mif*ht rest assured that all tho work possible would be locally manufactured CiißlsTcii-Rcn, Wednesday. Mr Gibbs. secret! ry of tho Colonial Mutual Life Society. _ho is now in Christchurch, states that the funds of the society are not in any way affected by tho disappearance of T. E. Walton, who was adjudicated bankrupt in Dunedin yesterday. Masw.-ON, Thursday The [Ratepayers and Householders' Association meeting last night passed a resolution opposing further borrowing n connection with the proposed heavy expenditure on (he local gas works, until the services of an expert i*as manager bad bceu obtained by the Borough Council. The Council's action in taking over and constructing roads through private property was approved of by the _ ssociation. A resolution was passed instructing tho executive of tbe Association to write to the Colonial Secretary objecting to the outer ward being cut off from the borooph. Messrs Wood and Sons new saleyards at Alfrcdton arc well on to completion. Building operations in the district ifairly active just at present.