TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8535, 16 March 1908, Page 8

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, March IQ. The Master Bakers decided on Saturday night that with flour selling at £11 o& per ton, it was impossible to reduce the price of the 41b loaf below 7d if bakers are to pay their way and also the union rates of wages. , WELLINGTON. March 16. Frederick Tucker, a young man. attempted to commit suicide by jumping into-the harbour. ••Charged iii Court to-day, he said ho had been- in trouble for 18 months, and had been driven to despair by a new disappointment.. lie was convicted and discharged, and ordered to pay coats. AUCKLAND, March 16. Just as the steamer Den of Ruthven was leaving Suva, it was reported that a sugar planter hud neon murdered by coolies with a knife. ."The name of the murdered ,man cannot he definitely ascertained, but- it is said to resemble Rowlev. AUCKLAND. March 16. A seven-roomed house in Aritey Road. Remiie.ra, owned bv Mr Coles and occupied by Mr Malcolm Fleming, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday. It was insured for £300 in the Sun Office. The. furniture was uninsured. A fire occurred early on Sunday morning at. the residence of Mr Leo Myers, occupied by Mr J. Mills. Collector of Customs. The brigade confined the fire to the front portion of the house, in which were a quantity of goods belong- . ing to Mr and Mrs Myers, stored prior to their departure for England. The damage is estimated at £2000. The house was insured for £2000, and the furniture was insured in the same office. Walter Joseph Dufaur. wine an<\ rmrit pic reliant, of ■iueklfmd, died suddenly to-day, aged 57 years: i

Captain T'ldwin ••vircd fo-rlay as follows: —South-ensterlv moderate to strtvigf winds: glass little -movement; probable frost to-night. The Rev. H.'v. T. SteaJey. M..A.. of Otaki. lias been appointed principal of the Clarevillo Maori College, vice the Rev. Compton. resigned. lie commences his duties on August Ist.