TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 8561, 16 August 1904, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

(Peb Pbkss Association.) msLaJSraTON. August 16. The libel action is proceeding In which J. J. Meikle claims £2OOO damages from John Mackay (Government Printer) and Thomas Hamer (Private Secretary to the Premier) for alleged libel, -which consisted of the publication of certain reference* by District Judge Ward to the Meikle oaae. The action w being heard before Justico Cooper and a common jury. The Tongariro left Plymouth on Saturday for Wellington and Lyttclton. AUCKLAND. August 16. A visitor staying at Te Aroha at the time of the recent earthquake states that though no shock was felt there the water supply was cut off from the swings for a quarter of an hour coincident with the timo of the earthquake in the southern parts of the colony. The Samoa Zeitung states that on July 15 Taimanua. and his chiefs handed to Judge Guss, for transmission to President Tioosevelt, a complete cession of the island of Manua to the United States. The paper adds : —"A little over a year ago the people of Manua wore plotting to assassinate Judge Guss on account of certain decisions ho had rendered adverse to Taimanun. Wo congratulate Judge Guss on the diplomacy he must havo used, and regard it as another instance of the remarkable influence he exercises over the people of Samoa." Manua is now in tho same relationship to the United States as tho island of Tutuila. Duncan Guy, a solicitor of Dannovirkc, aged 65 years, died suddenly in tho street at Rotorua yesterday. BLUFF. August 16. I Arrived—Waikare, from Melbourne and Hobart, at 7.15 a.m. NEW PLYMOUTH. August 16. Although the express train did not arrive till nearly midnight a great crowd assembled to meet the British footballers. The Mayor officially welcomed them. A band of Maoris danced a haka. The weather is fine and promises well for tomorrow's match. The ground is rather heavy.