TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 645, 25 May 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[pur press association.] A Welcome Visitor. Auckland, To-day. There is a possibility of Mr Gough, the great temperance lecturer visiting the colony. A Drunkard’s Fate. Yesterday during the passage of the steamer Pingal, a digger named Sayers, who came aboard drunk, fell overboard and was drowned. A Drunken Passenger. New Plymouth, To-day. A semi-drunken man jumped off the train yesterday between Hawera and Normanby, and sustained some nasty bruises about his face and head. Mr Hurley, of Manaia, in trying to atop the man lost his balance and fell also, but was not hurt. The train was going about eight miles an hour at the time. A Good Idea. Dunedin, To-day. At a Volunteer gathering last night, a resolution was carried requesting Colonel Staveley to call a public meeting of Volunteers and citizens, to consider the advisability of having the next meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association in or near Dunedin. Food for the Flames. Invercargill, To-day. A four-roomed cottage in the suburb of Strathearne, owned by D. Fairweather, and occupied by one Pennefather, was burned down yesterday. It was insured for LIOO, and the furniture for Ll5O, the latter in the Colonial office. The adjoining building, owned by one Rogers, was considerably damaged, but the loss is covered by insurance in the Hanseatic office.