TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 945, 17 May 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[FC& PBBSS ASSOCIATION.] Shipping. ' r . , • Auckland, To-day. Arrived —The Rangitikei from London, Captain Millmau, with 200 immigrants. A Good Subscription, j ■ L 3,800 has been collected for the Baptist Tabernacle, and the site, costing L3OO has been purchased. The building will oast about LB,OOO. At the soiree yester- ■ night LBOO was promised. A Nasty Accident. ” uMV Jfthn Gibbons, while fastening the steamer Lily to the Riverhead wharf yesterday, had his foot torn off at the ankle. His leg got in the bight of the warp, and sit was crashed against the pile. Bis Excellency the Governor. ■» jTbe; Binemoa, ■ with the Governor on board, returned from a cruise in the Hau■rakl Gulf -yesternight. Kawau was visited, and Sir George Grey entertained his Excellency. TheOreti.

Nkw Plymouth, To-day ' The steamer Oreti, which went ashore at the mouth of the Waitara river on Tuesday morning, is not expected to float until the next spring tide. Body Found. (The body of . a man drowned in the fWaitpra ; river.has been found. . Accident to the Steamer Lyttelton. Blknhbiv, To-day. The'steamer Lyttelton, ladeu with flour 'md near , the junotien of the Wairau and Opaya rivers lasi night,, and on reaching Plate, she was found to be making .water’rapidly. A considerable portion of -j|3»e. .cargo was but it is believed that fully two-thirds is damaged by water., The cargo is, consigned to and Co., Wellington, and it is not known if insured or not. ■ Flattering. Grbtmoutii, To-day. Mr Wakefield..was. accorded, a cordial reception on his arrival here; last night. A hope was expressed, hy his supporters that they might have another opportunity to work for him, and get him elected for the constituency. ■ ' Illicit Sale of Liquor. Urs Hughes, of Paroa,' was fined L 25 for selling three nobblers of brandy withbufs^liceiise.■ * ,! • . Bain Wanted. >, Rain. is much needed as the bar is getting low. w- The Frozen Meat Trade. ,e(p . a Oheistohubch, To-day. The Refrigerating Company have 5,000 ■ oaroaseC of mutton and 62 quarters cf beef ready frozen- for shipment by the s.s. BriUsh.Queen. . uThe Otogo Harbor Works. I.V ~,mU t i i Dunbms, To-day. A special meeting of the Harbor Board . was when authority was given teithkObaiman to ascertain from Sir John Ooodei; whether: the .proposed improvement'at ithe /Heads would prejudice his full,scheme ; whether he approvei of the material proposed to be used, and'the mbde of,.construction; whether he considered It inadvisable to carry out the west waU.tOi the full extent ■ before commencing tW east wtflL from Taiaroa Head, or whether the latter cannot be postponed till the west wall is completed, so that the effect can be definitely ascertained. Also what .was his opinion as to the reliability of 1 ’ Mr Barr’s estimate of the cosf:. It was resolved that Sir John Goode be informed that the small amount of dredging already done has had the effect of deepen- ; ing the bar by two feet, notwithstanding there faaving been many Atoms this year. The Vacant Seat. . lb> Henry Clark, County Chairman, will be a candidate for Bruce.