TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 948, 21 May 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[pee press association.] Suicide. Palmerston" North, To-day. fflA man named Ghas. Mari son, 24 years of ago, .'jumped into the Manawata river, ten chains below/ the gorge, bridge, on Saturday afternoon. He was married only th. Tee months ago, and was in comfortable circumstances. . He was -noticed every morning for three days to proceed to the ■pbt -where he jumped in. His wife, who Kved-st San don, received a letter on Saturday,- dated from Wood ville, which States that the husband died owing to a heavy weight he had upon his mind. The body has not yet been recovered. A?Jewel Bobbery. Z 1 - Wellington, To-day. / A robbery of jewellery occurred recently either. at' Wellington, Kaikoura, or on ’ board the steamer Wakatu. Mr Skippington, a new arrival, took a passage to Kaikoura by the steamer, and on arrival at bis: destination the boxes were sent to the. hotel, and two or three days later they were removed to ■ his future abode. It WBS'Jthen found that one box had been tampered with, and Mr Skippington says - that jewellery of the value of LIOO had been-abstracted. On the return of the Wakatu early this morning detectives made a careful examination of the crew, nothing suspicious, however, being found. . Sunday Trading. The police yesterday visited the various hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops, ordering them to close their premises. It is understood that this action has been taken’under an English Act of Charles ILf -which provides that no persons shall follow their ordinary vocation on the Sabbath, unless for charity or in case of necessity. The police will prosecute any shops, open next Sunday: f 1 ‘ Bead Board Elections. An Order-in-Qouncil has been prepared, extending the time for the election of all Bead Boards which were not elected in the first week in May to all June (not only the first week, as originally intended, but any day in the month which the Road Bond may fix). The Order will be shortly gazetted. ' The Electric Light. The 'electric light plant lor the House of/Representatives is on board the lonic. ' / The Colonial Treasurer. The date ; on which Major Atkinson will speak at New Plymouth has not yet heeta fixed. The speech will be a political one; The Dunedin RacesDcnbdin, To-day. Gitana is scratched for the Tradesmen's Handicap ai the Birthday meeting. Adamant is a warn favorite for the principal race. - ‘ The Bruce Seat. Mr Robert Gillies, of Gillies, Street* and Hislop, will contest the Bruce seat.