TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 972, 18 June 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

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, The Drink Fiend-

Auckland, To-day.

A woman named Johanna Rountree was found dead in bed this mornings Drink is supposed to be the cause.

Alleged Bribery* A criminal summons-has been issued against W. O. Stevens, commission agent, who is alleged to have offered a bribe,of - , L2OO to Mr Lewis, the Und^r-s(^fe^.of ; V> Native Affairs, with the object of inflUeh- ' cing the disposition of certain nativn lands. A ■ 4, The Oostley Bb4«Mt^, " /t (

Ooatley’a executors,; at the request, the bodies interested in the bequests, have: ay withdrawn the freeholds from sale. . . Fire.Wellington, To-day.

At a few. minutes to six last night a fire broke out in a nine-roomed house in Abel Smith street, owned and occupied by Mr ■- Lawrence. The family had tea between; I '' four and five o’clock in the kitchen! add ’ then went into the parlor, when their at- r , tention was called by the smoke, And the ' kitchen was discovered in!' a blaze. The flames spread very rapidly, only a tittle of the front room furniture being saved. The house was insured in the National for L4OO, and the furniture for L2so’ in . the Union. The fire spread rapidly to the adjoining five - roomed cottage, owned and occupied by ■ Oap-y tain Short, of the Comet. Nearly alhj.j? the con,tents were got out safely. r Cajßr.-.„‘ t*iin and Mrs Short were both absent from " Wellington, but the family occupied the house, which was insured in the South British for L 250. It is not known if the furniture is insured. The house of Mr Prose was also on fire, bat not much damage was done, the contents being re- t ; : moved. The house and furniture were; insured for L3OO in the South but the loss is trifling. Another cottage, owned by Mrs Meares, also caught, b*t, very little damage was done. . .It waq, sured for LIOO in the National. ■, Them.'; Fire Brigade arrangements were very un-ljiir, satisfactory. ~ . . A Vessel Detained. ~ • »

Captain Rose, Manager of the New Zealand Shipping Company, has received a telegram from the captain of the barque Eatella, dated from White’s Bay, stating that ho put into Port Underwood on Thursday, and would proceed at the first opportunity. All is well, but ha had some sails.. The Eatella left London for ; - 3 Wellington February 15. ' —c

A Warning. Christchurch, To-day v< r At the R.M. Court to-day James Swin-‘ , dell was fined LlO or a month’s ment for preparing bankruptcy papers' without being a solicitor. The Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company. The Directors of the Wellington-Maaa-watu Railway Company, Limited, haw> .. received advice of the formation of the Company’s London Board, which cpnsiata._ of (he Right Hon. Anthony John Mundella, M.P., vice-president of the Com- ■> mittee of the Council ; Sir. .Penrose Julyan, K.0.M.G., O.B.; and Sir Edward Stafford, K.O.M.G. The London Bank is the London and Westminster Bank,.., Limited, and Mr John Macrill, solicitor 1 to the Agent-General, has accepted the • >' position of London solicitor to the Com- ;> pany.

The Gaol Enquiry. Dunedin, To-day. r The Prison Commission Enquiry ootn-* mences on Wednesday. .-.:A ■ All Right. The Mauntainoer was floated off none' \ the worse for the accident. 1 , :

Profitable Digging. Excellent reports come from the dig/ gitags. At the head of the lake one EufjSi./S, p6an party divided L2O per week a man.

Tb© Suez Mail. Hlvft, To-day. The Mannponri (Captain Logan) with ‘the Suez mail arrived at the Bluff at 7 W on the 17th, and entered the harbor at' daylight She sailed from Hobson’s Bay at 7.30 p.m. on the 12th inat, and experienced light northerly winds until 'she arrived at Hobart on 7.30 a.m. on the ;14th hurt., after a very fast run of 36 ; honxs. She sailed again at 5.15 p.m. and tnet'fresh northerly winds'during the run aoroto. Passed tb© Solanders at 2 p.m. ‘on' the 17th inat. The last trip the Manapouri made from the Bluff to Melbourne; was made in 3 ; days 22 hours 'from'the wharf, and the company’s letters i were placed in "their office under 4 days. Pasiengora—Saloon : For the Bluff:— 'Messrs Stevenson, Mr and Mrs Mackley, Mrs ' Henderson, Miss Oreger, Mr liin, ■ For Dunedin : Mr and Mrs Odttbr, Master Cotter, Messrs Grainger, MoNaughten, Flyger, Williams, Macfarlane, Toledo. For Lyttelton : Mr Bradley- Lieutenant Lyons, Mrs Lang, Miss Lang:- For Wellington : Miss Smith, Mr and MDre" Wdst. For Auckland: Mrs Port er,’ Miss Hall.

fie man Regan, injured on thelnvercar- _ Riverton., railway, shows signs of returning to, consciousness, and hopes of hie recovery are entertained. Nothing is knowh as to how the accident occurred, but it is surmised that Regan, who was the worse for drink, had either been lying on the line or been knocked down when walking on- the line from Riverton, which he "was compelled to do, through not possessing enough money to pay his fare. Judge! Wilson has' entered into an agreement with a Tauranga company to WOtk ; the sulphur of White Island, the capital to be LIO,OOO. It was considered that the premises already erected would mimnfaotnre 1,300 tons of chamber acid in the year. ■. -'Ari alarm of fire was given in Timaru yesterday afternoon, when a quantity of coals in Allen’s Belford ,Flour Mills was fbund burning. The fire was extinguished without'doing any damage to the mill or contents. Read italu it may ( save your LIFE.—Hop Bitters are the purest ; and best xnedicineevermadef They are compounded from hops, buchuj mandrake,! and dandelion, “ The oldest, best, most renowned, And valuable medicine in die world, and’ in addition contain all the best and-most effective curative properties ef all other bitters, being the greatest liver regulator,A)lood purifier, and life and health restoring,agent on earth.” . They give new life ahd’rigor to the aged and infirm. “Toclergymeri, laborers, ladies, and all those whose sedentary employments cause irregularities of the blbbo, stomach, bowels, or kidneys* or who require an appetizer, tonic, and mild-; stimulant, these Bitter are- invaluable, being highly .curative, tonic, and stimulating, without intoxicating. ” * ‘No matter, what your feriipgs or symptons are, or what the disease or'< ailment is, use Hop Bitters. Don’t wait until, ypu are sick, but if you only feel bad or miserable use the Bitters at once. It may save ydiif life. . Hundreds have been saved by doing son at a'trifling cost”! Ask your druggist or iri&ds suffer, ‘but 'use and urge them to use Hop Bitters.”“ Remember, Hop Bitters is no <vile, : drugged, drunken nostrum, but the purest'and-best medicine ever made, and no person or family should be without it.” ■ Hop Bitters, Manufacturing Go., Melbourne, Austria, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A., Toronto, L^pty'Antwerp, Paris.—[Advt.]

JVr wntinuition of redding mxiter see f.s i-'i '• ‘ fourth page. '