TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1046, 12 September 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

■", fpKR f'KBSS ASSOCIATION.] 1 r • Ao .Unfortunate Discoverer. •••[/ ■■foil', o. Auckland, To-day. W. A f >.Hunfc, the discoverer of the celebrated Hunt’s claim, at the Thames is now; bankrupt. His liabilities are L 633, and tho assets LlO. The creditors reconunended hisdiacharge i-.i; . Stopped W»rk. . Thro .Government havi stopped road workat Kawhia. ■fti t J : Fatal’Accicbnt. h John Boyd, working in the Corby mtne Gorojaadel, was crushed to death by.the cage yesterday. i ,;>3 *. The s.s. McGiagor. hits » ' NawPiYMtuiH, To-day - Tholteamor McGregor which entered Waitara river on the 2nd September is still'detained there, and r. not expected t&ghtront<till.the spring tides put more winter oto the bar. Diocesan Syrod. Welling'on, To-day. At the annual session of .■♦• he Church of Bngladd Diocesan Synod) the resident Bishop of Wellington in hs opening address said he could not hit regard the present education system bit one as likely In years to come to be prejudicial to the interests, of the colony, he condemned the«ct o{ Parliament which legalised the marriage with’a deceased wie’s sister, and hopbd no clergyman living n the diocese would celebrate the ceremny. In fact, one- clergyman had oonsultedhim recently as to such a marriage, and hi had advised him not to solemnise it. West Coast Eaiimy. , f i . Chbistchuboi, To-day. The Government have ompleted arrangomeata with Messrs Dohon and Sons foe .the survey of, the West Cost line from Horseley Downs to Lakeßrumer, through the Huranui and Teramakautallies, and o.V(ar<the Taremakau saddle. The survey i»io be completed before theiext session of Parliament. ; i ,