TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1053, 20 September 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] A Recommendation. Auckland, To-day. The Professorial Board of the Auckland University recommend the establishment of five exhibitions. Tramway PlantThe Doric has on board a portion of the plant for the city tramway and Roto* rua railway. Direct Steam Communication, - The Shaw-Savllle Company’s agent have received advices from London that the Company are dispatching the steamer ‘ ’ Triumph for Auckland. The Triumph'is "- is a vessel of 2,749 tons gross, 4,000 n.p., ::v and was built .at Middleburgh in 1880. The Breakwater. New Plymouth, To-day. The steamer Kangaroo arrived jester* day afternoon and went alongside the breakwater, and landed cargo. She re* mained all night there,: and sailed for Westport at nine this morning. An Old IdentityMr Peter Elliot, one of the first settlers here, was buried yesterday. The Napier Lighthouse. Napier, To-day. The Barbor Board has passed a resolution objecting to the recommendation in the annual report of the Marine Department in reference to the removal of the Napier lighthouse to Cape Kidnapper. A Railway. The Chamber of Commerce'received a letter from the Minister of Public Works definitely declining to open the railway to Matanui until the line is completed to Taihorite. A Dilemma. Referring to the building of a strongroom for the Corporation offices, the Mayor stated in the Council last night that the work was begun by the permission of one Minister, and the Council was now called upon to desist by another Minister. Whether the one was a greater man than the other, and which was the greater he (the Mayor) was unable to say. A Comet. Wellington, To-day. The officer in charge of the telegraph station at Oastlepoint wires that he observed a very large comet rising in the east at seven last night. The moon rising shortly after, he could only see it faintly. The Prison Warder. Dunedin, To-day. The Minister of Jusiice, writing to Mr Bracken in regard to Flannery’s case, saye th’at his evidence before the Gaol Com- ■ mission was unreliable and avasive. He says Flannery may accept the principal wardership at another gaol or retire on compensation. Arrival of the Fenstanton. The Fenstanton arrived at the Heads at three this morning, and crossed the bar two hours later, drawing 20£ feet aft. Captain Williams is in command. She has 2,000 tons of cargo. During the passage she attained an average of speed of 11 knots, the best day’s work being 290 miles. Her passengers enjoyed good health. Pedestrianism. The twenty-four hours’ walking match between Edwards and Scott is fixed for October sth and 6th. A Technical Point. At the Police Court Robert Angus was charged with obtaining money by false pretences in giving a cheque on the Union Bank at Balclntha. His counsel urged that no branch of that Bank ■ was at Balclutha, and that the ■ information could not be sustained. Mr Watt said the information must be dismissed on a technical ground, bat the accused did not leave without a stain on his character.