TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1062, 1 October 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

jean PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Heath of a Missionary. r . Auckland, To-day. a The Rev. B. T. Ash well, one of the oldest Gharch of England missionaries in the colony, is dead. ▲ Oood Dividend. The Prince Imperial has declared a dividend of 6s per share. The last crushing yielded 1,62/ ounces from 690 loads. 3 Masonic Ceremony. '■ Wanganui, To-day. The foundation stone of the new Masonic hall was laid this morning by Br*. Manley. W.M., Tongariro Lodge, asidited by Bro. S. Bush, W.M., St Andrew’s Kilwinning Lodge, in the presence of a large crowd of people.- .The weather was beautiful, and a great number of vhdHngbrathren were in town! in additu ■ to-' those of the two local Lodges. The affitlr passed off most successfully, and the Lbdge will soon be In possession of one of tlse finest halls in New Zealand.

Statistical Napier, To-day. The vital statistics are :—Births, 27; marriages, 3'; deaths, 13. The Customs revenue for the' month is L 3,004, and bier* doty, L 16 5; for the quarter Customs a ount to L 9,186 and beer L 494. A Sad Fatality. A shocking death is reported from West j Olive, six miles from here. Early on Sunday morning a boy on going out with the milk found a woman lying in a ditch at; the side of the road. She has been recognised here as Mrs O’Eeiily, aged 36, a servant at the West Clive Hotel, her brother being a wheelwright in the same township. The woman was taken immediately to her brother’s house, but though •vary effort was made to restore animation the : woman died in half an hour. It appears that the deceased) together with her brother and a Mrs Diamond, I left the hotel on the previous night at half-past eight intending to see the latter to her home a mile down the road. Tbenight v.as dark and raining. After going a little way the deceased said she could not go further, but would wait till Hall returned. Hall wanted to take her into a neighboring cottage, but she refused. When Hail returned, not seeing her he imagined she had returned 46 the s hotel. * She was supposed have spent tbe night at the Halls and no suspicions were aroused. A post mortem and an inquest will be held this afternoon. A Salvation Army Bow. Txmaru, To-day. _ At the R.M. Court to-day Captain Smith (of the Salvation Army) and T. Graham (tailor andmob orator on freethought) were charged with committing a breach of fhe peace in the market reserve on Sunday afternoon. Graham, having mounted- a wagon used by the other party as a pulpit, was haranguing the crowd on “ Morality ” when the army approached, and contention arose between the two defendants as to the possesion of the wagon, culminating in Smith hurling Graham Sown repeatedly. Evidence was heard on both sides, affording considerable amusement ■ to a dense crowd that thronged the Court, and the Bench inflicted a fine of LI and costs on each defendant.

-At the Oldham Police Court on a Monday morning recently a woman named Sarah Croft, of Hartley street, applied for a-' summons against some persons . whom she represented as Salvationists, for debt for lodgings. They owed her 9j fid. ' In answer to the Bench she said there had been seven Salvationists lodg- „ ing ather bouse, the “ captain,” who had coma a fortnight ago, having agreed to pay 3s for a week. The applicant was advised to eo to the County Court, as the Bench could not.comp?l the payment of a debt of that kind. Mrs Croft stated that when she gave her lodgers “notice,” they nsed-very bad language, and “Captain” Jones pinned , her arms behind her, whilst afyonng woman struck her on the face: The applicant here showed a handful 4>T hair which the “ captain ” or the young woman had pulled out of her head. The young woman also thumped her on the flue. She added that these people wfao styled themselves officers of the Gospel Army Mission, used very bad language, and from, what she knew of them “ they would swear anything.” The applicant then retired. It appears that the Gospel Army, in their announcement to the people of Oldham, a fortnight ago, informed them that “ a grand march would be made, and Satan attacked at each assembly.” Further, they informed all sinners that they “ meant to have them,” and the proclamation concluded with the blasphemous declaration that it was “ given under the generalship o! the King of King*, Captain Jones, commanding officer.”