TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1068, 8 October 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[pee press association.] ■ * Synod Meeting. . t c Auckland, To-day. The Diocesan Synod commenced their :: 1 session this afternoon. Bishop Oowie, m his opening address, referring to religion! instruction in Board schools, deplores that a number of Christian people d© not recognise the importance of each instrao* tion. * The Disputed Football Match. . . ’ ; The .Wellington- men submitted the Auckland-Wellington football dispute to the Town and. Country Journal. That ~ paper decides that in all matched the K* ’■ - ferees* decision is final. _ Wellington ' should not have waived its right 'to the /' try, which does not count if the hall is not- * ■ brought out and a kick at goal taken. The ' • match ia a drawn one. - _ A Stabbing Case. The charge against two Kanakas of stabbing Arthur McQuillan at the Auckland Hotel is being heard at the Supreme Court to-day. The Kawhia Trouble. ' Wellington, To-day. , When Tawhiao interviewed Mr Bryce at Kawhia he expressed sorrow for the ’ , destruction of the beacons, and said that * he himself was willing to work in their va- * construction. . > i

The new Lighthouse. t The Government have received a mes-. sage that the Stella safely landed the ■ t lighthouse lantern and apparatus at Wai« papa Point.

The Colonial Revenue. The half-year’s aocountswillnot published until Major Atkinson return* • from New Plymouth. A Sad Fatality. r \ A fatal accident occurred at Gladstone • , yesterday. The youngest daughters! Mr ' Robert Rowe was driving some milking cows to their paddock, and being away longer than usual a search was made. She I ' E was found dead with herakull fractured. ' It is supposed that the horse rolled, over or kicked her after she had fallen off. " * l ' Wellington Sessions, In the Supreme Court this monolog Thomas MoLelland, on a charge .of re* oeiving stolen goods, was sentenced fe

four yearn. A you gn.au named James ’Seymour Hammon pleaded guilty to f r- ■ gsry, and was sentenced to two years ha*d - labor. The bill against Rush for larceny "was thrown out, owing to the absence of ' the principal .witness. Only one case remains on the calendar. A Suspicious Fire. Grbymouth, To-day. John Hughes and John Maloney were brought before the Magistrate to-day in connection with the fire at Hughes’s store.. The police have unearthed a quantity of goods in a garden in the neighborhood of the store. The pr sonera were remanded, and bail was refused them, the police saying they had reason to believe the ends of justice would be frustrated if the prisoners were allowed bail. Pound Drowned. MasTBRTpN, To-day. "he body of Hedgeland, a one-armed Shepherd,, who had been missed from the Langdare station, was found in the " hareama river, near the lea station, yesterday. The body was lying on its back, having caught on a snag. Fatal Accident. • Wanganui, To-day.

A min named Alfred Philson died at the hospital this morning from injuries received by the fall of a tree at Nukumarn. Immigration- m , Dttnkdin, To-day. By the outgoing mail the Immigration Department forwarded nominations for 73 adults. A Long Bide. ■ Four Tapanni bicyclists rode to Dunedin yesterday, a distance of a hundred miles, , i Reformatories. , . A deputation waited bn the Hon. Mr Dick re the establishment of two reformsVerier .for the colony. Mr Dick was opposed to the proposal, and suggested they should interview the Minister of Justice. A Windfall.

Nelson’s bequest of a LI,OOO is in favor of, the Dunedin. Hospital.