TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1078, 19 October 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PKB PRRS« ASSOCIATION.] Body Pound. Auckland, To day. A corf Se has been found in the Waikato river, near Huntley, which is supposed to be the body of Spicer, who committed anioldeat Cambridge, forty miles further up the river. , : _ flte Tanranga-Rotorna Railway. Advices fn m Mr Vesey Stewart and other Bourcea by the last English mail folly confirm the news of the TaurangaRoteihia Railway Company being successfolly negotiated for in London. Negotiation# are now; on foot with the same parties in London for a further extension of tbs railway line to Opotiki as well as to Rotorua, and with every prospect of success. '< he amount required will be forthobinmg' if - lhe : requisite concessions are granted bv the Government. The following additional particulars re fire are to hand The origin of the fire is unknown. William and Richard Garrett resided in A dwelling-house adjacent to the warehouse with their mother and sister. For months past carpenters and painters have been working in the factory on night contracts, making alterations to the premise'’*, and that they were so working up to half-past eleven o’clock that ;

night. There were some shavings necesw>ily:>Ksitr. tha floor. but Bichard Garcett, who let the workmen out and locked up tbepremiiea, left them, to the beat of hu belief,, perfectly safe and went to hia bed !; in ; a dwelling-house adjacent. About one o’clock some cabmen who residq,.oh th'p opposite aide of the atrcet arouaed.the family up, and aa Garrett was partially dr^Bßed, on going outside he saw that the fife was. raging in the boot factory.. ‘TTbe fire hell was rung to give the alarm, but the..notes were not heard to any great distance, and a man ran down to the j Qrey. street fire-bell and rang out an alarpi.,; From its lower story the ware-honsp;-waa completely gutted, and the damaged is estimated at between L 2,000 and L 3,000.. ; . Expensive Lagging. At the Supreme Court civil sessions m the case W. Quinn v. the Mercury Bay Saw Mill G mpany, claim of LI.OOO for damstgesto property, through the defendants jJHtiftg logs down the Kaimarnmara riverj'fhe plaintiff got a verdict of L 250. The sfetidn of granting an injunction agvintt the defendants restraining them from'"driving logs in the future was deferred: : _ Wanganui Spnng Races. u. Wanganui, To day. The Wanganui Spring Meeting took Maiden Face: Mr Scott’s Alma -by. Painter —Cornelia, 3yrs (Scott, jun Vlf Mr Powell’s Leonaio. 3yrs (McCormick), 2 ; Mr Star dish’s Winora, gyrs 3 Mr Smith’s Waxy, Mr Kewland’s Patient and Mr Wilson’s Sweet Home also-ran, ' It was won by a length. The course veas very heavy and was rain- I ing haid, and all the horses were held in for the first part of the race and only let oat in coming up *he strsvght.—Hurdles : Mr Migent’s Chevalier, 1; Mr Bapeta Pinemau’s Hinu, 2 ; Mr Keith’s Bugler, 3. Mr Maurice O’Brien’s Reliance ran, but fell. Won by three lengths, the same distance- between second and third. Hinu fulled up very lame. , ’ Tie Irish Land League. Christchurch. To-day. At Ilarrett’a Hotel to day a number of gentlemeh repreaenting the Christchurch branck,;of i the Irish National League, waited W Messrs Redmond and Walsh, and presented them with an address of welcome and sympathy. A Lyttelton Ship. Dunkdin, To-day. The ship Taranaki, bound for Lyttelton, ad Cape Saunders at eight o’clock this morning. : Shipping. The- ship Kelson, from Glasgow, 78 days out, arrived at Cape Saunders at noon. She is reported all well. Tbs Separation Case, rln the separation case Laverty v. Layeriy f the Judge granted a decree nisi. Hie Hoopr, discredited the story of the defence,..'