TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1080, 22 October 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association. J s ' Death of an old Settler. . ..' Auckland, To-day. John Sullivan, a settler in the province since 1836, has died at Maharunga, .aged 73 years. Ho was the owner of a number of vessels trading in the. north o{ Aadt* land. Found Drowned. Napier, To-d*y. . Another fatal accident is reported fom Petane. . A daughter of W. Carswell, and 14, went out for a walk yesterday aftarnoon, and not returning to tea herßh. sence caused alarm, and all night search parties were out. This morning the body was found in the river.

Murder. ; - Christchurch. To-day. f ‘ ' At: the Magistrate’s Court at Lyttelton . tbii morning, James Angus was charged "■’with having wilfully murdered John Bur ham. The case was not gone into. The inquest will be held to-morrow. Disgraceful Salvation Row. .. ~.... . ■ Oamako, To-day. ' , A disgraceful tcene was enacted at the Salvation Army meeting last night. Ever - - since the Army opened here the meetings .-. . have; been attended by a large body of fuldarrikins,. who, though doing little posi- .< tivo mischief, have made affairs pretty Hvelyi' Laat night measures were taken by the Army to exclude all: doubtful characters, every application ?. jiot admission being scrutinised by a nutn- ". /.ber of doorkeepers. Scores were refused U ii admission,- and. how they resented this will ba seen by the sequel. The larrikins mustered to the number of about 200, and ja.dzew the police away by getting up a sham - ...fight in iho neighborhood. The main Oibody then . rushed the doors of the carried them by storm. Once inside they gave the Army .. to understand that they were there to atop proceedings, cheers were given fertile Skeleton' Army, and the hall, wh'ch was packed;'became a surging mass of N.sfxcited humanity, eggs and other unsavory things were thrown at the occupants of the stage and the whole scene Lmw * n e of-the wildest excitement. - ftftoin 'White; 1 waving his handkerchief ; Above his head; led off a hymn, in which.: the. line ** We shall win " frequently oc- - < qnrred, and was joined by those on the platform. The larrikins replied by sing* fog'the same hymn, particular emphasis being given to. the line “ We shall win;*’; Ultimately the meeting broke up in disorder. . Tholamkins afterwards set on to = Captain White, who had to make a bolt to escape illtreatment lo ■■ in 1... '