TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1081, 23 October 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

( [PKE FBKSS ASSOCIATION. ] Drowned. Auckland, To day. A lad named George Cruickahank, aged ■even, was drowned in the Upper Mahurangi yesterday. A Purchase. iUffhte Auckland speculators have pur* the celebrated Waitcheri falls. : Harbor Improvements. This harbor engineer proposes a scheme of harbor improvement, whereby in three yearp the water will be sufficiently deep at thpt shore end of Quean street Wharf to admit of bertbipg the Dprip. The scheme inidwlea the reclamation of freeman’s Bay. The Coal Industry. < Weljjnoton, To-day. Bigty miners arrived from Sydney by theWakatipu last night for the Westport Colliery Company. They leave for Westport by the steamer Koranui this evening FireKumaea, To-day. A fire which completely destroyed Keech: .and Malloy’s house and store at Westbrook, occurred during last night. Onlyafew bags of rice and some boxes of candles were saved. The probable loss is about L7OO, and barely L4O was saved. The place was'uninsured. The origin of the fire is unknown as the storeman was away at the time, A Claim. . Dunedin, To-day. In the Supreme Court the case of Dawson v. the Queen, in which it is sought to fix the liability of the Crown for damage cabled b|y engine sparks is being heard. An Assault CaseBdwsrds, the pedestrian, was fined L 6 foryaiaanlting a boy at thp late walk. ; The Land Leaguer. At the Eedmond meeting L 230 was pollpcted.

Sailed. The British Queen sailed for Lyttelton last night*