TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1089, 1 November 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Sudden Death. JNew Plymouth, To-day. A man named Edward Smith, said to be::a brother to Mrs John Williamson, whose husband was formerly Superintendentot Auckland, was brought in by the train from Hawera to the hospital. He was taken there in a cab, and whilst the usual: formal questions were being asked him: preparatory to his being put into a ward,.his head fell forward and he expired. When arriving at the hospital he showed no signs that his death would be so sudden;

Supreme Court. The - Supreme Court opened to-day. The following ia the case list ;—Thomaa Vfe r, anon and false pretences ; Murty Collins, maliciously shooting cattle ; Watiha and Waiteha, shooting cattle v.ith intent to steal the carcase ; John Paul, housebreaking and burglary ; Putua, receiving stolen goods ; Alexander Boswell, false pretences. Civil cases—Trustee of Ualse’s estates v. Kinney, and Christie v. Peacock. The Judge in his address to the Grand Jury only referred to the cases on for trial The John Paul case, for burglary is now proceeding.

Typhoid Fever. John Byrron, a passenger by the ship Oxford, died in the hospital last evening from malignant typhoid fever. An Agricultural Show. Carterton, To-day.

The Wairarapa Agricultural and Pastoral show is being held here to-day. Heavy rain fell early in the morning, but the weather has now cleared up. Large nnmbers of people are pouring into the town'from the surrounding country.b|The show is considered equal to that of last year, wbiebt was the best ever held in the district. 'There are 531 exhibits made up as follows: —Horses, 84; cattle, 89; sheep, 232 ; pigs, 5 ; poultry, 15 ; dogs, 14; agricultural implements, 15 ; buggies, 14 ; batter. 10 ; cheese, 3 ; bacon, 9 ; leather, 1; wool, 1; preserved meat, 2 ; oats, 2 ; hops, 1; tobacco, 1; woollen goods, 2. There are ten entries for the shearing nlatch.

New Zealand Birds. WriuNoiON, To-day. At a meeting of the Philosophical Society last night. Dr Duller, in some remarks bn rare species of birds in the colony, said that the wattle bird of Australia had been found here. . Referring to the kea be said they were increasing rapidly in destructiveness, apparently growingifonder of the fat of sheep. Keas tilled 15,000 to 20,000 sheep annually. Sale of Privileges. Christchurch, To-day.

The privileges connected with the Agricultural Show sold for Llsl, nearly LBO less than last year. Licenses Befosed. The Land Board to-day refused several applications for licenses to prospect for gold' in the Malvern district, on the grocnd that they were within a mile of the areas already licensed. The Deans Award. The award made as to L2OO reward offered by Mr Deans for the conviction of Jackson, who shot at him, ii as follows: — LSO to Fraser, who gave the first information of Jackson’s whereabouts, and assisted in the arrest; L 33 4s to Detective Neil, and L 25 each to the four others. (Sixteen guineas was absorbed by the costs of arbitration. A Smart Passage. Duniidin, To-day. Arrived—Pareoraifrom London, 72 days from iand to land, being the smartest passage of the season.