TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1019, 7 December 1883, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

f [PRK PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ; The Triumph. , Auckland, To-day. ’ The stranded steamer Triumph is not | expected to be got off. Her position today is extremely critical. The forehold is 1 fall of water. Thera is 6 feet In the 1 second compartment, and 6 feet in the - stokehole. The crew left her last, night, and camped under canvas on Tiritiri. , Captain Rrotharton is in Auckland. The j- weather is very unsettled. Mining News. Te s . roha, To-day. ‘ The cleaning up of the first month’s ' crushing at Te Aroha is finished. The : gold yield is 1,701 oz from 100 trucks of : quartz. The new find of the mine is the richest, and 263 trucks from it gave 693 oz. The Walking Match. : WhLLiNOTON, To-day. I The second c ntest of 48 hours between i Edwards and Scott for Mr White’s MOO prize commenced at 10 o’clock la*t ni'ht, and at 11 this morning Scott had walked 64 miles, Edwards 62| miles. Latbb. At 2 p.m. Scott had walked 76 miles, and Edwards 72£. Set Aside. In the Appeal Court judgment was given in the case of the National Bank v. Ward (Timaru), the judgment of the Bank being set aside. The Premier Returns. The Government have received a telegram from Major Atkinson, stating that he proposes leaving for New Zealand by the next trip of the Hauroto from Sydney, arriving at We'lington on the 23rd inst Native Affairs; The Hon Mr Bryce has arrived at Kawhia, and it is expected his detention there will be some weeks, as he has to arrange matters in connection with the Native Department. It is probable that Mr Rolleston will leave here shortly to. meet Mr Bryce. A WreckNelson, To-day. A small vessel painted green, of about 15 tons, supposed to be the Southern is ashore on the Nelson side of the French Pass, and is a total wreck. Nothing is known as to the whereabouts of the crew, but the Southern Cross was owned by Mr Turner, who would be in charge with one man. He would have been on the way from the Sounds to Nelson, and may probably have returned home by the boat. Drowned. Dunedin, To-day. A two and a half year old child named McLauchlin has been drowned in the Shag Point Coal Company’s dam. The Otago Central Railway. The Otago Vigilance Committee waited on Mr Mitchelson re Otago central railway. The Minister replied acknowledging thefnecessity for pushing on the work as rapidly as possible, and said he would give instructions to the Engineer-in-Ohief to prepare contracts for the necessary tunnels and viaducts, and have tenders called for. As soon as they were completed he would have the line made as far as Deep Stream, and it would be his endeavor during his term of office to haveworks which had been passed pushed oQ as rapidly as possible. He did not believe in keeping them hanging over so long ss had hitherto been done. He expressed the opinion that it was not the province of a Government to find rfork for the unemployed except in very extreme oases.