TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1020, 8 December 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[PKR PRRBS ASSOCIATION.] The Triumph Breaking Up. Auckland, To-day. All the hands except the captain and chief officer left the Triumph last night, fearing she would break up during the northerly gate which set in. The waves took her further on the rocks and knocked her about considerably, but the wind moderated by midnight, so averting total destruction. The water increased considerably, but the pumps got it down again this morning. Tenders are now called by the agents for floating the vessel and delivering her in Auckland. If a suitable tender is not receive 1 by Monday, she will be sold by auction. The Funeral of Pakeha Maori. There was a large attendance at Judge Maning’s funeral to-day, and 22 carriages followed. A New Association. Gisbobnb, To-day, A meeting of licensed interpreters, in connection with the formation of an association, was held here. Rules of association were agreed upon, and a circular drawn up to be sent to interpreters throughout the colony, inviting co-opera-tion. Killed by a Horse. A fatal accident happened at Patutabo to Mr James Williams, alios Jones, a farmer. He was killed by a stallion (Sir Julius Yogel) on the Agricultural Shoiv Ground. The animal became excited, and commenced kicking. One of the kicks caught Williams a terrible blow behind the right ear, and rendered him un* conscious. He lived only fifteen minutes. An Injunction RefusedWellington, To-day. In Chambers this morning before Mr Justice Richmond an interim injunction was applied for in the suit of Brandon and Brandon v. Shaw. The affidavits showed that a suit for a dissolution of partnership had been commenced, the'terms on which the dissolution of the legal firm of Ltrandon, Shaw and Brandon should take place being in dispute, and the plaintiffs (Messrs Brandon and Brandon) now applied for an injunction to restrain the defendant (Shaw) from taking any part in the partnership business until the case was heard and determined. After argu> ment his donor refused to grant the injunction. The Forty-eight Hours’ MatchThe walking match at eleven o’clock this morning stood:—Scott, 149 miles ; Edwards, 146. Both of the competitors were off the track last night for three hours.

At 1.30 p.m. Scott had walked 160 miles; Edwards, 154 miles. Prorogation of Parliament. An extraordinary Gazette further prorogues Parliament until 14ih February next. Fire. Dunedin, To-day. A five-roomed house in Elm Row, belonging to Mrs Dallas, a widow, was totally destroyed. It was insured for Ll6O in the Standard office. A Watery Grave. . Andrew Smith, shareholder in the Excelsior dredge, fell of the dredge yester-, day into the Clutha and was drowned. A Political Lecture. Balclutha, To-day, Mr Thomson, M. H. 11. , delivered a lecture on “Our Public Fii acces ” at the Warepa school last night, and received a vote of thanks and confidence. He announced he would not seek re-election at the next general election,