TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1025, 14 December 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] A Home Vessel. Auckland, To-day. The ship Piako has arrived from London after a passage of 114 days. The Triumph. The purchaser of the Triumph has commenced to remove the refrigerator. Attempted SuicideKumaea, To-day, Mr Berkley Murseli, a Government Insurance Agent, cut his throat at Dillman’s Town last evening- He was in a desponding state of mind owing to the illqesa of a child of whom he was very fond. He was brought to the hospital. His condition is very precarious, h|a wrists being also cut badly. Inquest. At the inquest on the body of Felix McCann yesterday afternoon, a verdict of accidental death was returned.

The Missing Crew. Ch’-ktchubch, To-day. The captain of the Sarah W. Hunt, who was to 1 ave gone to Wellington to join the Government steamer, was for some unexplained reason not on board or on the wharf when the steamer left for Wellington, although be was supposed to have arrived in Lyttelton by the Christchurch train. Mr All wright, M.H.R., has urged on Mr J. D. Macpherson, of the Chamber of Commerce, to allow the steamer to call at Lyttelton Beads. The captain of the schooner could then be transhipped from a steam launch into the steamer, which would then proceed on her voyage in search of the missing men. Supreme Court. Timaku, To-day. The Supreme Court sittings opened today. 0. Fobeul, alias Le Seivre, was sentenced to four years’ penal servitude for sheep stealing at Otaio. John Flynn, for atealing at watch Temuka, was sentenced to twelve months. The Grand Jury returned true bills against H. C. Bourdon on two charges of embezzling the monies of the N.Z. Grain Agency at Timaru. Complaining Passengers. Ddnkdin, To-day, Grave complaints are formulated by the Tonga’iro’a passengers against the officers of the ship. Over 100 of them have addressed a memorial to the Company complaining of insufficient attention and the poorness of the food supplied daring the voyage. The Herald asserts on the Northern passengers leaving the ship, (they gave groans for Captain Hallett.