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TELEGRAMS.

[PUB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Gazette NoticesWellington, To-day. Mr Charles Napier Bell, who is appointed Commissioner to enquire into the bast route for the extension of the Ashburton branch railway, is requested to raport within thirty days from January 2nd. G. H. Harris is gazetted Assistant Superintendent of Quarantine Station, and David McMillan has been appointed Member of Land Board for Canterbury. Regulations under the Patents Ao f , 1883, and Rules unoer the Bankruptcy Act, 1883, are gazetted. All fees under the last-named Act are to be paid by means of stamps. Still They Come. M ho Agoi t Genera’ cobles the departure of the British Queen for Wellington, with 260 immigrants. Inquest. Woodvxllb, To-day. At the inquest on the body of Edward Donkin, tho jury returned a verdict that decea ,ed camo by death by hanging himself. The Governor Ch'Tstohukch, To-day. His Excellency the G> vernnr arrived nt Lyttelton by the Hinemoa at about 1 p. ■!!. to day, and a special tra'n took him straight cn to Dunedin. Bankruptcies. Ddnbdin, To-day. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr George R. West, he stated that hia losses since 1879 amounted to L 4,163. His assets are L 7,316, and his liabilities L 4.674 A deed of arrangement was agreed to, Mr West to be allowed time to make an offer. Twelve declarations of insolvency were filed during the holidays, including Henry Scott, a publican, with debts of L 4,636, assets L 397. Cricket The Tasmanian cricketers have arranged their tour, which commences at Invercargill at the end of the month. The Australian Eleven cannot visit New Zealand until they return from England. Satisfactory. The Victory, the longest vessel that has yet entered a Now Zealand dock, was safely floated into the Lyttelt n Dock this morning. Pound Dead. A man, to be F. O. Bennett, was found dead at the Shingley Creek. It is supposed that he fell from his horse. Joined the Maj ority. William Wilson, an old resident at Milton, died from apoplexy this morning.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1041, 4 January 1884, Page 3

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337

TELEGRAMS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1041, 4 January 1884, Page 3

TELEGRAMS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1041, 4 January 1884, Page 3

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