TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1043, 7 January 1884, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

_ A , v - 1;’ [PHR PR BBS ASBOCIAIIOW. ] 1 ~oi) y, I.■. Taking the Veil. jjaiu.- Auckland, To-day. ’ r ; • Six ydung ladies took the “ black veil ” ■\ On'Saturday at the Convent at Ponsonby. Lack officiated, assisted by three ' 'priests.

Survey of the King Country. u -,Mt -. Rochfort arid the- survey party 11 Arrived, at Kihikihi on Saturday, having i ; . completed the exploration of the central i.i»utet.to the westward of Tuhoa. He re- , porta a good line throughout, and he was .(kindly received by the natives everyth where. u A native states that Mr Oarkeek’s the Ohara river, meeting with ■ very unfavorable country for railway, 'i he -..whole of the King Country, has been i; traversed, and found to consist of a large ■.t portion, of first-class land.

' A Pedestrian in Court. At the R. M. Court to-day Edwards, the pedestrian, was sued for LSO by .1. H. Pollock, butcher, of Wellington, alleged to have been lost by the plaintiff acting as

guarantor for Edwards when the latter Zhad an hotel in Wanganui. Edwards rotopndiatOd tfae debt, and said the blank lutiteqae produced- wit h -his signature was a Htfargery. His 'Worship nonsuited the with costs L 3 13s Id, remarking <ithat 'the whole thing was unsatisfactory. f.trAn'' application has been made to the otiQourt to impound the cheque pending ’ ■further proceedings

■ l ~’,. , Miner’s Wages. V:‘? . Waiohongomai, Today. The directors of the Te Aroha mines '.hiving. decided to reduce the miners’ " Waives from 9s to 8s per day, a meeting of ■,2oominers was held to-day, and it was decided,notto accept the reduction. A Mau-of-War. .x! •■ Taukanoa, To-day. H.M.S. sailed for Lyttelton at 9 a.m.v Captain Bridge and the officers came back from the Hot Lakes on Saturday evening. It is reported that the Governor and suite will proceed to the Sonndaby the lapiegle. Sad Fatality. WKiiLiKGXON, To-day, A melancholy fatality occurred at nine last night. Mr Jacob Monteith, swell known and highly respected chemist, carrying on business in this city, was sup- - plying some medicine to a custom er when he complained of being seized with a sudden pain. He retire'd for a moment, and not re-appearing’search was made, and he was found itr the yaid vomiting and in great pain. -‘-Ho-was removed and medical - aid aent for, but he died in a few minutes. cThocauaeof death is at present unknown, hot t postmortem will be made to-day. V Fatal Accident. Tj(l j ] Duksdin, To-day. r. > A jaian named Macintosh was found dead on the Portobello road. He was

-found nnder the tailboard of a cart, -Whlch bad capsized.