TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1408, 18 December 1884, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PRK PKBBS ASSOCIATION. 1 i AnAccidentAuckland, To-day. The City Council are erecting |a buspension bridge 700 ft long across the cemetery gully. Yesterday while a section (of the bridge 120 ft in length was being elevated,' - the link oi a well-tested |-inch chain broke and tbe section fell to the ground, a distance of 70ft, complet-ly smashed. A Large Subscription. Tbe Rev T. Spurgeon writes that besides the Li,ooo already sent for the Baptist Tabernacle, be expects to bring L 1,500 as the malt of his lecturing tour in England and the colonies. Postsessional. - Mamoh, To-day. Mr Bruce, M.H.B. for Rangitikei, addressed his constituents last night, and received a vote of thanks and confidence. RemandedWellington, To-day. At tbe Magistrate’s Court A. F. Anderson, on a charge of embezzling L 240, the property of the Liverpool Poor Law Guardians, was remanded to England. Embezzling. A young man named Harry Bennett Bowles was arrested here on a charge of embezzling at Wanganui, November 13, TfSfr belonging to Her Majesty, and was remanded to Saturday. 7ho Colonial Treasurer. Sic Julios Vogel bos postponed his visit tp the Hot Springs nntU the 29 th indt. A Nomination. Major Atkinson nos 'been nominated fpr a seat on. the Government Insurance ApsecifUon. Fires. - Chbistchdech, To-day. At 2 a.m. to-day a six-roomed house at Spreydou, owned and occupied by Mr O. Dale, was burned down. It was insured for LBSO, and tbe furniture for L6O in the London and Lancashire. The supposed cause is a defective chimney. Just afterwards a two-storeyed building in Tnam street, belonging to Mr Cuddon, brewer, and occupied by Mr Cook, fruiterer, and Mr White# ale and porter bottler, was burned. It was insured for L7OO in the South British. Mr Cook’s stock was insured foe.L2pQ in tbe Equitable, and Mr White’s for in the United. Nothing was saved. The cause of the fire is not known. , , *; * Fatality. 1 Dr J. T. Bouse,‘of Lyttelton, who was thrown from his horse a few days ago, died this morning from the injuries sustained.' The Colonial Secretary. ’ . Dunedin, To-day. The Colonial Secretary paid a visit of Inspection to U}e Seacliff Asylum to-day.