TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1488, 14 March 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[FBB PRKHS ARHOniATION.] Reported Loss. Auckland, Last Night. Mr Fell, manager of the Seaman’s Rest, I has received a letter from a sailor at Bong Kong, in which it is stated that the ship East Lothian, Captain Crus, which wa* here eighteen months ago, has been lost with all hands. Departed. Andrew Waipo, a young Kaipara chief, yrho bad {become a law student, left in the mail steamer for Sydney, leaving valueless cheques for L 25 behind him, •fid sundry creditors lamenting, h * i Defence. . A resolution was unanimously passed by the Chamber of Commerce urging Government to put the port of Auckland into a complete state of defence. Successful Designs. . The City Council has authorised the payment of the premiums of L?pO to Grainger and Debb, Melbourne, for the briae art gallery design. LIOO has been forwarded to Mr Wales, of Dunedin, who prepared the design second in order of ' merit. ' . Accident Charles Drown, commercial traveller, accidentally fell over Marsden Point . - Wharf, Waangarei, through tripping on timber, fracturing hie skull' on ' the deck q( tjiWeteiniet Lily. J

; Inquest. Napier. To-day. • An inquest was held this morning on I the body of Mr Robert Miller, father of the well-known stock and station agent, i who ded on Thursday, aged 85. The i deceased was very ill and rapidly sinking, and from tlie evidence it appeared that during the night a dose of liniment was administered inadvertently for the proper medicine. A verdict of accidental death was returned. Rowing Match. Wellington, Last night. Tie annual rowing match, Christchurch v Wellington, has been postponed until to-morrow afternoon owing to the lumpy state of the water. Free Water. The City Council have agreed to allow the Exhibition free use of water. F atal Accident. Feilding, To. day. Lehrendt, one of the men injured by the trap acc'dent on Thursday, died this morning. Charitable Bequest. Christchurch, To-day. The will of Edward Constable Maxwell was proved yesterday. He leaves the following charitable bequests; —LI,OOO to be distributed amongst such Roman Catholic schoo.s in Canterbury in such proportion as the executor think fit ; 1.1,000 to the Christchurch Hospital; LSOO among the deserving Catholic poor of Danfriea, Scotland; and L 2,000 among such charitable institutions in Canterbury, and in such proportion as the executor thinks fit Pootponed. Dunedin, Last Night. It is stated that Sir J. Vogel has put off his visit till March 28. Sly Grog-Selling. Four more defendants from the Otago , Central Railway works were fined for sly J grog selling to-day. Inquest. An inquest was Reid on the drayman Creed to-day. It was shown that a train frightened hia horse, which boiled, and he fell off, the wheel passing over his neck. -After the inquest on Creed to-day Dr Brown brought under the notice of the Coroner the fact that a patient had died of puerperal fever at St Kilda, and that the nurse had refused to obey his warning not to attend other patients. The Coroner said he could do nothing. Dr Brown has since referred the question to the Mayor of St Kilda, who has telegraphed to the Colonial Secretary to know if any action can be taken in the matter. The Wakatipu. The Wakatipu has been five weeks in port, and during that time has received a thorough overhaul from stem to {stern. She made a trial trip to-day and got up to 14 knots. Death. The man, Fitzpatrick, who was so badly hurt by a reaping machine at Clutha, died after amputation of bis leg, mortification having set in.