YESTERDAY'S LATE TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1554, 16 July 1885, Page 3

YESTERDAY'S LATE TELEGRAMS

Auckland. k In tha case of Geo. Elliott, of Denili- . quin, New Booth Wales, and Thos. Han* oock, brewer, for alleged libel pnbliahed in “ The Recollections of the Life of Thos. Hancoek," the Judge summed up strongly for the defendant, and a verdict for L2OO ’ was given. The Eev. T. W. Dunn has decided to resign his charge of the'district of Pukekohe at the end of the year, in consequence of the recent action of the Free bytary relative to his lecturing tour in the Napiro. A most distressing|caae of death from exposure is reported at Norsewood. A lira Jacobsen, the wife of a small settler raiding in a lonely cottage, was left on Mondry morning to get a cow out of the bush. Her husband was absent Working on a contract, bat her three children were left at home with strict inj unctions not to leave the house until she returned. She did not-come back all night, and next day hf a chance a visitor to the cottage found the children wild with excitement. Search piWifi were organised, and the bush was •coated, but it was not until this morning that Mrs Jacobsen was discovered about •even chains, from the honse. She had I Eton dead soma hours. . T 4 la great jubilation at the very gggggggfol of the harbor loan, ftTimabu. , The football match played to-day between Obriatoborob and Timatu High Bohoolboya resulted in a victory for the yia&on ty seven pointa to fonr.