TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1283, 8 July 1886, Page 3

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Fire. Auckland, July 8 The hoa a of B Walsh, Walroa South, wr destroy •I ly l : re, with its contents at 2r n. )6i -L y. One of the children in wy e- ' 1 loing burned to death. !•» i- a h h is in the New Zia--4i cffi. j, es ur> cover the loss. A : owl of Indignation.

f n Bgitai’ >ti I dug carried on in the roi hern*!' ric a e yaiuat the reduction In the vote for tne Trunk Bail way extension North of Auckland. It is suggested that the eittlera shoo'd refuse to pay the Property Tax as a vigorous protest against the injustice. NZ. Loan and Ml. Co.

At the aniias l meeting of shareholders In the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company yesterday, Dr Campbell the Chaim-an stated the basinets was in a flourishing condition. The losses, by defalcations wore not expected to exceed £lsOl to £2OOO Dr Campbell, the retiring Director w; s reelected. Wm. lonia Taylor was elected colonial auditor. A Pall Down A Mine.

Hokitika, July 7

Holmes tho coach driver was recovered late last He wrs aliva when re.ohed but died before being brought to the surface. The shaft was 35 feet de p. Strnck Oil. Chkistchukch, July 8

A private letter from Gisborne states that 101 feet of i-ll are showing in the pipe at Sou h Pacific Petroleum well and that the hole has had to be plugged. Weaver, the borer, is believed to be waiting instructions from Sydney d'l' itor before removing tho plug. T.ie opinion is that it will bo proved that o'l has been strnck.