TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1335, 7 September 1886, Page 3

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

rfl j IU« Aranata. Auckland, September 6. The s.e. Arawata arrived at Russ es this morning from Fiji wi’.h a large oarj ir. and 12 saloon and 25 steerage paasangei ie Puiii. ; k The Government have paid £35, balam lo of the charter money of the relief staami _ Wellington sent from Auckland i j Tauranga on the morning of the Tsravrei eruption, the liability for which was dii puted. n The Maori potentate. r Tawhalo, the Maori king is expected t if visit Tepuna, Bay cf Plenty, to morren f Mistress in Auckland. , During the month of August the reliev ! ing officer in Auckland distributed relie to 1288 souls at a cost of over £331, 01 . a rate of £4600 per year. During Angual 1885 th« cost of relief was only £230 J'iner weather, allowing the municipal work to proceed, shou'd relieve the distress. Professor Kirk will give work to 24 men tree planting at Raugiriri, a'-d 50 more men w.ll soon be taken on railway works at Wood hill. Suicide in Wellington Wellington September 7. Thomas O’Donoghue, living in a board inghruse in Wills street, took a dose cf opium this morning and died after removal to the hospital. He stated that he was a medic U prr.ceitioner just come from Melbourne. Another Earthquake. Nelson September 7A slight sh(K-k of earthquake was felt at five minutes to seven this morning. Blenheim, September 7. A sharp shock of earthquake 19 minutes to seven this morning.

3 Supreme Court. Oamaru, September 7. r The Supreme Court criminal session opened to-day with eight cases against I seven prisoners. The Judge’s charge was very brief and contained nothing of importance. Giorge White and James Martin was convicted of bnrglary at Moeraki. Sentence was deferred. The case of Mary Brown, charged with the msnslangbter of her infant child is now proceeding. Pined Invercargill, September 7. A man named Crilly was killed some time sgo on the Winton line and a publican hai been fined £5 by the R.M. for allowing the deceased to leave his house whde in a state of intoxication. Alarming- Accident An alarming accident occurred on the unemployed section of the Seaward line yesterday. A man named Pat. Hogan was softening dynamite in warm water for the purpose of blowing op tree stumps. He was in the act of attaching a cap when the material exploded. Fortunately Hogan missed the direct force of the charge bnt it sent a lot of tin utensils flying about the hut, and Bogan was severely c t about face and arm. His trousers were completely torn off him, but oddly without .injuring the akin. He was removed to the Hospital, and la doing well. Protection. The Southland Protection League haa agreed to aek the Christchurch Protection Association to send a delegate to Dunedin in conjunction with one from Invercargill to induce the formation 1 f a Protection Le gne there. This action was taken in vitw of the Dunedin Central election.