TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1433, 16 December 1886, Page 3

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Bankrupts* Auckland. December 16 The Snpreme Court to-day granted 102 applications fi r discharged in bankruptcy. Snnday TradingHubert Oram, o! the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, was fined £5 and costs for Belling beer on Sunday, 21st November. Other charges against him are pending. Church in Difficulty. The new Epiphany Church was to have opened to-day by the Angliom Bishop, but he has declined to do so on account of the building being partly erected on land belonging to the Diocesan Trust Board, but not granted for the purposes. The extent of encroachment is 7 feet, but Important questions of liability of the Truet Board are involved. Sma-hed Up. Mastkrton, December 16. A youth named John Mawhinny, reached the hospital at midnight suffering from concussion of the brain, fracture of both thighs and one leg below the koea. The accident occurred while felling bush. Killed. Marton, December 16. A <««" named McSweeney was killed on the road between Bull’s and Turakina yesterday by the carsizing of a dray. Stamps for Samoa. Wellington, December 16, The Stamp Dept, has ju*t completed a ■et of rtamos of values ranging from Is 2d up to two ehil'ing; for the Samoan Government. The design of stamp is a ooooumt tree. An Outspoken Opinion. Iselson, December 18. At the prlz-o distribution at Nelson colleges, Mr Fell, Mayor, presided. He made an onslaught on the civil examination* as encouraging a system of useless cram, and said that like an octopus it was throwing out Its arms and strangling real education throughout the colony. 7 he lonic. Dunedin, December 16. The lonic arrived at Hobart at 8 this morning. The Southern passengers come on by the Manapouri