TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1438, 22 December 1886, Page 3

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

The 3.5. lonicAuckland, December 22 Arrived—S.S. lonic, Captain Came-on, from London. She loads frrz n meat here and leaves on Erida;; for the Sooth With passengers and cargo. Petty Thefts. Two other boy a have been ordered to be birched for stealing. A Litigious Par?on. Wellington, December 23

Judgment to-day in the ca-e, Dod»well, clergyman, v Bishop of Wellington. was given for the latter. The plaintiff had been suspended by the Bishop and sued for reinstatement. Fined. At theß. M. Coart Thompson, Shan Hon and Co. were fined £lO for allowing • girl to remain in the workroom a ter hours.

The Wreck of the Tui. The wreck of the Tui at the heads will be blown up by dynamite. Insurance Policies. In Banco Mr Justice Richmond ruled that an Accident Insurance policy was protected by the Policy Act in regard to bankruptcy. Wool. Oamabu, December 22, Cleared —New Zealand Shipping Company's Wairoa, first wool ship of the season, with a cargo valued at £65 000. Attempted Suicide. Invercargill, December 22. W Sarah Oumilngham, aged 60, tried to drown herse'f in a creek in Wyndham district but was rescued. She has been desponding ever sicca the suicide of her son 16 months ago. Accident A young man named Childs, lost two fingers while attending a sausage machine Juvenile Criminals. Petty larcenia by j ivenilos are very Common. The R M rele ssed a boy charged with the theft of a watch under the Probation Act and to-day the Justices allowed two boys to go st large under the sam« Act. The had itolen a gun case. In ttch case the boys have to report themselves for three months. A Bad Examp’e. _ An extraordinary suicide is reported from Otautau. A boy named David Morton, aged 1c years, bung himself in a sbed adjoining his father’s property near Waikola. Ever since Crow, a neighbour, hung himself at Makarewa a few weeks ago, the boy has been doing his best to imitate him, with the above result.