TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1454, 12 January 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Insurance Company. AUCKLaMD. J/>r.Qa»j7 12. The annual meet ng of tho Niw Zetland Insurance C'mpany took place. The report stated that after settlement of all clal <>fl, and making provision for all si obtained loißes, o; fng £10,000 to mv f - menfc and fluo; nation account ; £10 OUO to re«nrve fund, and paying au interim dividend of 3s per shar* m July Hut, there r mains a b*»anoe r,f £18,931 fa 10<3, from whioh the Directors declare a fnrlher dividend of 3% per eharo, leaving £3 31 5* lOd to bo circled forward to next ye*r. Ths dividend is payable nt he head office to-morrow and at branches and agercies on receipt of advlop. Mr J. McOoeh Oiark and Mr Samuel Browing were re* elected f irectora. Committed for Trial. Wellington, January 12. Reuben Hind wa committed for trial for robbery of PHn m cash box, tha value of the contents . f whioh were declared m Gonrt at £133. Ths box andsome documents have not yet been reoovered. Mrs Bind will be brought up tb!e afternoon. The Wellington BobbeTy. The oh»r«« agaiunt Mr» Hind 'or b«lng concerned In the robbery from Plimmer'B has been diamlased. Claim for Damages. A writ, olniini' g £l<)00 domsgep, haß been laaaed at the salt of Mr« R brry, keeps a fish ah- p on Lambtori Quny, against the New Zealand Times for a atcments pnbiUheii on January l«t and 3rd 'hat an < ffensive smell arose from petitioners premises and that siokneas m the neighborhood was attributable to them. Burglary Ch'sholme's Grocer's shop wa« broken into Kit night and a qaantity of tobacco stole '. W»te r ß' Defalcatfona. Mr Mid. letoD, solicitor, has been retained on I'thalf of rertain sharehoidnrs m the Nr>r'hern Land and Loan Company, to take BDch atepa on their behalf as shall oompel a q'l and comploto diaclosnru of the Comi nys position m relation to the defalcation* by the late Seorcttvy, Waters. Resignation. Kelson, January 12. At a meeting of the City Counoil last ntgM Mr L'gbtfoot, City Surveyor, resigned hlo position. Bursary. Chrißtoiiuuoh, January 12. A bnrgl»r named Charles Anderson, whs oanght at 2 this morning m Kingcald'a (arooer'a) shop Oaahel Street, by Oonstable Kost^r, who noticed a window open and found him rifling the till. He earrendered wl hout resistance. Fire. Dukedin. January 13. Maolew's atore at Palme b» on was burned down, j Insurance £600 In the Standard,