TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1456, 14 January 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

•Auck'and City Council.

Auckland, January 14. HOwnorsof vehicles having complained to the City Council, J;be C^ty Engineer jatonds compelling the Tfarfjway Co. to put tjjo roads m better condition, alopg the lino of|tram rails, a distinoe of about nine miles. It will cost £6000 to repair tho roads to tho ectisf notion of the Engineer,

A report of tho Building Inspector laid before the Oily Council states that all tbe theatres and halls m the city are provided with ample means of exit m case of panio, but recommends that the assistants employed at halls be trained to conduot tho public out by various doors. Review. New Plymouth January 14. Mflior General Whitmore arrived thin morning from Auckland and Is now holdIng a review of the right wing of »hj> Weet Coaat battalion of Volunteers. The Volunteem came by train thin morning from Pdtea, Aawera and lnglewoo-3. They nmol c* through tbe town from the Railway Btatlon, bended by the New Plymouth band. Tho viators are to be entertained by the local Volunteers. pried by Toung Horges. v "FkiI,PJNO, January 14 An eldery mm, named Any on was knioked down yesterday by a mob of yonag hcraoß and died from ooncu*slon of tbe brain. Divorce Court. "Wellington, January 14. In tho Divorce cano, Olson v. Olaen, husband's petition, it was shown that tho parties, who wore married m Denmark, lived at Cnvterton, the wifo had deserted the petititioner for another Dane, named Nicholson, and two children had since been born. The wife had refused all offers of her husband to take her back A decree nisi was granted. In Nprris v, Norris, the wife's petition on the ground of adultery, |3ruelty, and desertion, the evidence snowed that the respondent had loft Mrs Morris at Auckland two yeow after marriage, nnrt wa< now living with another woman at Sydney. A decree nisi was grunted. In Sawluns v. Hawkins, a petition by the wife, the decree was made absolute. Husband Beaters. In the 11. M. Court two husbands applied for protection orders apainat thoir wives on the gioundu of cruelty t One case was dismissed ; m the other the woman was bound over m sureties. An amusing feature of these cases wa.s that oounsol for the plaintiff m the latter was witness £6r the defendant m the former* Opening a Bridge. i Kaikouba, January 14. The Clarence bridge was opened yesterday, 400 being present. The ceremony was performed by Mrs Walter Gibson, wi'e of the Chairman of the County Council. The bridge is an iron oy Under one 447 feet long, with, a roadway of 14 feet arid cost newly £13,000. ' The valui of the bridge will bemerely nominal until the roads between Ktlkoura and the Clarence river are oompleted. Messrs Blakle and Malcolm were the contractors The Convict Hall. •'•' Dunedin r Tanuary 14, H^all was lodged In Diinedjn gaol shortly before noon. Alleged Dummyiqm. Tho aption arising oat of the West Waltahana dammylsm has been dlncontinued. 1