TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1458, 17 January 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Drowned. Auckland. T'.nuaty 17. Richard R. Bows, aged 20, was acci dentally drowned while bathing ve^terday afternoon m the Manakan it IVlnn ere He got out of f''Bd<»s>th, and suik before his two companions vo.v bed him. Opening of a Church. The Church of the Sa-.red Ur-nrt, (Catholic) Piinsonby, was opened yester day by Bishop Luck, who celebrated high masß, while Father Eagen preached the opening sermon Mr Balance. The Hon. Mr Balance arrived yesterday, receiving deputations t -day. Ho will leave for Rotorm 1o morrow on railway land and native business. LTe will then viait the Waikato native chief p, returning here m ten days, after which he will viait Hoki.mga. fie has been anked to give an uddreas here on the village settlement scheme, but he does not intend to do so. Accident. At Paeroa races on Saturday, a boy rode across (ho course Two competitor m a pony race collided with him. One p^ny was killed on the spot, and the two jockeys, Moore and Cock, wore badly hurt. Moore was unconscious till Sunday A Boy Drowned Palm;rsxon North, Jinuarv 17A boy iu»m d McAiister, rgid 8 years was drowned jn tho 1. ongburn, near Fftlmoratoa, while bafc>in«?. A Dangerous F How GISBORSB, Jac'Uiry 17. Tiie police havo t.ken proceedings against a man nsme.! Btx'dwln f>; brandishing « loaded rrv-;lvi«r wl.er; druak and ihr^atw.-in 1 ? (o •hoot <~, man Fa l al Accident. A m.\n natu::d Juo. fdUrria got his arm drawn into agram ased threshing maohino and fearfully nrnni;W!. Ihe arm Whb amputated close to the shoulder but. Harris died from the sho.k a few houre after.

The Jessie Read man WbliLtnoton, Jauuiry !7. Amrad — Ship J.^siie Headman, Oaptain Gibson, 105 dnys from Livnrpwl A Disputed "Will. Dunbdiw, January 17. The Supreme O ur' is occaj i9d with a caaa arising out of the will of the lara John Joroa, one of whoso grand daughters claims that owing to a mistake m carrying out his ira-rnctior-.a re the wiH she haa been prejudiced to tho extent of £400 a year.