TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1476, 7 February 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Reservoir K^ving way. uok{-an;> t*V ruary 7 Owing to tho rai-i tbf new reac-i-voi/ at Ponsonby Ins again come to j-:vief Tho new wall. whi«;h m being bult 10 curtail the size of tho reservoir started to move on 8a urday morning, *nd the emembankment m fissured several feet deep. I Run over and v ilted James Trenwith, a carter m the employ of the Auckland iim^er C >mpatiy, was shockingly injured > 11 Saturday a 2 a m. l>y lieing ruu <■>«■■ er by a niglit.-oil c^ift m Dock street. He d ci! at the Hospital yesterday from the injuries rrcnived Deceaßod said he h d beou the vvors for drmk aud was on the roadway Attacked by a Bull. i\BW t LVM UTH FdO.inry 7 M-tAHs-w, » turn-' -a Uurhaai roa 4 , w*o <»t Hokttd on Saturday by a ball. The a'lim'At's horns growing do»n h^> w* n t able totals the ratn. bu r . roiled h m n'ong »nd tried to gom him MoAlistens mu°h hun. Mr Pryce to Fpe ik V( a.>oamvu '-Bb.u»rr 7 Mr Bryce is muki g arrangements to speak at Waverl"y tbfa we k. Wifle .". 8 ociation M etin?. Captain f.omer>ille, Cnai'm.m of the y Z.R. exo. 'ttve, leaves on I'hursday to superint'n :he arrangements for the meeting whinh commences on the 28ch Ho fnr the accounts fr >m Ohristohu eh do not indicate any great interest being taken. Drowned -while ba tan*. .Nelson Fobru ry 7. Arthur Avory, aged eighteen was drowned while bathing m tbe river at Spru.g Grove yesterday. Juvenile Criminals OthisTOHUBUH, February 7. Sevan f mall hoys tae i-l lest being 13, wc-.q convicted m the H.M. Court this morning of stealing leid and selling it to China nen There were 5 previous convictions against two of hem, and two agalnßt. another, aud one each against two others, Th y were ail committed to the Industrial -clvol. Death from Drinking At ao n.qvieat .h(« morning on Han pah Lee, who died eudde ly on Saturday n ght, a verdict " death from excesuive d'iaking " was returned The Coroner commented on the fr< quency of death fr m this cause, expressing a hope that the verdict would act as a warning to hard driakers.

Scalded to Death.

Donedin. Fe ruary 7

A child named Arnot, living at the Peninsulni, wus scalded to death by falling into a pan o' hot wate •■