TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1506, 14 March 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Filthy Dairies. Auckland, March 14 Eleven case 3of scarlet fever were reported to-day. The Sanitory Inspector reports that several dairies In the neighborhood of the city are m a filthy condition. One m particular he eaya ought to be suppressed ua the milk is oertaln to te infeoted. An Ex-pugilist m Trouble. Hugh Gibeon, an ex-pngllist, who for three years was a shining light m the Salvation Army ftDd uted to act aa "chacker oat," was charged at the Police Court today with disorderly co cnot, drunkonne s, and disturbing a Salvation Army meeting at tha barracka last night. The prisoner, who app a-e to have • 'lapsed," was drunk and no &y at the meeting, using fearfully profane language, leaping on forms, and challenging all and sundry to fight. He also stru:k and hust ed various " officers," who tried to paoify him. He was fined £10 and costß or three months imprisonment and ordered to find sureties of £100 to keep the poaoo for twelve months. The Timaru Harbor Board Case. Wellington, March 14. Shaw-Saville'a case against the Timaru Harbor Boird for the losa of the chip Lyttelton, damages £32,802 103 Bd, began this morning and is expected to laet three days. Mr Harper, m opening, said the real plaintiffs were the underwriters and some (Wcera of unlnsond cargo. The contontiou was that the ship was lost through the negligence of the man acting as pilot, who was nr t properly licensed by tho Fa»bor Board. Another Suicide. Ohmstchuuch, March 14. The morning an elderly man named George Wells, living at Lin w aod, committed suicide by b»ni>iag himself m his stable. Ho had been oat of employment for some time and was depressed m spirits Fatal Accident. Jnveruaiigill, March 14. J. B. Kerr, proprietor of the Kisgston Hotel, was killed yesterday through a railway truck running over him The truck, which had been pinoel down, was set m motion, by a strong .N.E, gale. *