TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1509, 17 March 1887, Page 2

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Fire. -A ucK&AND, March 17# A fonr-roomed c ittage at Central street, Pooaonby, wan burnt down last night. The h luae was unoccupied and balonged to Mr Lee. Capsized Telegrams received by the owners of the sohooner Mari n, atato that the vessel 0»p---flia^d nndaunk m the Havelook ohann«J, Oooka'S trait, oa Monday Uet. Captain Larson and crew got ashore aafely and let about operationn tofl )9ttheveiael,»ndy«terday af cernoon they wired that the tcbicl had been pumped out. No damage waa done and the would sail for Lyttelton with timber. - Found. Wanganoi, February 17. The man Martin, who hat been mltsing for several days, turned up at a inburbaa hotel lash niu'ht. He ia being locked after now, and will be shipped to Wellington to-day. A Suiden Death. A man named John .fccott, a baker by trade, was found dead lnbed.thla morning. He wan soen aliVe at fire a.m t vr hen he had to be aaalated to bed. An hour after he was found dead la bed. An toquest will b«\ held to-day. Wellington Regatta. Wellington, Mtrob 17. It is a fine day for the holiday, baft there is a fresh breezi blowing whioh will make the regatta a failure tralen ft decreases. The Disqualified WakaUr (Nelson) crew have made affidavit that they are Dot professionals aud intend to olalm the Union Oop. Hibernian Sports* The Hibernians have their annnalaportf m the Basin Roaerve, exoursion tralm ar£ running, and the day is being kept at a general holiday. A. L. Levy Again. A paragraph purporting to be extracted from a Sydney paper has been going lound descriptive of a den m Sydney whither kidnapped persona are conveyed and imprisoned. The author mention!, among o'ber rlotima that a man from New Zealand was kept there at the instance of a business man, tho reason being hie efforts to promote theoause of Temperance. A. L. Levy, whose mysterious disappear* unco and still more myaterious explanation have been raaoh canvassed, left fn the Wakatipu for Sydney on Saturday to obtain certain evidence for the proieontion of the legal Botion he contemplate!. He had not seen this paragraph but his relatives consider it corroboration of his story, and my he waa only let out of the den because hU instalments were not re* gularly paid. Levy aaid he had been ia a placo of the pet described; Recriminations. At a meeting of the Wollen Co lilt week Mr Dransfield, a direotor, accused Mr Valentine, a shareholder, of stating that the former had purchased wool on commission, Mr Dranefield| denying that be had done so, It is understood that light proceedings will arise ont of the matter. Another Sudden Death. Donbdin, March 17. Jarae3 Grogan, an old Provincial Government servant, died suddenly yesterday of heart disease, jatt as he left the Hospital. Ten Per Gent Dividend. The Ktitangata Railway Company has declared a ten per cent dividend. Satisfactory to Shippers. Dalgutty and Co. are ndviaed by cable that the ship Weatiand was not much damaged, and her cargo was landed In good order. Drowned. It is reported that David White, ft Maori, hss been drowned whi'e fiabiog at the head?,