TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1511, 19 March 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Another Suicide. Auckland, flfaroh 19. A yoang man named Ayres, who poisoned himself m a brothel yesterday. died In the hospital at midnight. The inmates of the houo delayed three houn before sending for any holp. The reason for taking poison has not yet been disclosed. Found Dead. The body of a man, unknown, was foand at daylight this morning m a yard m Napier ttreet. He was apparently about 26 years of age, There were no marks of violence and it seem? he died m a fit as the face was embedded In the earth. The Wreck of the Lyttelton Wkilinoton, March 19; The defence Jn the Lyttelton oaae' bgan this morning, Uounsel dalming H nonsuit m a numbarJof grounds, pr;noipally that It had not been proved thai the Oomnany wai incorporated, that no notice of action had been given by the plaintiffs, that the Timaru Harbor Board was not liable and that no actual flegligenoe had been proved. The jury were dismissed till Monday while the points were being argued. Oysters. In the R.M. Court a point wan raised that some Auoklaad oysters seized by th< police were not rock oysters b c*ase tfcej grew on reefs. The witnesses for the proseontlon said they were rook oyetern ptuokerf m the oioaa season and put Into the mud. The onaa was adjourned to get the evidence of Dr Hector as an ex ! pert whether they wore really rock oysters. The Parihaka Meating. .Nrw Plymouth, M>*roh 19 The Natives who have been assembled at Parihaka, have been feasting duriop the* past few days. &o spechifying has taken place. Te Wbitl i» keopins? himself m seclusion. He bas been having Native Land fenced m with wire fencing and some portions o^t npart for families. lArrival of the Scottish. Fokt Ohalmebs, March 19. Arrived — "Scottish," barque, Captain Moat after an uneventful passage of 90 days, from GUagow. She brings 1400 tons of cargo ant) 9 paHsengers.