TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1547, 2 May 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

+. . T Lost. Wellington, May 2 The propose! to ra ; se a loan for a waier eupply at Petone wn loat, neither majority of voieia being recured. Law Examna-ion. Only three J< ca( c ndidatei p^Beed the recent law ex m ; na'i..n m Solicitor's Law and none m knou ltd«e. Ala dsl;p. A landslip dl< eked tbi> Masterton Jine near the summit on .'■atutday and piw 3 vented the fxemeion tia'"n returning The passergr ro, nf wlom there was a largo number, knew n«.th ng al.out ft until the ann<'»nc;-mp',t was nui fi\ m Ihe s'Jge « f the Opeia houso &t fie 'ißt moment and b>d to by ii 'own ovar n'aht Aa^e ].\\ whs put mi to <»ke il em b.»ek yeßt* day. Tho Goods ti ai'i ran m o (he laudtl p on Satuiday on the JJu t line, and 'he engine and th» o t-ucks we-e dpr j i't>. , the former be't-g Bi'iiou«'\ flanged. The Kecent Fire. WarnO'l by j.chio exp liei'ce a night wiifcjhmati was en m the build g where the 1 el ; yia h c ffioa is now looated. The firemen c.pti uc 1 at work cleaning the debris yester'^y Rid the c ping of ihe b>- *k wa" ia now bt-in^iemoved. Wh n the clparanr-i '8 fin ; shcd a fhorou^h i.iBpec ion wl 1 be m?d* and iha Bcheme of reconstruction r< itltd. Parcel Post. Thodeshucim uhhe poft office will not inte?fei-j \r, h tho of the Parrels Po-<; syetem. *)l the dotuncents were plr> <\y m tjp3 and the plan 3 of himpera is uecL 1 hj Weather. The weathe i< s beea wj and mieerable duiing tho Ist tee ''sj '. j he / rawa. C«»(lMchokoh, Mry 2. The Arawa sa Yd i gain fur London at 11.30 a.m io-dav. Suicide. Oamaku, May 2. Mr Delimbert. merchant, committed aajcide by tak'ng prua^io acid. Hert found by the office boy thin morning quite dead on a sofa m the ' ffice. He leaves a wife, whu le near confinement, and eight children, It is Buppoß?d the cause wbb bueinees troubles. Uia life was inaured oix months ago m the Goverament office, but as there is a rule of the office that io case of suicide within 13 months the policy will not be paid, it is feared the family will get nothing Fatal Accid'Bt. LufiEPiN May 2. As one of the girders of the Crawford street overbrid^e wps being raked by a crane, it fell owing to tho chains slipping, and struck Thomas Hall on the head and back. He died m ihe Hospital yesterday afternoon, He was aged 23, and was unmarried. Fire. The houso of JBme3 Sierk, South Dunedin, wai burno i down, Inaaratvoe £124 m the South PriHah.