TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1595, 28 June 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Obituary. At/ctc&A.tro, Jane 28. 0. O. Davli, the well-known Maori ■oholar, died today, He has made valuable gifti to the library and museum. Native Hospitality. New Plymouth, Jane 28, Arohblshop Redwood and Father Oaesiday visited Par ihak a yesterday and reoeived » most enthusiastic reoeption; Te Wbitl and a large party of monntcd Natlvoj met the Bey gentlemen and escorted them Into tbe Tillage. A number of ocngratalatory speeches were made and the party was weloomed cordially. The Election?. Buna, Jane 28. Mrnri Brnoe, Arkrlght and Remington Ma cttt tot R-rogitlkel. Mr Stevens la also • probable candidate. Supreme Court. Gibborwb, Jane 28. In the Supreme Ooart before the Chief Justice, trae bills were found against UTat'vei the for muder. The jary, after' being looked up all night, could not agree In the case of Patrick Maher for tape on a girl aged 7. It is a shooking omi, There probably will not be a new trial. The jury found no bill m the orimfnal libel oiso, Baldwin against the proprietor* of the " Hera.d." The Judge In his ohatj;e stated it wn usual to seek a civil remedy In snob, caies. The murder oaie 1« prooeeding. f uraranee of Government Buildings. Wbiltngtok, June 28. The Government will probably abandon the idea of injuring tyo principal buildings as the Insurance Companies' demandfl are considered too high, and they will only take the best risks. Tbe Government bad estimated the prcient value of th« Asylums, Failway Stores, offices, and similar edifices, and asked for an insurance of £6000 less than this m each caeo. A Boheme for insuring the buildings themwives is now under consideration St&bbed Himself. A youog man named Arthur Garter, % draper's assistant, at pre ent out of employment, stabbed himself this mowing. Last night he had a quarrel with a woman with whom he wo« cohabiting and she left him and wont to a friend's house, He followed her, and she refusing to return w th him, he drew a pocket knife and inflicted a wound fn his left breait, jast over the heart. The wound Is not considered dangerous Firo iv Wellington. Mr Lahmann's flxejlsior wine vaults had a narrow escape from being destroyed this morning. The fire was discovered at 6.30 by a workman who was passing along tho street. It was extinguished without muoh dlfficuly. From the appearances inside the building there Is no doubt it was the work of an Incendiary, aa a pile of wood wa« discovered alongside the place where tbo firo originated, but there Is no olue to the perpetrator. Tho stock was insured for £150 In the Phoenix offioei to enquiry Is to be held.