TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1642, 22 August 1887, Page 2

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

c ♦ • Fire. • Auckland, August 22. About two this moraine Constable 3 Hansen discovered the Post Office building 1 on fire at Fort street front. Hearing a 3 crackling noise from tho corner he roused . the carouker aud found t .at the firj f originated m a wooden box into which . ashes had been put and the fire communicating with a door. The flimes were 3 promptly -oppressed. But for the acci--1 dental discovery tbe whole building might I have been destroyed. ' Ironworks. : The Onehunga Ironworks recommence > active operations to-day. Arrangements [ have been made with Mr Hughes, of Sydney, who has taken over the works 1 It is his Intention to carry on the smelting ' of sand, a work m which be has had a ' good deal of experience elsewhere. Mr , Hughes brought with him from Australia ! a dozen workmen who are proficient m lhe Industry. 1 Fcotball. 1 Tbe Otago football team arrived yeiteri day morning and were received by the i local men at Onehunga, and on the way i to Auokland they visited the Football ground at Epsom. Rescued. Tauranoa, August 22. A boy named Turnbull fell off the wharf on Saturday night. He was plucklly rescued by Smith, a seaman of the Omapere. Fatal Accident. James Dowell, aged 13, a son of Colonel Dowell, was killed through being tbsown from a horse. A Civil Service appointment declined by a lady. Wellington, August 22. Tv accordance with the Civil Service Act, the firat vacancy whloh has occurred since the lost examination wasoffaredto the candidate highest on the list, who turned out to be Mlbb Flo'cher, of Auckland. It was found that there *rai nothing to debar women from appointment, and Miss F. etc! or waa accordingly cjfcred a c»detshlpln th« Government lot urance Department After soaae apparent hesitation tbe young lady haß, however, declined to enforce her right. Bishop NeviL's Strictures. Blenheim, August 12. The Marlborough branch of the N Z. Educational Inatltate mot on Saturday and condemned the Imputations passed by Bishop Nevlll upon the morality of ghie attending the State schools. Hunting m Marlborough. The linal moot of the Marlborough Hunt Club took place on Saturday, when there was the largest attendance of the whole season and splendid jumping. The Club has arranged with Mr Kellar, owner of the pack (who came here from Nelson), to hunt three months next year. A Hunt 01 hb Steeplechase meeting is likely to result. Shipping. CflBisTCHUuuK, August 22. The N.Z. Shipping Company received the following cablegram dated London August 20 :— Aorangl left the Cape of Good Hope to-day for Wellington and Auckland. Rnapehu sailed from Rio on the 18th Inst; meat ln gcod condition. . Walroa has Bailed for Lyttelton . Walkato Is loaded for Auokland. Waltangl will load for Auokland, and Walmate for Wellington.