TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1644, 24 August 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Dissatisfied. Wellington, Augnst 24. A meeting of ehooting mm will be called to c .insider the proposal to nee the ' Lee-Remington r'fle at the nut raeoting of the New Z aland It fb Aflsociation, Popalar opinion ia th&t th» weapon issued by the Government to Vo'unteeta should be continued. Strong objection is made by intending competitors to the proposal that they should guarantee 30 to attend the meeting, if they accept one of the now rifles. Death. Invbroargill, Angnst 24. A man named W. Henderson dropped dead at Miller's Ford, Hedgehope, to day. Accident. T. H. Eecott, resident of the mining township of Orepuki, fell over the faoj of a claim, breaking two ribß and anatainicg internal injuries. Pell off a Train. Last night a man named Dore fe'l off the train from Invercargill to Lumaden When pioked up he was found to ba badly out about the head and otherwise seriously injured. Snspected Incendiarism. The Native sohoolhouse at Waheroa wbb burned down. Incendiarism is snspeoted. The Native children have been for some time attend n? the State school. Reef. A private test of stone from the South Riverton reef w«a mnde bere to-day. The reboltß are highly satisfactory and as the stone was taken from an outcrop it i* considered that when the reef is worked propp riy it mnst prove very valuable.