TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1646, 26 August 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

| Parliament Summoned. Wellington, August 26. i The wrlta are returnable en October 5 and Parliament has been summoned for despatch of business on Ootober 6. . I Rich QuartzInformation bna been rrcelvfd by the Mines Department that tn assay at Thames School of Mines of stone from the new find at Kikutua ga7e 136 oz» of gold and two thousand five hundred isa of silver to the ton. Sudden Death. Taurangi, August 25, An old settler named Wjndham Phillips, fell dead m his chair at dinner yesterday. He suffered from ht art disease Mr'Vesey Stewart Mr Vosey Stewart, will not arrive m tlm for the election, so Messrs Kelly and Qalll will be the only candidates. Inquest. New Plymouth. August 26. An inquest was hold on Ironside, the fireman, who was killed near Inglewood yesterday afternoon. Stephenaon Adaoison said that the deceased fell off the engine and was knocked of by coming m contact with a bridge. From particulars g thercd it now seems that the deceased was looking under a truck which was next to tho engine at the time of the acciden*-, to learn the cause of a sound which indicated something wrong with the brake •f the truck To perform this he stepped down on the step, leading to tho engine, grasping the iron rail on either side of him, and bent down to look under the truck. While he was thus engaged tho ace'dent occurred, although the driver could not suy how it happened. The iv* quest was adjourned till Saturday, Timaru Harbor Works. Timaru, August 26 The Tanlvr v .a, a Pries'mtn hopper drrd b e, waa launched the morning without mif hip. It is expected to begiu work m a fortnight.