TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1647, 27 August 1887, Page 2

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Wreck of a Schooner. AUCKLAND, AU;?U3t 27. The schooner Mariner was wreck9d near Wang&rel with a ca r go of timber, owntd by the Auckland Timber Oomp»ny, and insured for £250 lv the South British. Another fire. A cottage at Northcote owned by Mrs Day, a widow, wan destroyed by fire. The building was Inanred for £203. The furniture, uninsured, worth £60, was, also destroyed. Just m Time. Hawbra," August 27. David Iromide, who was killed on the railway on Thursday, had just completed arraDgerueits for insuring his life; H<l had been aooepted by the Government agent as a first elms life, bat he wished to pat it off for a month or two, and strangely enough one of tha arguments used to convlnoo him of the wisdom of insuring at onoe was, that any day he might tumble off the engine. There was 10100 Infdrnulity m the necessary papers owiag to a miscalculation by the. Department, which was to have been rectified on but though it is doubtful whether the transaction was actually complete?, the Government have decided to pay the amount of the polloy, £200, lew the fiat payment, which was to have bean made m September. ■'-"■'■'■■ Political. ■•■•■■' ; ; M&btox, A,ugu*t£7. Mr Brnoe addressed a crowded meeting last night. He declared against ' .the Government, and alvocated Free Trade and retrenchment. He received ft vote of oanfiience by an overwhelming majority. Fire. Wellington, August 27. A ten-roomed dwelling, situated In Horokiwi valley, owned and oooupied by Richard Smith and family, was destroyed by fire at one o'olcolr this morning* The origin of the Bee is unknown but Ik li believed to have occurred m the kltohen. The occupants barely escaped with their lives. Nothing whatever was saved 1 . Insurance house and furnitura, £500 tn the Equitable, v* Narrow Escape of the Opera House* Th 3 Opera House had another eiaspe this morning. One of the shops m the front of the building was discovered to be on fire, wb : c v , however, was extinguished before much damage had been done. The stock was injured to the extent' of ft few ponndß but there was no insurance* Supposed Capsizing of a Bitch. The toi -iug telegram has. .been reoeivtd by the Marine DepartmOnii^frcm the Harbor master at Kalpara .— "Abcot sundown od Wednesday a ketoh, supposed to be the Recamaa of Lyfctelton, was seen standing m through the breakers outside Tory Shoal, on the south side of the channel during a S. SB gale. She ii supposed to have capsizad as nothing hM beep Been of' her since." " ;-; " <*r* The Barmaid Wins. \y r* ; Blenheim, August 27. I The case, Alice Wilson, formerly barmaid at the Club Hotel, v Harley, an action for £200 damages for alleged slander, resulted m a verdict for plaintiff for £75, with costs on the lowest scale. A new trial is to. be applied for 00;, the ground] that the verdict is again'st^e — • -• we'ght of evidence, and that daraageVare excessive. - •'■•'■=> Divorce. '■"• ;'_, !■.-■ The divorce case, Lnaas v Lpoas.' and Radd 00-respondent, was heard to-day. The petitioner is a storekeeper at Blenheim, and the co respondent,; who !■ a married man pith seven children,' f» *> butcher m Blenheim. After discovering their intimacy the wife departed from her husband and went to live In Nelson with her mother. There was no opposition^ to the petition by the respondent or 'corespondent. The caie was adjourned.' till Mond»y for the production of another wltnes?, '•,•••'•■'..- BlectoraL . '■ . Dr/NBDnr, Anguftt 27. The Dunedin suburban nominations have been fixed for the. 19th. ■„"