TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1712, 15 November 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Temporary Insanity. Hawera, November ID A verdict of " temporary inaanity " wbb returned at the Inquest on Q linn. Attempted Suicide. Wellington, November 15. A man named Jas Kirk was found struggling m the water last night, but was rescued m time. Be had not long arrived from Melbourne, and bekg un&blo to get employment grew very despondent, and threatened to make away with himself He waa brought up at the Court this morning, but nothing new was elicited, except that he bnd reiterated his intention of committing suicide af t< r being taken oul of the water He was remanded. ■ Midland Railway. Tho firat neciion of the Midland Railway from Brannerton to Kopirl Station, near L*k« Brunnf>c, elyht mlleo In length, ia ready for traffic, and the manager hns applied to have it formally inspicted by Government. Defrauding the Insurance. A boarding house keepeer, mimed Hull, at Pahiatua, haa been reported to the police a3 having attempted to suffocate himeelf with charcoal futnoa yesterday. Hia life is insured for £900. App al Court. In the Appeal Court, Abbott, v Commialonrr of Srarnpi, Wcnganui, the appelant claimed that stomp duty on a memo cf transfer of laud should be oaseeed on (he value of the land less encumbrances and not on the value of the land as claimed by the Commissioner. The appeal was allowed. U. F. Row!e t, solicitor, practising In Otago, iraa suspended for two years for irregular practices. A Bough Passage. luvBEUAiiofLL November 15. During the passage of tho ship Soukar from HuU to tho Bluff some very heavy weather w*b encountered . On two occasions oil waa thrown on the water to ■ lessen the forge of the waves, and the I experiments cer-.ve satisfactory results. I