TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1717, 23 November 1887, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Mayoralty. Wamganui, November 23. James Laird has been returned opposed as Mayor for a sooond term. Wellington, November 23. Samuel Brown, the present Mayor, and Councillor J. Potherlok were today nominated for the Mayoralty. False Pretences. dement Harding, for obtaining money by falio pretences, wan committed for trial. Acquitted. Edwards Roberts, arrested time days ago for cnlaw fully and maliciously woundIng WilU»m Clements with a knife, was aoqnlUed. A Heavy Fine. At (ha R.M, Court, William Henshaw, on two charges of selling goode, oto , by auction without being duly licensed, was fined ona hundred pounds on enoh charge. Accident. Gkbtmuoth, November 23. A man named Parker fell from the loft of a stable lait night and fraotnred his skull. He now lies unconscious at the hospital. Dunedin A. and P. Show. Duhedin, November 23. Fine weather for the Otago Agricultural Show. The attendance is more than expected, being over the average. T"e sheep are particularly strong, over 100 more being shown than last year ; merinos especially being of a high quality. Cattle that were quite up to excellence m previous years judging weie just commended. It is ezpeoted the competition will be very keen In moat classes. The implementi constitute a great feature of the Show, a great deal of interest being manifested m various types of binders, ■ome of which are In motion.